Festival of light!!!!

WISHING EVERYONE A JOYOUS AND SPARKLING DIWALI

Here comes the most awaited festival of the year..DIWALI...
Diwali has been a festival which is very special to me for many reasons....
new clothes, mouth watering sweets and guaranteed fun.
i still remember the school days when we used to have Diwali Holidays and all my friends used to gather in the building terrace to help the uncle's in making a giant Kandill (lantern) ..
the time seemed endless.. and finally seeing the completed elegant looking kandil standing tall above the ground..
on the day of Diwali we all used to get up before the surise wear the new clothes that we have been waiting to wear since a long time..
Bursting crackers was a fun... the flower pots, Zameen Chakkar, Laxmi Bomb, Sutli ..

Later in the afternoon distributing sweets to neighbours was another thing tat i thoroughly enjoyed... only because i got to eat a variety of sweets, Chakalli's and Ladoos...
then mom and i used to make huge Rangolis.. another thing i simply loved Seeing ...everyone will be busy right from the afternoon in making beautiful and huge rangolis in front of their houses....

then later in the evening the whole family used to be together to celebrate diwali i.e bursting crackers again...
then till late night we friends used to lie on the terrace and gaze at the sky watching beautiful rockets tat lightened up the sky ....


wow!!! what were those days... simply awesome..

slowly the thrill of crackers, new clothes, sweets rangoli started reducing and these days i hear people saying no to crackers as its harming health as well as the environment...
true to the sense of Diwali its a festival of Lights.. so sticking to the name these days i have diwali as a festival of lights ...
instead of crackers i have candles and diyas tat change the look of my home.. they make my home more divine.. the light tat the diyas give out is something i enjoy to watch these days....
but the rangolis still hold the same position .. the things tat has changed is tat then i used to watch my mom making them and now a days i help her in making them.....
dresses how can i forget, i got 3 this year :))

and then i used to enjoy the festival completely and now i have to compromise it with my Exams. :(
but still its fun in its own way ......