Deepavali does seem to have set off nostalgia abut how good it was. (good material for our book on sivananda colony) Ravi, that was terrific writing about your sartorial adventures. Truly, clothes were so few and meant so much. And the sweets and preparations!
I can remember going off to a permanent ‘sale’ called Missing link about 10 times in a row to consider, buy and exchange .. How much heartache and though and confusion was behind that one set of clothes.
Why isn’t it so good these days? Im glad I don’t have to buy clothes in a Tirupur sale any more. But still, this time I didn’t even make an attempt to buy any. Because we know we can buy new clothes any time?
But maybe we have to change our mind set about how it should be and move on to different kinds of activities? As Kap says the kids don’t like the old traditions of getting up early; distributing sweets …sharing so much. However hard we try to get them to like it. We have to try harder to keep ourselves and the kids entertained. Like Kap and family going to Vedanthangal for the day. The old traditions are falling away and maybe we have to come up with more new ones. Like calling up everyone on the cellphone. And cutting down on tv.
But whatever we do, I think its important that we get to together as much as possible. That shouldn’t change.
ps: kap we did eat your chinese burfi..without a suthi.Keep going.. its the trying that matters
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