One of the biggest festival which is celebrated all over India, right from Kashmir to Kanyakumari! The festival of light, crackers and last but not the least Sweets and namkeens. Hindu, muslim, Christan, Sikh each and every religion in India enjoy this wonderful festival!
I remember Diwali that I celebrated when I was a kid, I was more interested in cracker guns than crackers which makes noise. I always loved shopping cloths, right from my childhood and I still do! For me Diwali used to be about Holidays, lazy holidays. Lots of shopping - Cloths and Crackers. Meeting relatives, exchange of sweets/namkeens. And not to forget, our school used to give us homework that we had to complete before we step back into school.
Then School to College, transition! Interests/choices changed. Total cut off from crackers and mainly from relatives, spent most of the times with friends. Instead of mom's choice, I started buying branded clothes which were meant to flaunt nothing else :-) Unlike school, I never waited for holidays because I hardly cared about lectures. Every day in college was not less than a holiday itself!
Finally got to taste the real Life, when I started working! We used to get hardly 21 days holiday/year, damn it. Especially festival time, I hardly spent it with my friends/family. And no surprise, Diwali was not an exception :-)
Today, after working for almost two years I am back to study. But things have changed, while writing this blog post I'm thinking about the pending project that is opened one my desktop, book of IT Project Management opened right in front of me. Eating Diwali special sweets, listening to the noise that kids and crackers are making right out of the window. Thinking about somebody, dreaming about life :-)
So now what do I like about Diwali? Well shopping but now not just buying cloths but I also enjoy decorating the house (I mean I bring whatever I like, whatever mom/dad wants). I still love eating Diwali sweets/namkeen, but these days you get them in stores all the year so there's nothing called as 'Diwali Special'. I love going out early in the morning during Diwali time to Sarasbaug (Famous Garden) in Pune, India. Where people gather early in the morning, new cloths, fresh faces and fragrance. You get to meet many people, whom you might not have met in years! Everybody ignites diyas, click photos and then head to Vaishali/Vaadeshwar/Rupali for a special breakfast :-)
Wishing you and your family a prosperous Diwali!
I remember Diwali that I celebrated when I was a kid, I was more interested in cracker guns than crackers which makes noise. I always loved shopping cloths, right from my childhood and I still do! For me Diwali used to be about Holidays, lazy holidays. Lots of shopping - Cloths and Crackers. Meeting relatives, exchange of sweets/namkeens. And not to forget, our school used to give us homework that we had to complete before we step back into school.
Then School to College, transition! Interests/choices changed. Total cut off from crackers and mainly from relatives, spent most of the times with friends. Instead of mom's choice, I started buying branded clothes which were meant to flaunt nothing else :-) Unlike school, I never waited for holidays because I hardly cared about lectures. Every day in college was not less than a holiday itself!
Finally got to taste the real Life, when I started working! We used to get hardly 21 days holiday/year, damn it. Especially festival time, I hardly spent it with my friends/family. And no surprise, Diwali was not an exception :-)
Today, after working for almost two years I am back to study. But things have changed, while writing this blog post I'm thinking about the pending project that is opened one my desktop, book of IT Project Management opened right in front of me. Eating Diwali special sweets, listening to the noise that kids and crackers are making right out of the window. Thinking about somebody, dreaming about life :-)
So now what do I like about Diwali? Well shopping but now not just buying cloths but I also enjoy decorating the house (I mean I bring whatever I like, whatever mom/dad wants). I still love eating Diwali sweets/namkeen, but these days you get them in stores all the year so there's nothing called as 'Diwali Special'. I love going out early in the morning during Diwali time to Sarasbaug (Famous Garden) in Pune, India. Where people gather early in the morning, new cloths, fresh faces and fragrance. You get to meet many people, whom you might not have met in years! Everybody ignites diyas, click photos and then head to Vaishali/Vaadeshwar/Rupali for a special breakfast :-)
Wishing you and your family a prosperous Diwali!
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