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Happy Deepawali everyone 😊

I know that I end up writing something or the other on most festivals or just even holidays. I may be crazy, but I just love celebrating every opportunity I get. The word celebration has many meanings - it need not necessarily mean doing something elaborate (though it does), we can celebrate in subtle ways, by just smiling, by just being happy, by just being with loved ones, by being alone with oneself as well.

So, last many weeks have been a lot of things for me, hectic work, meetings, Dasara festivities, meeting friends/families, household chores and then came a conference at work which was an amazing mixture of fun along with work. And now we are having - Deepawali - which signifies various things -

- the festival of lights

- moving from untruth to truth

- moving from darkness to light

- victory of good over evil

- moving from ignorance to knowledge

- new beginnings

- Rama returning to Ayodhya after his exile

- Krishna slaying the demon Narakasura

- King Bali returning to earth once a year on Bali Padyami as he gave his head as the third step to Vishnu in Vamana avatar.

(there are many more stories)

I have been humming a song that we are learning at school which is so beautiful and an apt reminder for all of us every moment of our lives. The song is called Phool ko aankha ma and the first 3 lines mean -

in the eyes of a flower, the world appears as a flower

in the eyes of a thorn, the world appears as a thorn

reflection is always as per the look/shape of the person/object

ok, the whole song is so meaningful, here it is (roughly translated):

let my heart be pure

let my words be full of wisdom

let my feet never kill an insect

if I feel I am beautiful, I see the world as beautiful

let me be able to see the brightness of the moon in the dark night

let me be able to hear the music even in the driest of leaves

if my heart is clear, I see a clear world blossoming

Music somehow brings everything together and everything starts to make sense when we listen to music right? 😇

I am also watching TV after a long time in between. I mainly love comedy and I am a huge fan of the series 'Modern Family'. I saw the last episode of the last season yesterday and the last few dialogues have stayed with me -

"You need to decide how your next chapter of your life needs to be"

"Life is full of change, some big, some small,

you can either fight it or make the best of it"

I feel that the above dialogues summarizes everything beautifully. So I will stop here and do the rest of the talk through my pictures 😁