Was this Diwali?

Coming up is my approach towards the understanding of less ‘craze’ in Diwali. I know that most of you might have not gone through this less craze and must have enjoyed it beyond the limits. But for some of you, it was not so. Enjoy it in the form of a diary entry.

 

Dear Diary,

 

Was this Diwali? 14^th day of November arrived on Saturday and went in a swoosh of air. It seemed that Sundays were much more awaited than Diwali. The morning messages started with the wishes and ended at night with sharing snaps. Neither of the children were happy on their day nor the diyas placed on the boundary walls. There were no hoots of kids enjoying the fireworks. There were bright colours of red and blue and yellow in rangolis, but were the colours enticing for eyes? Did these colours ignite something related to happiness? There were belly relishing sweets, but did their aroma dance in our nostrils?

Perhaps not, because there were masks on our faces rather than joy. Our eyes had apprehension rather than gleam. Our brains had a sense of caution rather than peace. Our legs had obstacles rather than jumps of surprises. There were fewer fireworks this time, the biggest discontent for the children (firecrackers were banned in most of the cities). No matter how much we say about raising rates of pollution day by day, children remember this festive period only for two things, mouth-watering delicacies and firecrackers. The children wore dazzling dresses, but they would have felt a little sad about the firecrackers. The guest-count was also somewhat lower than the usual Diwali celebration. All the day, social media was filled with relatives and friends sending greetings written in compulsion of courtesy. Most of you would just have forwarded them nonchalantly. There were no footsteps at every door for distributing sweets and exchange of warm greetings. The streets didn’t have their eager crowding for festive shopping. The seasonal business which usually hiked during this festival thrashed to the ground. This time a lot worse happened for some families. The Diwali was dim in their homes. The imitated happiness they had was clearly comprehensible. The decorations done in homes were not bad but the lightings and activities on streets and shops were not that sparkling as it used to be. This perhaps shows the hardships people have gone through, extending to such a limit that they have to compromise in their festivals. The newspapers had just shown the caricatures, but the day enhanced them. One in all, there was less craze in people, probably due to positive cases, low budget, less enthusiasm, no family gatherings, booming trends of isolation, Netflix, etc. Let’s hope that this festival was the only one with low spirits, otherwise, there won’t be any special day other than Sundays. Until this all ends!

 

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