| Diwali happens every year... |
[11 Nov 2004|12:01am] |
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Most nights, after dinner, I like to sit out on my balcony and watch the stars... Smoke a cigarette, reflect on the day.. Maybe go through a few pages of whichever book I happen to be reading at the time... Today, though, the Ahmedabad sky is thick with the smoke of innumerable firecrackers... And there's stars of a completely different kind in the sky...
Not better or worse... Just different...
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Three years back I was living in Bombay with my ex... Diwali that year was extra special... It was just the two of us and we did all our Diwali shopping together... We didn't have much money then, but we shopped... New clothes, a few books, some music, lamps... Lots of lamps... We'd lit up the whole house with them lamps... Later we had a few friends over for dinner... It was nice... Very nice...
This year I'm with my family... I haven't gone shopping, haven't bought a thing... Not for myself or for anyone... The house is choc-a-bloc with guests in the evening... For me though, strangely, it's a quiet year...
I stayed late at work, had dinner all alone while the family and guests were out in the lawn drinking and chatting away... I went out for some coffee, by myself... Watched some fireworks from my balcony... And in some time I'll be in bed, sleeping...
Not better or worse... Just different...
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