Greetings!
Diwali is here again.. The festival of lights and sounds and more illuminating and blinding lights and more deafening and clamourous sounds.. Diwali is celebrated on the momentous occasion of the return of Lord Ram back to Ayodhya. That was when people of Ayodhya lit lamps to welcome him back home... One wonders who got the nasty idea of bursting crackers as part of celebrations, but that tradition seems to have been followed till date.. Lord Ram's credibility which is clouded and under scrutiny thanks to the Government dint seem to hamper the Diwali celebrations.. The government says that Lord Ram does not exist or he is a drunkard and many more.. but the government says many things..
Whenever asked about how one celebrated diwali, yours truly fabricates a ready-made reply.. 'I dont really appreciate the idea of bursting crackers and adding to the alarming levels of noise pollution. I simply dont encourage such childish ways of celebrations!!' leaving an impression of an environmentalist or something close to that, but the concealed truth always remains that one has never been in good terms with the crackers or rather say is a little frightened about them!!
One is wary of only the red coloured loose crackers which are wild, reckless and dont have a time sense to burst unlike the other bigger and better versions which tend to pop out in a timely and orderly fashion albeit a thunderous noise renting the air.
Rockets are the most graceful among the firecrackers as they get air borne and paint the moonless night sky with dazzling display of colours. But a slight human fallacy could even bring these graceful ones to shame. There was an instance when one misfired a rocket and it went chasing one's brave and ferocious dog all over the house and straight into its kennel shutting the poor thing inside for two days..
Diwali is the most awaited festival of the year and its fun with brilliantly illuminating diyas, sparkling fireworks, showering flower pots and sparkles, the bombs are rather deafening (part social concern and part fear) and can be downplayed. Let this diwali bring happiness and prosperity to you and your family and everything that is generally said in greeting cards, mails, notice boards..
Happy and a Safe Diwali..!!
Diwali is here again.. The festival of lights and sounds and more illuminating and blinding lights and more deafening and clamourous sounds.. Diwali is celebrated on the momentous occasion of the return of Lord Ram back to Ayodhya. That was when people of Ayodhya lit lamps to welcome him back home... One wonders who got the nasty idea of bursting crackers as part of celebrations, but that tradition seems to have been followed till date.. Lord Ram's credibility which is clouded and under scrutiny thanks to the Government dint seem to hamper the Diwali celebrations.. The government says that Lord Ram does not exist or he is a drunkard and many more.. but the government says many things..
Whenever asked about how one celebrated diwali, yours truly fabricates a ready-made reply.. 'I dont really appreciate the idea of bursting crackers and adding to the alarming levels of noise pollution. I simply dont encourage such childish ways of celebrations!!' leaving an impression of an environmentalist or something close to that, but the concealed truth always remains that one has never been in good terms with the crackers or rather say is a little frightened about them!!
One is wary of only the red coloured loose crackers which are wild, reckless and dont have a time sense to burst unlike the other bigger and better versions which tend to pop out in a timely and orderly fashion albeit a thunderous noise renting the air.
Rockets are the most graceful among the firecrackers as they get air borne and paint the moonless night sky with dazzling display of colours. But a slight human fallacy could even bring these graceful ones to shame. There was an instance when one misfired a rocket and it went chasing one's brave and ferocious dog all over the house and straight into its kennel shutting the poor thing inside for two days..
Diwali is the most awaited festival of the year and its fun with brilliantly illuminating diyas, sparkling fireworks, showering flower pots and sparkles, the bombs are rather deafening (part social concern and part fear) and can be downplayed. Let this diwali bring happiness and prosperity to you and your family and everything that is generally said in greeting cards, mails, notice boards..
Happy and a Safe Diwali..!!
tell me u are scared of crackers !! :P
--me, the only me:)