Guest guest Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 Yes! Finally the mother of all festivals is here. Diwali is called the festival of lights, but is actually a festival of heavies. Heavy eating, heavy spending and writing heavy articles on how to celebrate Diwali. In Diwali, everyone wears new clothes. Businessmen proudly display their new assets. Newly married couples display each other. The newly married husband displays his newly acquired riches obtained from his new in-laws. I hope that in the future the wives can also display their new divorce decrees from such husbands. Diwali is also a festival of bursting. Children burst fire-crackers. The maid servant bursts several glass items in the house cleaning. The husband burst his brain vessels over the huge bills. That is why, on the first day he is given a bath to soften him up and loosen his wallet. In Diwali, we go to our relatives houses to wish and greet them. This is to increase social interaction. To increase love and closeness. But mainly it is to avoid meeting the other relatives who are visiting you on Diwali. Diwali is also a festival of fun and laughter. For example, the greeting card companies and Mithai makers laugh all the way to the bank. The mobile companies have great fun devising various SMS songs to send on Diwali and even greater fun billing the customers. The companies also have great fun devising various Diwali schemes which sell the same old things at the same old price, but with a new 40 % off discount label. In Diwali we are supposed to discard all the old things and get new items. So this Diwali, let us discard our old prejudices, like religious fanaticism, like gender discrimination, like caste systems and let us acquire new prejudices like greedy business policies, over consumerism and flaunting of ill gotten wealth. Happy Diwali to everybody. And a very happy new year too! Kishore Shah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 Tujhse naraaz nahi, Ashok, Hairaan hoon main, Hairaan hoon main. Tere masoom sawaalon se Pareshan hoon main, ho Pareshan hoon main. Happy Diwali to you too, Ashok and Fly. Kishore Shah 1974 Re: How Diwali is celebrated > > how about saying goodbye to cynicism and turning spiritual and having a real blast this diwali -- doing all those things you mentioned -- with true faith -- and enjoying what our forefathers invented, to celebrate that faith !! > > > happy diwali to the SKY parivar !! > > ashok, renuka, aishwarya and aaditya ! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 Tujhse naraaz nahi, Ashok, Hairaan hoon main, Hairaan hoon main. Tere masoom sawaalon se Pareshan hoon main, ho Pareshan hoon main. Happy Diwali to you too, Ashok and Fly. Kishore Shah 1974 Re: How Diwali is celebrated > > how about saying goodbye to cynicism and turning spiritual and having a real blast this diwali -- doing all those things you mentioned -- with true faith -- and enjoying what our forefathers invented, to celebrate that faith !! > > > happy diwali to the SKY parivar !! > > ashok, renuka, aishwarya and aaditya ! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 Tujhse naraaz nahi, Ashok, Hairaan hoon main, Hairaan hoon main. Tere masoom sawaalon se Pareshan hoon main, ho Pareshan hoon main. Happy Diwali to you too, Ashok and Fly. Kishore Shah 1974 Re: How Diwali is celebrated > > how about saying goodbye to cynicism and turning spiritual and having a real blast this diwali -- doing all those things you mentioned -- with true faith -- and enjoying what our forefathers invented, to celebrate that faith !! > > > happy diwali to the SKY parivar !! > > ashok, renuka, aishwarya and aaditya ! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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