Diwali is considered as the Festival of Lights in India & symbolizes the victory of good over evil . Its marked by lighting lamps , diyas as they call it in India and backed up by family get togethers , exchange of pleasantries and sweetmeats . In Bengal the worship of Goddess Kali takes place while Goddess Lakshmi the Goddess of Wealth is also worshipped that night especially by the business community .
Owing to pollution reasons the High Court of Delhi banned the use of firecrackers this year in Delhi.It created many a heartbburn as it was construed as a means to snub Hinduism and favour the minority community .
In Kolkata a deep depression marked an end to the fun and gaiety. A deep depression over coastal Orissa ran into Kolkata and adjoining areas with wind speeds exceeding 40kmph.Despite a 4 day weekend , Wednesday and Thursday got completely wiped out by the rains and neither did candles or diays survive the winds. The only hope was Chinese lights and lanterns. Children were rather disappointed and so were the adults.
The only positive was to focus on office work sitting at home, reading a variety of selfimprovement books including Emerson thoughts and then watching the films Dhananjoy and Mardi Gras in two contrasting moods on Amazon.
It was nice to get back to a brief period of work on Saturday and then the sumptuous food and gifts provided by my sister on the occasion of Bhai Dooj , a day when sisters pray for the immortality of their brothers. Sister was particularly generous this time around with gifts of Ferro Roscher chocolates , almonds , TShirts and foodies. Today was also an eventful day with dad returning after a long trip to Europe and gifting me chocolates, dresses from Greece and a bottle of Chivas Regal to be opened in December .
Skies had improved by Saturday evening and my kid exhausted all her crackers on Saturday evening before we proceeded on a wonderful Chinese dinner with our entire family along with my sister's. A final signoff at the Kali Puja pandal with some nice old day film tunes being sung by a male female duo . Overall a weekend worth remembering as we brace for tomorrow's Brazil versus Germany match in Salt Lake stadium for the World Cup Under-17 .
Owing to pollution reasons the High Court of Delhi banned the use of firecrackers this year in Delhi.It created many a heartbburn as it was construed as a means to snub Hinduism and favour the minority community .
In Kolkata a deep depression marked an end to the fun and gaiety. A deep depression over coastal Orissa ran into Kolkata and adjoining areas with wind speeds exceeding 40kmph.Despite a 4 day weekend , Wednesday and Thursday got completely wiped out by the rains and neither did candles or diays survive the winds. The only hope was Chinese lights and lanterns. Children were rather disappointed and so were the adults.
The only positive was to focus on office work sitting at home, reading a variety of selfimprovement books including Emerson thoughts and then watching the films Dhananjoy and Mardi Gras in two contrasting moods on Amazon.
It was nice to get back to a brief period of work on Saturday and then the sumptuous food and gifts provided by my sister on the occasion of Bhai Dooj , a day when sisters pray for the immortality of their brothers. Sister was particularly generous this time around with gifts of Ferro Roscher chocolates , almonds , TShirts and foodies. Today was also an eventful day with dad returning after a long trip to Europe and gifting me chocolates, dresses from Greece and a bottle of Chivas Regal to be opened in December .
Skies had improved by Saturday evening and my kid exhausted all her crackers on Saturday evening before we proceeded on a wonderful Chinese dinner with our entire family along with my sister's. A final signoff at the Kali Puja pandal with some nice old day film tunes being sung by a male female duo . Overall a weekend worth remembering as we brace for tomorrow's Brazil versus Germany match in Salt Lake stadium for the World Cup Under-17 .
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