The blue sky

After a fun filled celebration of Diwali, ‚the festival of lights‘, it was time to celebrate ‘The Laternefest‘ in my son’s crèche. It literally means the lantern festival, something, similar to our Diwali festival! It was organized by the crèche authorities and the notice was displayed almost a month ago asking the parents to confirm their presence. I had put my response long back and was looking forward to the event. It was going to be our first event at the crèche with the German kids and their families, so was little excited and nervous. 11 th November, Saint Martin’s day is the day when this Laternfest is celebrated every year. We gathered at 4 pm in the crèche and the turnout was quite good. Many parents had prepared the lantern at home, I hadn’t! So I had the option of picking up one from the lot which was kept for parents like me who couldn’t manage doing it at home. The director, Miss Schiffer was the only amongst staff who was participating in the procession with a ...

India, as everybody is aware of, is a land of festivals and one of the festivals celebrated on a grand scale is Diwali, festival of lights! It is a festival celebrated elaborately for 4 days depending on the lunar calendar. This year, this festival was all the more special, because I celebrated it with my extended family. We met here in Stuttgart, on the basis of our common mother-tongue and slowly we became stronger and closer and organized. This year, we celebrated many events and one of it was the grand get-together for Diwali celebrations and it was a great success. A preparatory meeting was held to discuss about the proceedings for that particular day and the girls quickly chipped in with ideas, games and of course the main thing, delicious Indian food, homemade food by all lovely girls in the group. Responsibilities were taken, decisions were made, arrangements were taken care of, and hall was booked. And the day dawned. It was Sunday, 3 rd November 2013. The weather w...