A lighting control system for use with a seat, said seat positioned adjacent to a window having a window shade, the system comprising: a sensor adapted to sense at least one of a position of the seat, a presence of a passenger in the seat, a position of at least one hand of the passenger, a configuration of the at least one hand of the passenger and a direction of movement of the at least one hand of the passenger and generate a corresponding signal representative of the at least one of the position of the seat, the presence of passenger in the seat, the position of the at least one hand of the passenger, the configuration of the at least one hand of the passenger and the direction of movement of the at least one hand of the passenger; a first light source generating a first light column; a second light source generating a second light column; a controller operatively connected to the sensor to receive the signal and adapted to generate a control signal to be received by the first light source and the second light source, where the control signal controls at least one parameter associated with an intensity, a color, a projected pattern, projected pattern location, or a width formed by a combination of the first and second light columns; and said system characterised by said first light source being located in a forward location with respect to the seat; said second light source being located in a rearward location with respect to the seat; and a window shade sensor associated with the window shade to sense a degree of openness of the window shade and adapted to generate a window shade signal, wherein the controller is adapted to receive the window shade signal and to generate the control signal also based on the window shade signal. a sensor adapted to sense at least one of a position of the seat, a presence of a passenger in the seat, a position of at least one hand of the passenger, a configuration of the at least one hand of the passenger and a direction of movement of the at least one hand of the passenger and generate a corresponding signal representative of the at least one of the position of the seat, the presence of passenger in the seat, the position of the at least one hand of the passenger, the configuration of the at least one hand of the passenger and the direction of movement of the at least one hand of the passenger; a first light source generating a first light column; a second light source generating a second light column; a controller operatively connected to the sensor to receive the signal and adapted to generate a control signal to be received by the first light source and the second light source, where the control signal controls at least one parameter associated with an intensity, a color, a projected pattern, projected pattern location, or a width formed by a combination of the first and second light columns; and said system characterised by said first light source being located in a forward location with respect to the seat; said second light source being located in a rearward location with respect to the seat; and a window shade sensor associated with the window shade to sense a degree of openness of the window shade and adapted to generate a window shade signal, wherein the controller is adapted to receive the window shade signal and to generate the control signal also based on the window shade signal.