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“I had it all - money, shallow fame and shallower friends” - Kavita Kaushik reveals shocking facts in an open letter!
The world of glamour may look enticing to all, but as they say, not all that shines is gold. And, if there is one actress who has mustered courage to admit being a victim of the shallowness that is a by-product of fame and celebrity-hood, it is television actress Kavita Kaushik aka Chandramukhi Chautala from Sab TV’s ‘FIR’.
The actress recently penned an open letter to actress-cum-politician Smriti Irani. Why? Because Kavita is an ardent follower of the Vedas, and hence would like the Indian education system to include the Vedanta teachings for our future generations.
In her letter, Kavita, on being fed up with in her hollow life, says, “I was introduced to Vedanta teachings at a stage in my life where I had it all - money, shallow fame and shallower friends and all that it takes to lead a ‘happy’ material life. But, I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown with the hollowness of dissatisfaction. On a trip to Rishikesh, I learnt about the Vedanta academy.”
She further highlights, “I've found a Maseeha (a saviour), an anchor not in any human being but in "Vedanta". Wonder how I would have turned out if I had this knowledge from my childhood - all those years of crying in the hostel, fear and depression, fogged judgment of life, messing up most equations with people, wrong fearful decisions, regrets, etc would not have been there and I would have grown up to be the master of whatever I would pursue.”
Vedanta, according to Kavita, does not belong to any religion - it is free, liberated and unbiased teaching of life. A healthy exchange of ideas between both the cultures is good, but breaking the pattern of following the Western ideals is the need of the hour to salvage ourselves from the identity crisis and other social evils spreading like wildfire in the society.
Kavita says, “Personally with all due respect to the different western languages I learnt in school or the authors I read, I've not seen any use of "who art thou " or "thee thou how”, besides watching Hindi movies made in their adaptation. Indeed, learning about other cultures and philosophical schools and comparing them to ours is a very healthy exercise for both personal and professional growth. But, we have completely forgotten that India is the mother of unlimited wealth of knowledge which lies in our Vedas.”
The actress signs off on a note urging all to retrace their steps “Human beings are in a state of emergency with their mental well-being and this is a threat faced by every single individual all over the world. Is anyone reading this letter in a really happy state? Isn't our ultimate goal of life to achieve happiness? Indeed we have everything around us to make us all extremely intelligent from the age of 3, but we are still fighting over claiming our Gods, killing each other over road rage, abusing seniors our fathers age on social networking sites just because they spoke about their food choices, the list is endless and disturbing,” concludes Kavita.
Check out what she has written by following the link below:
https://twitter.com/Iamkavitak/status/610537452910960641/photo/1
