Happy Diwali!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Diwali Break".... the second most important marking on the school calenders (of course Summer Break was on the top!!!). Diwali meant a long break, bye bye school and friends for 15 days, shooing away the books, it only meant crackers, lights, diyas, mithai, chocolates, going for "rama-shyama" n collecting cash frm relatives....a total fun...no worries, no tension.

Today if i think of it, Diwali has a different meaning...first of all, NO CRACKERS, i dont see any fun in crackers in fact feel sad seeing polluted air all around these days plus u can actually smell the pollution (this comes from my school n reminds me of Sangeeta ma'am,donno why)!!!!

another thing which has changed is...now we (friends and cousins) are all at different corners of the earth and busy in our lives so ab this is the bahana to contact and update them , and if we are lucky enough we get to meet them also!!!!!

Diwali being a very important festival should actually be a "fest" for every person around u. this is the time i feel,that you should spread happiness all around be it in any form (n its d prime reason of my writinfg this blog)

You obviously start from your family....spend as much time as u can with your grandparents (if you lucky to have them with you), listen to their stories, their "hidayaten" (this will automatically make u the "aankhon ka tara" of ur parents)...contact all ur cousins and relatives near and far. Talk to ppl whom u fought sometime back n are not in talkin terms now....clear away all "jhagdas" " misunderstandings" "egos" ......Light up your house with diyas and candles and rangoli...and make it a treat for a photographer!!!!!

even better.... u can donate small share of your salary to some needy......if possible visit some old age home, orphanage,get in touch with some NGO in your place and see how you can help their........try buying small stuff (diyas n all) from poor children at traffic lights and roadsides and enjoy tat smile on their face!!!!  give away your old dress/footwear(new will be any day better) to your bai/gatekeeper/driver/chowkidar with some sweets and may be cash for the family......just wish ppl, other then your family and friends, like the shopkeeper on your roadside from whom u've been buying toffees since childhood or your office peon, bhaiyaji and baijis at your school/college/workplace.

Gift a large pack of chocolates to your fiancée/wife/best friend!!!!!! send postcards/greetings/letters (which u dont do nowadays) to your friends n make them feel loved and cared.....get in touch with your old friends, burn your phone bills on them, go to your olds meeting addas.......

u can also think of this "earth" and not go for crackers...promote "pollution free" diwali, plant a tree...grow flowers n flocks in your garden n pots (its d season of all beautiful flowers)......

if nothing, then just "SMILE" and pass it on to anybody and everybody who passes u....tat'll make a difference!!!!

so........is diwali aap kise khush kar rahe hain???