It is Diwali time and in few hours, my house will be filled with family and friends. Within moments of their arrival, there will be huge doses of laughter triggered by nothing really particular. Once we are done with flaunting our new garments, jewelry and other stuff, it will be the time for mad conversations that range from ragging each other to serious, in your face conversations on varied topics and our funny bones would be in overdrive mode, as usual. The beauty is, all this happens in such organic manner that it feels like some magic act that keeps everyone enthralled!
Frankly, I am not in mood to write much today as I am so excited to look forward to this gathering. Such interludes always nurture energies that sometimes translate into spaces of contemplation and realization; my greatest reward for spending so many hours in kitchen and making elaborate meals! And like it happens every time, the complete foodies would indulge in their devotional act of gluttony while the rest of us would enjoy watching them struggle between finding pleasures of renunciations and nirvana in a sheer circle of plate! There would be fervent proclamations about "light bite" and after indulging mindlessly, some of them would vouch for complete detox post Diwali.
There is so much fun in store that I just cant wait!!! At the risk of sounding abrupt, let me sign off now, amid the crazy sounds of fire crackers all around. I wish all my readers, friends and family a very happy Diwali. Wishing you all the happiness, life has to offer this Diwali and always. God bless!!!
