Life of a Water Lillie- Beauty in Dirt.

Isn't it hard to believe that such a beautiful flower can grow in something we otherwise would never touch, yes mud and this flower is Lotus, one of the water lilies.
The lotus flower is one of the most ancient and deepest symbols of our planet.
The lotus flower grows in muddy water and rises above the surface to bloom with remarkable beauty. At night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again. Untouched by the impurity, lotus symbolizes the purity of heart and mind. The lotus flower represents long life, health, honor and good luck.
In Egyptian methodology Lotus symbolizes Sun and rebirth. In India Lotus symbolizes divinity, fertility, wealth, knowledge and enlightenment, Lotus also has significant importance in China, Thailand and many other countries.
So much about the Lotus, why all the sudden a flower has gained so much importance that a need took place for a discussion..Well water lilies are like a lot of ground realities which we unconsciously ignore on daily basis. I wont go far as a matter of fact i'll start from my own house. I often heard a term used by my mother in law when commenting on something serious "Kammi kameen"  meaning the lower cast, something filthy and I often had to stare at her for few seconds to swallow the fact that people in 21st century still think like that."Kammi kameen" is normally referred to the poor people who do our filthy jobs or even to those who belong to a low cast of social satisfaction system, (Assumption is that the cast system was first practiced in India. Social restriction in India in which communities are defined by thousands of indigenous hereditary groups called "Jatis". From Bhakti school of thought the cast system was created by Hindu god Krishna). When India and Pakistan was divided a lot of hindu influence was brought over to Pakistan by the immigrants. 
And By the way, just to make is clear my mother in law is not racist nor hates poor, as a matter of fact I don't know anyone who does so much charity, she spends all her savings in helping the needy but that term "Kammi Kameen" throws me off. So you see it's the influence of semi-different culture which till date haunts our elders.
I almost started a new topic..now back to the original topic..so I see many similarities between water lillis and ground realities like cast system. The "Kammi Kameen" work very hard for living and if...I mean IF they succeed in educating their children then those children have the faith of water lillies. Those children having roots in mud and making their way out of the muddy water to breath in pure, clean  and scenic beauty. But there is another tragic reality about the water lillies, no ordinary person steps down in mud to pick those water lillies and same goes for those underclass, deprived and underprivileged children or in other words those Kammi Kameen. From a distance, people find their perfect spots to take a quick glance but quickly find another element to stare at. That's all those children recieve form us, some momentaneous stares.
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