The ritual of consuming “alcohol”
in occasions has always been existed in our culture. In fact, back than during Mughal
Empire or even before that alcohol consumption has been an integral part of the
leisure life style. With time, we have evolved
our progress to an unbelievable level and also with that progress we have
changed our perception towards things. Unlike, the past days, in the modern
society alcohol to some extent signifies the class of people.
For an instance, in contrast to
our culture of a decade or two ago, in the contemporary social phenomenon, the acceptance
of alcohol has rapidly changed. Alcohol, now is being regarded the mark of
class in our society. Thus, in turn, the consumption level of alcohol has
likewise grown high among all class of people in Bengali families.
Nevertheless, with this vast shift in our culture, it has also brought about
great concern for us. The youth generation of this era is seemingly more interested
to make alcohol a regular part of their life than a seldom habit for pleasure.
In the present phenomenon, in
maximum Bengali families alcohol consumption during any celebration be it marriage
or funeral, become a very common practice, which is according to me one of the
major reasons for our youths to be so much addicted to alcohol. I am not saying
that consuming alcohol is not good but all I am aiming to focus here is that it
should not be given priority to set one’s priority in society.
It is indeed unfortunate that almost
every year all of us come across some bad news, like either any of our neighbors
or somebody, who was known to us or our friends, died in bike accident, while
driving under the influence of alcohol. Mostly, it is the college students who
become the easy victims of such awful incidents. Stepping into the adulthood,
the youths begin to consider the world from their own point of view and their
natural intuition to overcome any hazards with strong determination is often
being misled due to lack of proper guidance.
On top of that often alcohol,
certainly plays a negative role in the life-treating activities of our youths,
like riding bike at high speed, taking selfies in front of a running train, and
likewise makes their lives vulnerable. So we must need to ensure that our youths
should not be over exaggerated about consuming alcohol. Besides, they also need
to undergo regular counseling to grasp the true meaning and purpose of our
life. They must realize the fact that alcohol is just like other drinks which
possess certain taste in it and over consumption of it can endanger their life.
Consuming alcohol is never considered
as a crime but over consumption of it and becoming too much addicted to it is
never desirable. Alcohol, being a drink, should only be deemed as the means of
some pleasure but not an inevitable part of our daily life.
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