Day 480

 

I would like to greet you a very happy and colourful Holi in advance. Actually, I won’t be able to write any post on Holi. Well, this year Holi is being celebrated on two days that is Friday and Saturday. Hence this is causing the confusion about which day to celebrate Holi. Actually, I think that if there are two days of celebration of any festival then it kills the enthusiasm of the festive mood.

Let’s take the example of Holi this year. According to the Hindu calendars, Holi is on Friday and Saturday. Now suppose, you are in full mood to celebrate Holi on Friday. But your neighbours and friends are undecided when to celebrate Holi. At last, you decide to celebrate it on Saturday but when you visit your friend’s home then you find that the friend has already celebrated Holi on Friday. Then what will be your condition? Obviously, your mood will be off. Now take another scenario. You decided to celebrate Holi on Friday and went to your friend’s home, but your friend is in mood to celebrate it on Saturday. On your persistence, your friend will celebrate Holi half-heartedly. Then also, your mood will get spoiled. That’s why I prefer to have festivals on a single day when there is no confusion at all.

Well, festivals are the time when all the family members are together. But with due course of time and with increasing number of nuclear families, the meaning of celebration of festivals is changing. I’m not going far back. Let’s go back three decades back, when we were in primary classes. At that time, we used to have grandparents, paternal uncles along with their wives and cousins. Sometimes, maternal aunty used to come on festivals. There used to be so much fun in such a huge gathering. There was no issue of who will sleep where. There used to be a big bedsheet and we, children, used to sleep together. We used to have variety of foods. But now, even if a single person arrives our home, then we get worried about how to make arrangements for him. At present time, due to professional life, most of us are leaving far away from our home towns. We don’t get the feeling of ownness in different cities. Whenever we return to our home towns then we get a feeling of ownness.

Anyway, I don’t want to drag this post long. Let me enjoy the festive mood of Holi with my sweet memories and my family. You also enjoy Holi with your family. Happy Holi once again.