Holi Hai !!!
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Gone are those days when I used to wait for Holi, one of the Hindu festivals which I used to love most, of course for me Diwali is the best. I used to enjoy a lot in Holi. I still remember when I was a kid, we used to collect woods to make Holika and the preparation for the Holika started almost a month before the actual date of Holi. All the young kids of the colony used to get together every evening and then we started our expeditions in the near by Jungle and Nullah (seemed to be a big river for us that time) cutting the trees and collecting shrubs for the Holika. Really adventurous! Then was the duty of protecting the Holika from envious neighborhood. Finally a night before Holi Holika was burnt with all the celebrations and pujas. Then started the night before the big day.
Mummy used to make "Gujiyaas" and "Pua & Maal Pua" (Puas are eastern UP and Bihar's delicacy). I'm missing you Mom and of course the Puas :-(. Those Puas were famous in our colony and people use to flock in the morning for those. My Dad used to make "Bhaang waali Thandai", that's one of the few thing on which my dad used to work very meticulously, taking care of each and every minute ingredients. Alas! I was only allowed to taste the "Virgin Thandai" i.e. Thandai without Bhaang. I just hope one day I would have my dad made "Bhaang". Pata nahi woh din kab aayega!!!
Today, I'm in United States of America, far from all my friends, far from my parents, far from my India, missing all the colors, missing all the delicacies, missing all the fun. I miss those days of innocence when we never needed reasons to be happy.
Mummy used to make "Gujiyaas" and "Pua & Maal Pua" (Puas are eastern UP and Bihar's delicacy). I'm missing you Mom and of course the Puas :-(. Those Puas were famous in our colony and people use to flock in the morning for those. My Dad used to make "Bhaang waali Thandai", that's one of the few thing on which my dad used to work very meticulously, taking care of each and every minute ingredients. Alas! I was only allowed to taste the "Virgin Thandai" i.e. Thandai without Bhaang. I just hope one day I would have my dad made "Bhaang". Pata nahi woh din kab aayega!!!
Today, I'm in United States of America, far from all my friends, far from my parents, far from my India, missing all the colors, missing all the delicacies, missing all the fun. I miss those days of innocence when we never needed reasons to be happy.
HAPPY HOLI TO ALL!
Listen to these songs and enjoy:
- 'Rang Barse …' - Silsila
- 'Holi ke din dil khil jaate hain...' - Sholay
- 'Aaj na chodenge bas humjoli khelenge hum holi' - Kati Patang
posted by Shashank at 4:09 PM
5 Comments:
hmm... everyone, almost, will have same feelings as of yours. We all miss Holi and specially colors.. and offcourse those days in collages also, when every tree in our campus used to be full of tore cloths :P Those hostel wings, loaded with buckets full of colors. Wo bhaang banana... shuruwat mein kuch hota nahi to aur thoda concentrate banana n then... feeling top of the world... am getting HIGH man :) Aur haa bike pe 3-3 log sawar hoke, phir chalu hona dosto ko ikattha karna...that was real fun man.
Every year Holi comes with new colors, during childhood it's more of colors and special food only, during teenage it's color + friends and in collages Holi+Colors+bhaang+friends+lots of FUN !!!
Thanks for reminding those Golden memories !!!
hey shanky baba..missing home..me too..but no worries pal we are together...will celebrate holi by sharing our joys and pains...which are the actual colors of life..whot say?? happy holi puttar.. :-)
o yaar darr ka bhi to ek gaana hai :)
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ang se ang lagana..:)
mubarak ho !!
dont worry man. you'l be home soon wont you? theres lots of holi waiting for you. you just take care of your self. keep your self hungry, so that you can wash down all the puas when you come down to india. Happy holi. :) take care
Nice post, mate. Personally, I was never too fond of Holi myself - much prefered the big bangs of Diwali. Did get a bit of a nostalgic feel reading your post though. Maybe it had something to do with the bhaang and the gujiyaas. Mmmmm.... gujiyaas...
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