Hurray ! It's Diwali !
Diwali !! The ultimate day of festivities and grandeur !! The entire country is gripped with Diwali celebrations. What a day !!! For college goers like me, it’s a dream come true. You know why ? It’s holiday time because colleges like ours hardly give us any relief from the normal hectic schedule of mechanically attending classes and completing observations and records. I’m not spared as yet because I’m on study holidays ! And it’s a typhoon ready to hit all of us on November 16 th. What a pity !!! Our Diwali celebrations for these past 4 years have always been with Exam-Phobia !!
All of a sudden, small textile shops near my place seem to be flooded with a range of good looking dresses, be it the beautifully embroidered skirts or designer saris. Loads of platform shops have sprung up these past few days and everything seems so colorful and beautiful ! The aroma that the sweets emanate during their making is mouth watering.
But this Diwali seems to be sober for my neighbors. The regular noise pollution is on the fall this year and I find many people expressing their apathy to enjoy Diwali by bursting crackers. Life has become so hectic and time is running fast. It’s almost a routine for many to work more than 12 hours a day and cuddle up like a baby once their eyes droop with fatigue. So many don’t seem to be interested in landing themselves in physical labor like bursting crackers.
Thankfully, the Television has come up with good shows for this Diwali. The race for TRP between various Tamil channels, in particular Kalaignar and Sun TV is a real festive treat for viewers like me. Super hit movies are screened in all channels and I’m going to handpick my movie from the various options. The rivalry is really benefiting viewers and it’s happy times during festive seasons !!
Adding on to this, various movies are slated for release this Diwali. It’s going to be a neck-to-neck competition between ‘Saawariya’ and ‘Om Shanti Om’. Money is going to flood the distributors this season. Well, that’s for Bollywood buffs !!! For Kollywood buffs, it’s a range of movies this Diwali and what a pity, all the movies are house full in good theaters even before their release. ‘Kannamoochi Enada’ starring my favorite actor should be a good pick(Hey am not publicising !!!).
The police is extra cautious this Diwali. The rule that crackers shouldn’t be used after 10 in the night up till 6 in the morning is a lump in the throats of many Diwali freaks. The ban could be spared at least on the Day of Diwali. The dark sky would be glittering with the lights of crackers. What a sight !!!! Sad that the spectacle cannot be witnessed this year !
Somehow, Diwali has never fascinated me as it does for many albeit I enjoy the fireworks’ manifestation on the sky. I remember taking an oath in my 6 th standard that fireworks are the products of tiny tots whose hands are supposed to hold pens and pencils and therefore the bottom line is ‘Don’t burst crackers’. That is a defeated argument now ! In point of fact, there are loads of people near my place who can’t afford such fireworks and I feel obliged to give them company at least this way ! And shopping !! My God ! ‘Give me a break’ would be my courteous reply ! T Nagar is swamped with people and I would easily vanish in the crowd !! Why taking a risk ! Thanks to the textile proprietors, the shops are now opened till midnights but hey the crowd don’t seem to recede even at midnights !
Decisively, my plans for Diwali are as follows
Eat
Sleep
Eat
Sleep......
And occasional studying for my exam !!! :(
Although am cynical about doing the last.
:P
Happy Diwali !!!! Have a blast !
P.S. This Diwali is certainly a Happy one because our Indian Doctors have achieved a really rare feat by saving the 2 yr old Lakshmi ! Hats off to those saviours !!!
Well, I’m going to celebrate her recovery with an extra course of eating and sleeping ! ;-)
4 comments:
er Thanx for comments just visiting ur blog site you have manipulated it well All around it is nice to read Continue ur good work
Accidentally came across ur blog. N since i had a lot of time to spare, I m going thru the entire blog.
Diwalimania is interesting
N hey 4give me, I have been a critique for ages. So let me point out some glitches.
The ultimate day is actually more than a day. this time around, diwali in north was on nov 9th.
N dis yr the reduction in crackers is nt only cos of pollution awareness, which by far is miniscule. the larger reason is distribution licenses for cracker shops were given as late as 3 days b4 diwali. This resulted in gr8 chaos in these shops the night before diwali. I was in the middle of 1 n so can vouch for it. Also ppl hav started preferring fancy fireworks.(Sky fares more over noisy earthly ones).
K now let me move to the positives. (Typical critique, I cant even put the positives b4)Overall the post is good. Your phrases are apt. Little fine tuning of grammar (Can't resist it , sorry) and more appropriate choice of vocabulary can add that spark. The biggest of your positives is, you never run out of topics. Blog activity is good. So you are on the road to greatness. Keep posting.
N hey i dint understand that Laxmi convalescence. Pls throw some light in the comments. Hv bookmarked your blog. Wil post more comments. Keep posting. N don't mind me being a little critical. Tht is 'ME'.
P.S : Saw your orkut testis... One thing i can identify with is DSP. Was such a sucker at it. Have to thank my friend who spent a whole night educating me n my other normal friends and made us scrape thru :-)
Hey Srinivas
Thanks for writing in your precious comments and criticisms about my postings. Infact I have been longing for someone to throw a negative point about my blog.Now that you have told me quite a few, I'll try to refine them on your suggestion. And speaking of Lakshmi, she WAS a 2 year old baby with 8 limbs. Last week, a team of doctors seperated her 'Parasitic Twin' and now she IS a normal child.
nvr evr encourage a critic...
he he... lol....
keep posting....
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