A very Happy Diwali to all!
God how I wish we could celebrate Diwali with family back home. In fact its our Thalai Diwali (First Diwali after marriage), which would mean extra celebration! Instead, we woke up this morning, had our nalla-ennai-thechu Diwali bath, wore new clothes, got into the car and came to work..
While I didnt think it would bother me so much; sitting in my desk (with no work to do) makes me reminisce Diwali back home. The traditional Diwali day would go like this - Wake up at about 5 or sometime earlier to crackers being burst just below our flat. It's the boys that get up earlier than dawn so that they can get the satisfaction of waking people up by bursting crackers, and the louder ones at that, like the atom and hydrogen bomb. But never mind that, its Diwali! So we hurry up and take bath one by one. Amma reminds us that we have to rub nalla ennai (gingelly oil) on our heads and faces (Superstition - Otherwise we'll be born next life as a monkey!) Then I rush to join my friends in my flat so we can show off our new clothes and then of course burst crackers!!! I like the less noisier ones and the more showier ones. like flowerpots, chakras, cable car (yes there's somehting like that!) Then the poojai starts in our tiny vinayakar temple in front of the flat. We like to pray, but its the prasadam that lures us there.. :) Rest of the day is spent visiting relatives and friends and of course the best part - Bakshanam! Yes thats the magic word - Sweets and savouries are distributed left, right and centre which results in a whole collection of bakshanam that is just waiting to be sampled.
Hmmmppphh.. yes that was a long sigh. But you know what, there'll be many more Diwalis. And DH and I vowed yestreday to visit our family for the Diwalis to come.. Well, some of 'em atleast.. And we get to take part in the extravagant Christmas festivities here!
So to all those of you spending Diwali away from home (like us), Happy Diwali! and may your spirits not be dampened because thats what Diwali's about - being happy for all we have (and to pray for more!). And to all you folks celebrating Diwali with your family.. Know that you're lucky and make the most out of it!
Cheers!
2 comments:
I'm sure you miss Diwali sis, especially Bonfires.You might want to come and celebrate it before the next few years though cause i feel its losing its spark(no..not bcause of you),most ppl seem to have lost interest. Anyway comedy though Appa waited till everybody else burst thier shit,he didn't want to go down with just those few wallas and look cheap,so he went all alone in the end and burst them schwazeneger style.Mum told that she lit a few sparklers,i ofcourse was asleep during the whole festival.:) HAPPY DIWALI!!
Varun: Sleepyhead! You're still functioning on European time arent you? Ah, Bonfires.. I remember you crying after I burnt my hand.. awwww...
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