How did I celebrate my diwali?
Good question. I woke up early… at 11.00 a.m…that’s early coz I get up at 2.00 on holidays :P then took bath…prayed as mom said she wont provide me any food if she doesn’t see me standing against a temple.
Then what, I managed to be awake till 3.00 p.m and finally gave up my fight with awakeness and slept again…got up at 7.00 when mom forced me to light candles and other things. Again a Deepwali pooja at 8.00 and heard mom’s remix of the aarti…prayed and smiled …tried to sing but mom’s remix was just awesome (wish mom doesnt read this..otherwise wont get food for next 2 day ;) ). After the prayer, I thought of sleeping again but mom gave a very cruel look…and then finally my massi came to my place sat with her for sometime.
Crackers..well 3 big crackers were enough for delhi…isn’t it..well I don’t burst crackers…why???
Flashback
A 10th grader, standing in her balcony and enjoying the view of the deepawali and is just hiding herself from mom who might shout on her for studies…and all of a sudden her friends spotted her and called her for celebrating the festival with them. She slipped from the house like a thief and is on the road to enjoy. Like every other girl she is enjoying with sparklers “Phooljhaadi”…and when her friends challenged her for big crackers..she could not resist…a girl who was always ready to show her guts comes forward to burst a big noisy bomb and to show everyone that she is bold enough like any other guy on this earth. She places the big cracker in the middle of the road and tells everyone to stay far. With her trembling fingers she holds a match stick and lits it…but by the time she took it to the bomb..it got exhausted…in the meanwhile her mom comes down searching for her. She stands in the staircase and starts watching her. The whole gang stays little far as they knew the cracker was a big one and will make everyone numb for a sec. This time with all her guts she sits and lits the matchstick and finally give the cracker a start…
boooooommmmmmmmbbbbbbbbb
and whats this. lights went off…everything became dark and she was wondering why these electricity guy has to cut the power on an auspicious day…after 5 mins she heard ppl whispering…and then felt ppl around her…but why so much of darkness…her mom touched her shoulder and grabbed her arm…but how can her mom find her daughter in this darkness..must be a mom sense :). Her mom made her sit on the grass at the roadside…but she could not see her moms face…The girl asked her mom “ how can u find ur daughter in darkness when there are so many kids around…how did u come to know it was my hand” Her mom who was in anger till now on this naughty daughter for all her mischievous activities started looking at her in disbelief…yes she lost the sight as she forgot to run from the cracker and she stood there when it burst…everything was just like before in the surrounding...nothing much changed but she was not able to see…her mom gave her some water to wash her eyes…but the darkness remained the same…she realized the meaning of darkness…the meaning of “BLACK”.
She was almost in tears. Her mom put her in bed and told her to take rest. With her eyes closed she was imagining her board exam with a brail script…she was imagining herself with a stick and a black goggles…she imagines her life on the mercy of others and on sympathies…she could not stop her tears….and slept off…Morning a sunray woke her up and when she opened her eye she could see the dawn. She could see the beautiful morning…and then she realized how beautiful this world is and bad it is to not see the creation of the GOD...she felt the pain of a blind for a night…she for the first time realized the gift of GOD “Eyes”. She decided not to burst crackers again…not because she was afraid because she did not want to miss the opportunity of seeing the beautiful world and people around. Crackers gives us pleasure momentarily but if they take our precious things then they are no good …
I did not intend to post a message to not burst the crackers but wrote because like me I feel ur eyes are also important and u too want to see the wonders of the God and wonders of me in the coming posts!!! Isnt it????
Now dont ask me who this girl was :)
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