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the season is changing... there is that crispness in the air I always associate with Diwali*... in the morning you wake up because its chilly... fans are not needed any more... distant sounds can be heard since there is no humming and whirring of machines to overwhelm those distant sounds... there is peace and calm on the earth... and the sun's rays are soothing.

Winters are coming, and though I am not highly keen about them, I am really looking forward to Diwali. This year it will be so different. I wont be spending it at the hostel with friends. There wont be any chaos of the huge ISHW Diwali Parties, no rangoli** to make and no sari to wear. I shall be at home, lighting a few diyas*** and maybe getting forced into prayer. wonder what it will be like? smokey and choking or bright and uplifting!

* Diwali is a festival of lights, celebrated for the victory of evil forces by the 'good' lord Ram (an incarnation of Vishnu).
** Rangoli is a pattern made with powdered colour on the floor for puposes of decoration.
*** Diya is a small earthenware lamp in which a cotton wick burns in mustard oil.