Friday, August 01, 2003

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| | Festivals!!

With Raksha Bandhan round the corner, i have come a full circle when it comes to missing festivals and events back home. Around this time last year i had come to the US pursuing my dream of making it big in life, studying further and making a mark. (Mark idhar hai - teja main hoon *chuckle*).

This last year has made me realise how used to we are to getting holidays every second day cause of one festival or the other, am sure most of us dont celebrate each and every festival but still look forward to it, just cause we get to stay home and have fun - one way or the other.

Coming to think of it - i really never bothered to find out the reasons behind any festival. I think most of us dont. A festival like HOLI, i dont know till date, why we celebrate it - just liked going out and playing with colors and throwing water balloons at everyone in sight. (everyone = girls :)). Come "Navratri" and it was dandia and garba time, why we used to go out and dance for 9 straight nights i didnt know and neither bothered to find out.

Here all u get are the occasional long weekends, and same thing - no one cares what reason as long as u get one.

On second thoughts- it wasnt such a bad thing, celebrating festivals the traditional way, getting all dressed up for different ones, the sweets,food, enthusiasm... i think i miss all that. With Rakhee round the corner i miss my "dids" more than i ever did before :(, wish i could go back just for a day, spend it with her and come back. I am surely going to miss the "kaju katli", the 'molli' on my hand and the 'tikka' on my forehead, this 12th of august.

On a positive note - this sunday is the first sunday of august, so its friendship day. Now that i have made so many new,unseen friends over the last 2 months - lemme wish all of you a very happy friendship day !!

still reading Death on the Nile by agatha Christie.
listening to Somewhere i belong - Linkin park.
last saw Pirates of the Caribbean.


JaI. | 7:52 AM