So, Does Rig-Veda echo anything significant pertaining to our times, or is it just yet another scripture, which requires religio-political hullabaloo to be kept alive?
"Dawn on us with prosperity, O Usha, Daughter of the Sky,
Dawn with great glory, Goddess, Lady of the Light, dawn thou with riches, Bounteous One.
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Thou dawning with thy beams of light illumest all the radiant realm.
Thee, as thou art, the Kaṇvas, fain for wealth, have called with sacred songs."
- excerpts from Rig Veda.

Wishing everyone a very Happy Deepawali.