Colors of life

Diwali. Is a vibe. A vibe of happiness, a vibe of positivity, a vibe of celebration,  a vibe of togetherness,  a vibe of life and love! It is that time of the year when everything around you gives you a vibe of the festive spirit and zeal. Love every bit of it(except for the ear splitting firecrackers) starting from the Diwali cleaning of house to decorating the house, making homemade sweets and snacks, making colorful rangolis, illuminating the house with diyas and lights and celebrating the festival together with family! No matter what state of mind I'm in prior to Diwali, it always managed to drag me in its joyous and festive vibe! But this time it failed to. There was no enthusiasm around it. No festive vibes. It was rather the darkest Diwali of my life, blowing away one precious light of my life which shone brightly upon me with love and blessings in abundance. My sweetheart.. my nani!  I lost her two days before Diwali. For fifteen long days, her soul courageously f...

And I’m back to blogging after ages. Yup you guessed it right, all thanks to the corona virus and the locked down lifestyle we all are bound to live in these days. Not that I don’t have my plate full… there are plenty of chores that need my attention at this moment while I’m writing this. But I decided to ignore those as they seem never ending and I feel as I’m always springing from one chore to another before I realize one more day has come to an end and all I did was copy paste the previous day and the previous and the previous. Blah! Its like you are on a programmed mode to finish the days chores, and by mistake someone switched on the repeat mode and Viola! You are on a spin. I’ve even lost count of days/weeks/weekends as I literally drag myself out of the bed each day to face the repetitiveness of the lockdown life. Though it has its own positives and it also had few learnings and discoveries about myself which I never thought remotely possible in the normal life. Here it goes :...