Happy Diwali!!

Happy Diwali to all my friends out there. For most of the people in India, Diwali is a festival everyone looks forward to and so do I. It is a major festival of the year. This Diwali in UK here was very good. At least we got the feeling of Indian Diwali to a large extent. My son was very excited on doing "decorations" for Diwali. We had a gathering planned for some friends and we had a surprise visit from few more friends. It was actually full of fun and excitement with sweets flowing in.

The surprise factor of friends meeting each other on Diwali makes it more special. I feel, the growing advancement of technology has filled life with more of inhibitions than convenience. One particular thing that I not so like is visiting friends by appointment. The sophistication of our lives tempts us to call in advance to meet each other. But it cannot match the joy of meeting without purpose and without appointment. The technological revolution has brought people apart I feel, rather than bring them close.

Being away from home(India) also makes us slog for the Indian sweets. I found that everyone here has put in enormous effort to make some or the other Indian sweet. And homemade sweet has never been valued more I guess. It was fun exchanging each others' handmade sweets. When we were young all sweets were made at home. At that time we valued the sweets purchased from markets more. And now when most of us can afford readymade sweets, home made sweets have become so precious.

All in all it couldn't have been better. A wonderful and memorable Diwali!!