Hark Back

Every single time you were a fool
when you spoiled your moment remembering them. 😐

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Pictures

There was a smile in the pictures,
“why they are not on my face now!”, they asked.
They do not understand,
you were also in those pictures. 😐

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Atoms

We were just a collection of atoms,
who came together for a brief period,
and then fell apart. 🙂

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Prolong

He saw her in someone today,
but, it wasn’t her.

He realized that it has been very long
he departed in her,
but she still persist in him. 😐

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Ambivalent

Maybe you weren’t the one for me,
but deep down I wanted you to be. 🙂

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Unrequited

Maybe..
they found someone better in their way,
they were not infidel, but they did move ahead. 😐

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Esoteric

“Where is your girlfriend?”, She asked.
“Very far”, He replied.

“Is it a long distance?”, She asked.
“You can call it a long distance”,
He said while staring at the sky.

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Doomed

He was staring blankly to his phone
which never rang. 😦

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Festival of Lights – Diwali

Happy Diwali.. 🙂

Deepavali.. a Hindu Festival celebrated in autumn every year  with great enthusiasm and happiness in India. The festival spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, and hope over despair.

Diwali is celebrated around the world, particularly in countries with significant populations of Hindu, Jain and Sikh origin. It is celebrated in almost all the Asian countries, parts of Arab’s, Australia, New Zealand and  also in some parts of Africa.

Satellite picture of India taken NASA satellite on a Diwali evening.

Its celebration include millions of lights shining on housetops, outside doors and windows, around temples and other buildings. In India, Diya( Oil Lamp) is decorated. Diya’s are available in nearby and are made up of clay. An Indian potter paints earthenware lamps ahead of Diwali.

A women painting the Diya’s.

A Diya placed in temples and used to bless worshipers is referred to as an Aarti. Diya’s adorn every corner of the house on this very auspicious day and add fervor to the festive spirit.Moreover, a Diya also symbolizes knowledge.

Diya or Deepak on top of a rangoli, an oil lamp usually made from clay, with a cotton wick dipped in ghee or vegetable oil.

Rangoli, a folk art from India can be seen on every doorstep. Rangoli patterns are created on the floor in living rooms or courtyards using materials such as colored rice, dry flour, colored sand or flower petals.

Colored Sand for Rangoli making

The purpose of Rangoli is decoration, and it is thought to bring good luck. Girls, boys and women’s create Rangoli and other creative patterns on floors, near doors and walkways.

A Rangoli design with diya’s on top.

Decorative materials and statue of Goddess Laxmi and Lord Ganesha are brought to home.

Decorative Materials and statue of deities.

The statue are decorated by pushp(flowes) and wore cloths. Later in the evening, during the pooja (prayer ritual) performed to host, honor and worship one or more deities.

Marigold flowers sold for decorating house.

Pooja ki thali is used to do Pooja and Aarti.

Puja ki Thali, a plate decorated with Diya’s and Marigold Flowes.

Statue’s of Lord Ganesha and modern day Diya’s.

 

Diwali is one of the happiest of holidays in India, with significant preparations. People clean their homes and decorate them for the festivities. Diwali is one of the biggest shopping seasons in India; people buy new clothes for themselves and their families, gifts, appliances, kitchen utensils, small to big ticket items such as cars and gold jewelry. People also buy gifts for family members and friends which typically includes sweets, dry fruits and seasonal specialties depending on regional harvest and customs.

Special Sweets during Diwali.

Girls and women go shopping. It is also the period when little kids hear ancient stories, legends, myths and battle between good and evil, light and darkness from their parents and elders.  Youth and grown ups graduate to helping with lighting and preparing for patakhe (fireworks).

Crackers are burn during Diwali eve.

Happiness is in the air, it’s Diwali everywhere, let’s show some love and care.

Wish you all a Happy Diwali, Namaste. 🙂

Summer 2014

If the summer of 2014 felt unusually warm to you, you were right – at least on a global level. LA Times made it official that Summer 2014 was hottest on record. It was not so in India, surely in the northern part. The Summer has passed very quickly and so do September, I feel like its been just 3 minutes when September started but it is almost over.

Summer is explained very well by by saying it as, summer .. when.. hair gets lighter, skin gets darker, water gets warmer, drinks get colder,music gets louder, nights get longer, life gets better.

For me the end of summer is less depressing because I have no more money to enjoy summer 😀 . I read this line.. ‘Life is like a flower you have to enjoy its beauty before summer ends’. I read this line when summer was about to start this year.

Leaving you with one of the song from the Band Green Day.

https://soundcloud.com/dullaghan/green-day-wake-me-up-when

 

Hope you had a wonderful summer and you’re ready to have a blast in the upcoming winter.. 🙂