Tuesday, 21 October 2014

#GharWaliDiwali - the days of our lives




Let me begin by wishing you all a happy and safe diwali. May this year bring all of you great success.

This post is regarding recollecting memories of our #GharWaliDiwali and so I will.. I can recount that during diwali’s, my father used to be given huge gifts from his office – as he was a civil engineer, he gave contracts to many people who returned the favor by giving him huge gifts – most of which his principals didn’t let him receive but he was fine with gifts like sweets and dry fruits.

One of my special memories is therefore the whole room being filled with sweets and dry fruits – and my brothers along with me used to have a gala of a time being spent on eating these sweets and dry fruits.

Next, I remember being fond of decorating. I used to prepare decorating items by myself – nothing was purchased from the market, everything was prepared by items easily available at home – say for instance, diyas could very easily be prepared from scratch – decorated with colour and full of diwali messages and auspicious greetings.

We had a bungalow and we used to decorate it with great colours of lights and I had grown this tree called “raat ki rani, din ka raja” which gave beautiful smell and on the diwali nights when the whole family sat in the lawn, this beautiful smell made the festival even more enjoyable and worth remembering.

I’ve always liked the tradition in diwali of exchanging gifts and celebrating with family; diwali is all about being celebrated with your loved ones – be it playing rummy (tradition of diwali), preparing great meals for everyone to have on this special day or just the fact that the whole family unites for this festival – the whole idea of a family diwali is so special.

On diwali, we – the whole family used to go out on a movie, eat cholla bhatura and ice-cream to end the day, it was without doubt the best time of the year because after coming home, the party continued for several days to come and that is what makes diwali so much more special, the memories that you collect through the years stay with you for many many years to come.

On this diwali, relive those moments with the family, cherish the childhood days of awesomeness and relive the #GharWaliDiwali with your family. Diwali is not only about lights but it’s also about filling other people’s life with a glorious beacon of light – which is filled with happiness and good thinking for each other. Diwali is about wishing each other the happiness that one looks for and the best of the success that one can have – diwali, a festival we all cherish for it’s pureness.


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