Diwali - The festival of smiles

I could finally celebrate Diwali with my parents after four years gap. That was really a good feeling. Those little things which we often receive - by default - would not be knowing the value of it unless we miss it for sometime. That duration of sometime can range from seconds to light years.

Diwali which is the festival of lights, is the most sought after occasion by every person ( in India atleast ), more so by bachelors. Bachelors because you have all the 'enthu' (-siasm-) in the world and would be willing to try different fantasies only before marriage. We guys use short cuts coz, we might probably be addressed as 'hey, he is cool' by some wannabe cool. I might be doing an essay writing over Diwali here. In my school days, the most common question in my English examination would be, write an essay over the recently celebrated festival in your village or write a leave letter to the Prinicpal requesting for a week's leave. I always preferred the latter because it's short, less room for mistakes and I perfected the art of writing a leave letter in my school days with the copied stand out line being 'please condone my absence'.

So we burnt crackers, flower pots (couple of flowers pots exploded as well adding themselves to the crackers list), sent rockets (not into space but into trees) and a 2000 wala being the highlight. Want to try 10,000 wala sometime. Some might feel burning crackers is just as burning money. Correct. But very few know that burning crackers is driving out evil spirits from their cities and ugly thoughts from their systems. History says, it's the fall of the Satan or daemon called 'Narakasur' on his D day and for us the Diwali day. So is the reason why crackers are burnt on this day. Some will even jokingly say, the smoke and noise that is generated out of the crackers will kill the mosquitoes in your house. Even toothless grannies are not laughing for this joke. And yeah if you are wondering if we need a license, we do not need a license to burn these crackers. I am just wondering as much as you did, license to burn crackers eh ? They wont kill you mate. Don't talk about your freaking safety norms now, not on this day atleast.

Diwali is one those of colorful festivals celebrated and enjoyed by everyone. A bright festival that can bring religions and relationships together. We all love seeing the sky litted with colourful explosions. A little cracker burnt on the street brings out a genuine smile. Diwali is one day to lit up the sky and your souls. It's more than a festival of lights. It's a carnival of smiles. That's pretty much with my modern day essay writing a.k.a blogging.