Come, be a part of the Newsd Revolution.Who is Anna Jarvis? The consequence is a society characterized by a waste of time and money. An example from the Eastern Himalayan towns of A gift for mother on Mother’s Day this year can be a simple traditional bow, Dhog (a common form of greeting the elders by bowing the head down among the Nepalis) or Chey (among the Tamang, Lamas and other Buddhist communities), singing a special song for mother, making a paper card for her, painting for her, or giving a flower or plant or baking cake at home for her would help us celebrate the day of honouring mothers in real terms and in spirit. It was established by Anna Jarvis, with the first official Mother's Day celebrated at St. Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, on May 10, 1908. Anna’s mother was an American nurse during the time of the American Civil War. Mother’s Day 2020 will be celebrated on May 10 in India and several other countries. In the contemporary world, many countries celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May.
Join our events to engage with key stakeholders in the government, social and private sectors. The promotion of “culture of consumption” in the guise of Mother’s Day celebration has been rapidly increasing over the years. However, the interesting fact is that somehow or the other, every individual is a productive agent. During the last 10 years of her life, Anna Jarvis, the founder of Mother’s Day, lived with her blind sister, Lillian, in a three-story redbrick house in North Philadelphia. According to Sarita Srivastava, a sociologist from Queen’s University, Ontario, “Americans spend over the US $ 23 billion on Mother’s Day, an average of about US $ 200 per family and the US $ 2.5 billion on greetings cards alone.” The commercialization of Mothers Day in the capitalist markets did sadden Anna Jarvis as she wanted the day to be made special for honouring the good spirit of Ann, Maa, Ama and mothers and not for conspicuous consumerism to heighten capitalism.Thorstein Veblen, an American sociologist quite popular during the time of Woodrow Wilson was critical of the leisure class (which is closely tied to business) for its role in fostering wasteful consumption. She even organized Mother’s Picnic Day and invited mothers who had lost their beloved sons in the war. Soon, after her mother’s death, Anna organized a memorial at her mother’s church in Grafton, West Virginia. Ann Mary was against the war and fought for peace and unity. The book focuses on the patterns of production and consumption. In the service, she passed out 500 white carnations (her mother’s favourite flower) to all the mothers in attendance. Mother's Day recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds in general, as well as the positive contributions that they make to society. On this day people devote themselves to doing something special for their mothers. As per an article in Chicago Tribune, soon, Anna began persuading politicians, bureaucrats to lobby for a national holiday in her mother’s honor by making a nuisance of herself.However, her efforts led to the Congress passing a joint resolution, signed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914 that marked the second Sunday in May as a national holiday.But her work was not done yet, she quit her job and spent time in writing to the head of foreign countries to follow the footsteps of US and declare the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.As mother’s day slowly and gradually became a day for commercial benefits for florists, card shops and candy shops, Anna began to go against them to stop the commercialization of the truest celebration she referred to as.Also in the 1930s, Jarvis was raged when the US postmaster announced a Mother’s Day commemorative stamp bearing artist James McNeill Whistler’s portrait tribute to his beloved mother. https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/12/us/mothers-day-anna-jarvis-founder-trnd Finally, the American government under President Woodrow Wilson declared second Sunday of May as Mother’s Day and made it an annual holiday.Today more than 50 countries across the world celebrate this day as Mother’s Day. The writers are assistant professors in the Department of Sociology and Defence Studies respectively at Sudhiranjan Lahiri Mahavidyalaya under Kalyani University, West Bengal.The News Page which proudly supports #GORKHALAND StatehoodGorkhaland Territorial Administration Review Meeting – A Political Masterstroke or a Bureaucratic Gaffe?Latpanchar – Lessons in Citizen Science and Community StewardshipNAR BAHADUR BHANDARI: “नेपाली भाषा आन्दोलनका अग्रणी सेनापति अनि भारतीय नेपाली भाषी गोर्खाहरूका अभिभावक अजेय नरबहादुर भण्डारी”Intolerance: असंवेदनशिल रूदेन लेप्चाको असंवेदनशिल बयानBhikkhu Bodhipala – December 20, 1968 to July 27, 2020दार्जीलिंग पहाड़को राजनैतिक परिप्रेक्ष्यमा - झारखण्ड चुनावको नतीजा बीजेपीलाई असल पाठ