Holi!

Another spring has knocked our door, and spring means, Holi: The Festival of Colours! I'm super-excited!
For those, who're not Indians, let me get you all accustomed to the festival....
Holi is the day when the whole country (India) rejoices and celebrates while throwing colours and water on their friends and relatives, everyone's delighted, yeah! Sometimes, this can be very rowdy too, so be prepared!

Tough guy, isn't he?! This is how we play Holi!
Now, every single festival has one thing in common, guess...its food! Yep, we eat a mouth-watering cuisine on Holi, like: gujias, papads and other tasty sancks. I'm pretty sure that a carnival of Holi is organized in every society! People gather around, chatter, play with the colours, spray waters on others with their pichkarees (sort of a water gun)! Interesting, huh? But, be careful, wear, old clothes, so that you don't dirty the new ones! And second, don't drink too much bhaang (sort of an alcohol). If you are under the influence of it, DON'T play, Holi, you may thro mud instead of colours, you never know! Yes, thandai (milk) is rather a good and healthy option! It is cool and tasty! So guys, take out your wallets and buy water balloons and pichkarees!
And above all, forget the difference between the poor and the rich! This is the symbol of Holi!
After all,
बुरा ना मानो, होली है!
The Daily Delight wishes you all Indians and NRI's, a very happy Holi!

Women's Day

Well then, I've posted a day early, so that you guys, especially women can read my blog, on this auspicious day! Women's Day, 8th March, and its the 365th Women's Day, all day a women's day in a year, he-he, just a joke. By the way, women power has become quite active in India, since several issues of physical and mental violence and discrimination have come up, women want to change their situation in these cases, and a fire of justice and righteousness towards them has ignited their souls

Campaigns, rallies, protests and dharnas to arise issues on women's right issues are frequent nowadays, their awareness has been spread through songs, plays and meetings!

But one more case is dowry, which the groom takes during weddings, this is a punishable crime, yet, is practiced in rural and remote areas. Also, sometimes, the groom is greedy of dowry and if the bride's family is unable to pay the amount, the bride is murdered by her husband or in-laws! Isn't that disturbing!

I made this poem in Hindi with a translation over this issue

"बनाओ जीवन साथी हमें तुम्हारा , अच्छा लगेगा हमको
हमसफ़र, मत तोलो इस शादी को"

(Make me your wife, o'dear, I'll be pleased,
But don't weigh this marriage on the scales of dowry!)

 

 

   

Modernity, Video Games....Something's Changing, Something's Addicting

Friends, today's world is full of machines and virtual gaming devices or consoles as we call them.
Nintendo, XBOX, Namco, Sega and Sony's PSP's have dominated the child's mind, atleast in India, in the metro areas. At least something's wrong. Guys, reminisce those days of joy when all the boys of the town competed against the other town, tournaments! Tournaments are held now also, but the frequency and enthusiasm of the child has drastically gone down to enter the tournaments. And the culprits are these gaming consoles! I mean, these devices are just for a little entertainment, but, nowadays, the scenario is changed. Children just want to play virtually all day! We have to work upon this serious issue now. Besides the physical stamina of a child is also decreasing and their weight is, increasing. They also make the child stubborn. As people, we should protect kids from this disease.