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The Last Diwali

You know the most painful part of being away from home on Deepawali?
It is the fact that Deepawali celebrations run for 5 days!!

For those who are planning to close this link thinking this is another cribbing post from an IT professional who couldn't make it home for Diwali.. Well.... You are damn right!

It is one festival that makes the whole world around you shine with lights, crackers, sweets, dry fruits, delicacies that is made only during Diwali for generations in you family and then again more sweets.

I am no fan of sweets or the crackers. Neither would I encourage too much of light show (Go Green!).
But what is best about Diwali is Family, Relatives and Friends.
They are all just there during this time to wish "Happy and Prosperous" Diwali.

I am missing all this big time. To distract myself from all this I did indulge in cooking and putting lights.
Did the Puja as per the muhurat and lit Diyas in every corner of the house. But it's not the same.

What fun of cooking if someone is not eager to taste it when its done; Or Putting up lights alone?
Puja seems incomplete with no one to share the blessings that you seek.
And no fun at all in putting up Diyas if there is no one standing beside you holding the tray.

But what fills my heart with hope and makes me smile is the fact that this is gonna be the last Diwali that I feel this incompleteness.
Leaves or no leaves I know from next year on I will always have my husband standing next to me with the tray of Diyas. ;)

Comments

Unknown said…
So true.. The lights, crackers, pooja tends to be incomplete without ur family., but I believe that everything has a reason to it. May b this time it's dull so that it would b double joyous next Year... Life... It's full of surprises... ;)
Anonymous said…
Nice & Happy Diwali (Nikethan)

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