Happy Diwali to you all!
Well, for a change, due to demands of situation, I was alone at home in Mumbai this Diwali! And this led to such a different Diwali this time!
For a change, even on Diwali, I was sleeping very late, till someone pressed call-bell! Once awake, it took some time to realize how much work was to be done! So, it started with house cleaning, including pochha lagana J then, sicne cooking gas cylinder was empty, went to arrange for one and finally managed to get at 12:15pm.
By this time, I was hungry like anything, but at least on Diwali, thought of taking a bth, doing pooja and then only having food. Pooja reminded me that I was yet to take Lakshmi-Ganesh moorti J my god….so I ran again to the market and bought silver idols (my god – silver prices have almost doubled since last year!!!)! Along with it, bought Diya, batti, oil, flowers, laddooooooo, ….! Thanks to sugar prices, this year laddooo is selling at approx 200/KG !
Back to home…..cleaned some clothes….and then suddenly, slept without realizing….!! When I awoke, saw many Happy Diwali messages and missed calls! By the time I finished responding to each of them, it was already starting to be dark!
Hurriedly, I arranged the diyas, batti daali, then oil dala…phir took small paper pieces, on which I put the diya in every corner of the home! This part I quite like…..when u lit up all of them, it looks so divine and so attractive! Then did pooja, and uske baad, took some snaps!!
Since then, have been refilling oil in all diyas….!! 9pm and I felt hungry…so cooked Maggie (thank god I got the cylinder today!!)….and on Diwali, ended up having self-made Maggie!!!! He he he J phir, mithaiyaan, jo main laya tha,….had few of them….. My neighbor came, to say happy diwali and good bye! They are going to
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