Diwali is almost here... and this time I'm going to enjoy it. I've bought lots of diyas, tea-lamps, rangoli colors, pooja items and musical series light. I'm going to have a blast… not the pathaakey wala blast… Since I'm a grown up now; I'm bored of bursting crackers ;) and it has been 6+ years since I've actually bought any!!! Back in India I would have bought some of those rassi bombs; rockets and anaars... But this Diwali, I'm so excited that I've bought myself a Kurta-Pyjama from Fab-India one month prior (its yet to be inaugurated, which means it's still brand new – I haven't worn it yet).
Well… all this got me thinking – Diwali was such a huge thing as a kid. We used to go shopping for clothes nearly a month in advance (because my mom and sister hated the crowd of omino-maniac people)... me and my sis used to make a list of all the crackers we wanted. My mom being a mom was always careful about all the huge 100-wala and 200-wala lars / lads and tried to convince us against buying them, and we made sure that mummy does not accompany us on our shopping spree... because we lived in the constant fear that mom might strike a few of the dangerous crackers off the list and get the kiddie sparklers instead… Owing to the extreme laziness my sister is known for; I used to end up buying the crackers on my own...
Preparing sweets was a totally different story. The one advantage of Diwali over all the other festivals was the concept that sweets could be consumed as soon as they were made. In all the other festivals; one is forced to keep looking at the mouth watering sweets until pooja gets over. I can never forget one Diwali when my sister was not in town (she was off on a school trip)… I managed to finish nearly all the sweets (the list – boondi ladoo; halwa; rava ladoo; mysore pak; bengali mithai and a huge box of kaju katli bought from the shop)… and my mom had to actually hide a few of them so that my sis could at least sample the sweets once she's back… Then there were those mithai gift boxes… HUSH!!! It was fultooo eating time.
Once I grew up, I was just not bothered about them… They just didn't hold the same amount of importance. No sign of that attraction towards sweets… not concerned about getting new clothes… crackers became out of question… and on top of all that, I used to hate the noise and the smoke after the Diwali… perhaps I grew up…
Now I want to bring back the zeal which I had for Diwali years ago and this time I'm going to enjoy it :)
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2 comments:
Oh yes, it will be Diwali on 28th :)
But this I won't be with family. So now I am Europe and I do not know is there any INDIAN here or not.
But I remember, You use to live in INDIRA complex, and there were so many cracker shops there. I still remember that, we use to talk what happens if there is fire over there :)
I think this time I have to wait for Christmas ( I will be here in Europe ), and celebrate Diwali with that.
Chal enjoy and have fun on Diwali :)
Happy Diwali to readers of this blog :)
Hey! Deepavali Mubarak to everybody.You know, this is one festival that does not fail to evoke childhood memories in Indian folks across age groups.But I am neither fond of crackers nor do I have a sweet tooth!So you cant blame me for not having sweet crackling memories... After my daughter was born, I felt an obligation to go through the rituals of bursting crackers just to give her a feel of the festival. For me,memories of Diwali are full of the festive spirit that ppl find themselves in.Its in the air and you just cant escape it.That is something I miss here.Like your friend from Europe commented, may be we should celebrate Diwali when UAE celebrates Id!
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