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Articles with tag: diwali

Clarity

Raj Mor   Nov 8, 2007   interacts: 7

“Arunivas! Arunivas! Make sure you get me a gold set! Last Diwali you forgot completely that I am allergic to non-gold. How can you forget such important things?�

Dnyandeep (Lantern of Knowledge)

Hemant Vinze   Oct 20, 2006   interacts: 7

I pass my heritage unto you,
It’s up to you now,
To keep the candle kindling--

Diya JalaiN: Light the Lamp

Temporal    Oct 25, 2003   interacts: 15

Who’s afraid of (a) little more happiness, little less hatred?
In diversity is hope: in hope, light. let’s light that lamp and nurse its flickers ..

Diwali...Then

P Venkatraman   Nov 22, 2001   interacts: 35

A humourous and nostagiac look at Diwali preparations in middle class Bombay 30 years back.

When the Lights Hurt the Eyes

Farzana Versey   Nov 14, 2001   interacts: 384

Our superstitions are world-renowned. We feed the poor in designated months...

New Yaark New Yaark

City Girl   Nov 19, 2000   interacts: 18

2 a.m.: Rekha, cigarette in one hand, a drink in the other is on the dance floor

Seasonal Swings

Neelofar Farooq   Nov 9, 1998   interacts: 3

The city’s notorious matchmakers get down to business and tie up the loose ends...

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