Just Another Day

This year due to a family tragedy (my grandmother in law expired few months ago) hubby and me were not playing holi…..so yesterday (Dulhandi) I was wondering about all these years ……..what I did on holi and which has been my best so far…..

Coming from Northern part of India , Holi has always held a special place in my heart. While Diwali has been the sophisticated festival where you are dapper and proper.. Holi is completely opposite

As a kid I absolutely loved playing holi….so much so that I use to color myself in case of being ignored by others for a splash. We use to have this get- together in our home where all family–friends use to gather, music was played at its loudest best, loads of gujiya,papri, thandai was served

Once we visited my Grand Ma’s (or Bai as we use to fondly call her) for holi … the only one when my entire family was together from eldest to youngest (sans baby tannu as he wasn’t even born). Customary my Bua (Aunt) also came to our house so we had our entire gang together (6 sisters and 6 brothers).

The D-Day started with every one getting ready with our "fugga’s" …….. filling balloons with color water and guess who was our first victim….my youngest uncle who was “punished “ for coming late for holi…..as soon as he got down from rickshaw we fired him with balloons and pichkari’s….. and with this started full day of masti after which was the real task of removing color....my elder sisters use get all these different kinds of home made packs to remove color…….and we all use to sit together on terrace…gossip
meanwhile removing color…..though I was never able to get rid of it completely…always some “here and there” was left …….so this is one holi I’ll never forget…..my best so far

All my fond memories of festivals have been when I was kid …how it is that as kids we enjoy each and every festival…..and how as grown ups festivals just mean “just another day”………..what was it that made those days so special?

 May be being together with the entire family, that togetherness, eating in one big thali and pulling each other’s leg, playing all sorts of pranks……..enjoying dressing up,late night gossip…munching…….maybe it was simplicity of life and heart that made those days so special………..and how I wish I could get back those days………..no wonder my sister was humming few days back………..”Koi lutta de mere bête hue din”

His-Story

Past has always fascinated me more than present and I think that’s the reason why history has always been my favorite subject. My sister told me about Russian revolution when I was in class 7th while travelling from Alwar to kotputli and there I was mesmerized by St. Petersburg…Lenin…Czar and his Czarina…..Later in life due to sheer ignorance I chose science to pursue engineering….though time has not abated my love for history…and I still love reading about “those” characters of past…….each with unique story to tell

Why am I expressing my ‘oh so sudden love ‘ …well…. started reading this book “The Long walk Home” which is basically a story of a guy who survived partition/indo pak war/religious extremism etc all…so reading the first chapter made me wonder about the late 80s and early 90s era when terrorism was at extreme……. I was too young then to understand what was happening around me so all that I have known is going through old articles.. books etc… ….How painful it must have been for all those people who to go through the agony of being branded as terrorist just because they tied a turban on their heads..This book (LWH) is quite interesting and I would surely recommend it …….


Lately I have not done much reading and I was thinking of the time (pre-marriage) when I had whale amount of time to do things I wanted …but now post marriage I hardly find any time for my pursuits….but as wise people say when there is will there is way so may be my will has taken a back seat..


Saw this movie Tanu Weds Manu …….won’t exactly recommend it but in case if you have to watch it..well its not that bad..i think kangna is a good actress who needs major revamping of her dialogue delivery…World cup has started..so have my superstitions….while watching India-England match guzarish was coming simultaneously on Colors…..England was losing wickets the moment we changed channel to Colors and back to match …Hubby would cringe when me and my mom-in-law would see movie…but then kya kare bhai cricket ke liye karna padta hai…
Cricket invokes the true Indian spirit to hilt…..sari duniya ek taraf and cricket team ek taraf……..

SO that’s all from my side…hopefully I shall be regular henceforth……..ciao