Festival time!

Going home this weekend for Ganesha Chaturthi and this will be the first festival I'll celebrate this year. Just can't gather enough enthusiasm to celebrate one here. I had told my grandmother that I would celebrate the festival with them but it's impossible now. Had I got enough leaves I would've loved to be there, though. I was in Nagare(my mother's native place) only once for Chaturthi and that has remained a very fond memory. I don't think it has to do with the number of 'specials' they make. Actually I actively participated in the hectic cooking and was wondering why they had to make so many things when we were only 5 of us to eat. Then I remembered that they were all supposed to be for the food-loving Ganesha and felt a bit guilty! They do it with so much of dedication and faith that it spreads to everybody.

With each generation, the magnitude of 'celebration' has reduced. I'm guilty of thinking only of convenience but I hope to improve by the time the kid grows up. I do want him to look forward to such occasions as we did.

On the workfront, I think I've improved. I'm following the flow and now I want to master it!