tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post1404536448278819228..comments2023-10-30T14:26:47.315+05:30Comments on Hip Hop Grandmom: A Happy Deepavali!Hip Grandmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16891699611146003601noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-42088413240620410372020-09-10T08:15:50.756+05:302020-09-10T08:15:50.756+05:30Happy Deepavali 2020. The well-known festival for ...Happy Deepavali 2020. The well-known festival for Hindus, Happy Diwali on the occasion of biggest festival in India, it’s called the festival of lights celebrated on triumph over the darkness. More on www-happydiwali.com<a href="https://www-happydiwali.com/" rel="nofollow"></a>mcdvoicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744005694635720121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-8833853986993657552011-11-05T22:36:38.483+05:302011-11-05T22:36:38.483+05:30dr.antony:i am fine. Thanks for asking.
eve's...dr.antony:i am fine. Thanks for asking.<br /><br />eve's lungs:Yes. i was thrilled to hear my g'daughter describe Deepavali celebrations in her place.Hip Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891699611146003601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-35326103136639007822011-11-02T20:56:40.383+05:302011-11-02T20:56:40.383+05:30P - how thrilled you must have been when your gran...P - how thrilled you must have been when your grandchild said that . Lovely post .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14157665564024320442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-69467482575731057182011-10-28T23:52:08.173+05:302011-10-28T23:52:08.173+05:30Hi,
After so long. Good to start with your wonderf...Hi,<br />After so long. Good to start with your wonderful post.<br />You write from your heart, dipped in emotions.<br />How are you these days?dr.antonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191095888228061156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-46747422483520609052011-10-28T19:23:48.151+05:302011-10-28T19:23:48.151+05:30Suranga:Those days money was short and one thought...Suranga:Those days money was short and one thought of providing something for each member of the family.This may not make sense these days but it was very heartening to watch the appreciation in the faces of dependents for any small and inexpensive gift given. Like the walking stick i presented my father in law. He proudly took it for his evening stroll rejecting the older one.Happy Diwali to you too.<br /><br />R's mom:My MIL was an expert and would never settle for the second best in anything. She would help out in making sweets for weddings at friend's homes. for our daughter's first b'day we had hired a cook to prepare sweets and my MIL took over the preparation of laddoos because she did not like the shape of the boondis that the cook made. For her all boondis had to be of the same size. The poor cook, you should have seen the expression in his face.Happy Diwali to you too.<br /><br />Renu:These dats we hear so much about adulteration that we too prepare sweets at home or get someone to prepare them in front of our eyes.<br />Grand sweets and krishna sweets are reputed outlets though. we don't have such store in Jamshedpur. Glad your daughter carries on the tradition of the festival. This is how the next generation will pick up.Happy Diwali to you too.<br /><br />Bhagyashree:I read your post too and found it interesting. I too would feel that festivals are tiring affairs when i was unmarried. But I continue to carry on the tradition.<br /><br />Tassu:Since we have little to look forward to, we tend to look back! I was joking. I did feel nostalgic hence this post. Happy Diwali.<br /><br />Anon(M): I must say that those of you who have relocated to foreign shores do a good job of keeping the tradition of our festivals going. I was at my daughter's place for Diwali in 2006. It was fun, playing villagers till 2'o clock in the night.Happy Diwali to you too.<br /><br />Hillg'mom: I would not call it a great Diwali. I missed my children and found myself wishing that they had never grown up. But then I consoled myself thinking that if they hadn't grown up how would my adorable grand children have arrived on the scene! I suppose my mother too felt so at some point of time.Hip Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891699611146003601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-42288463593893158362011-10-27T21:08:38.540+05:302011-10-27T21:08:38.540+05:30Hope you had a great Diwali HHG.Hope you had a great Diwali HHG.hillgrandmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805698959846687562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-82435743624864396642011-10-27T19:22:22.413+05:302011-10-27T19:22:22.413+05:30Lurker, delurking to say Happy Deepavali! I live i...Lurker, delurking to say Happy Deepavali! I live in the US as well, and we did the best we could, to approximate the early morning Deepavalis of our youth! We did the nalangu, oil bath (with shampoo :)), ate legyam/sweets/savoury snacks for breakfast, and even managed sparklers for firecrackers! Unfortunately, we then all had to go to school/work as yday was a normal working day otherwise but Deepavali is special, no matter where you are! Diwali parties are on all month as well...<br /><br />Happy Deepavali again! Reading your blog makes me nostalgic for my maternal grandparents' house in Delhi :)<br /><br />MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-30262190530153934172011-10-27T18:01:08.043+05:302011-10-27T18:01:08.043+05:30Oh how touching was that when I read about your FI...Oh how touching was that when I read about your FIL and all that what happened 38 years back! Makes me feel how time flies? Well living every moment of life is the best way to live life.Anyway happy diwali !Tassunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-84702271353309822212011-10-27T12:33:02.468+05:302011-10-27T12:33:02.468+05:30Awww such a lovely post. And brought so much memor...Awww such a lovely post. And brought so much memories that I made a short post myself. :) I used to crib when amma used to tire herself doing so much on diwali and today I do the same. Why? BEcause it gives so much happiness <br />Yes, we too had a lovely DiwaliBhagyashreehttp://www.bbsearchingself.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-33987304456555378212011-10-27T09:50:04.579+05:302011-10-27T09:50:04.579+05:30those were the days,so much of sweets and savourie...those were the days,so much of sweets and savouries and then distribution...<br />today also I try to do it as much as I can and yes my daughter is also carrying on the tradition in her own little way:)<br /><br />Happy Diwali!!!Renuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052079745061422542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-43501246094465619822011-10-27T07:58:59.431+05:302011-10-27T07:58:59.431+05:30Awww...isnt that cute...your MIL made so much..baa...Awww...isnt that cute...your MIL made so much..baap rey...we also had the 'ganga snanam' and all that... :)<br /><br />ma made thengai burfi and pakodams...yummmmmmmmmmR's Momhttp://www.readingthroughrsmind.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29858077.post-84032494528683769252011-10-26T23:34:59.918+05:302011-10-26T23:34:59.918+05:30HHG, what a wonderful post ! And it must have been...HHG, what a wonderful post ! And it must have been thrilling to get that call from your granddaughter . <br /><br />Yes, those were the days . We had similar customs. Getting new clothes was a special thing then. One didnt go in and out of Malls the whole year buying whatever one felt like, and so getting these at Divali was so special. <br /><br />Here wishing you and your family a very happy, healthful, safe and enjoyable Divali !Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.com