"Smritishesh" Diwali: Te Hi No Divasa Gata:

- Unveiled-Jay Vasavada

- Every year with the old Vikram Samvat, one more crust of Diwali ronak falls. Ecstasy and leisure are the 'salt' of change!

Where did the eagerness to celebrate the festival go? Where are the lost Tatwarat and Thanganat? Why did Osaryo emerge?

Diwali means a ceasefire on every front of life! Once again a Diwali knock on the door. (Sorry, the ring is playing!) One more record is about to be 'The End' like a torn page of Samvat Tarikhiya. The journey of the past to 'nostalgia' is thus the first sign of aging. This Kathiyawadi creature who saw Diwali in 'Yadayatra' has a small ocean of memories ... in it there are innumerable gems of new colors. Let's Dive Once Again for New Generation Readers!

Until the beginning of the seventies and early eighties, Diwali was a big attraction of Diwali as a child - Diwali issues of many Gujarati children's magazines like 'Zagmag', 'Bulbul' etc.! After vacations in small towns, Tabariyanv Kagadol sat waiting for such numbers. When the parcel arrives, he turns his hand over the freshly opened Eibandh Dal numbers and puts it on his chest and puts it in the house! It was a thrill to collect these numbers with Dad's money and turn the pages.

What a smartphone, television was a wonder then. Motera was also a fan of Diwali issues, bringing special reading material from other magazines. Newspaper supplements are also flooded with Diwali content. Theaters go to sleep in a few days! Then swing the housefull boards in advance booking for a week.

The children just sniff out the mommy-daddy bags from the market and kick out the new boxes. Present whatever you want on Diwali like Christmas Santa Claus 'Make a Wish'! Diwali was just fun, fun and fun for Bachchelog! Curfew may also be imposed on annoying boys during festive days! There was no cut-throat competition to keep tuition in Lower KG and do homework in vacation.

The husbands of the new generation, the modern daughters-in-law who barely cooked for themselves, were girls themselves. And the older generation's aunts, uncles, aunts, nephews and nieces from far away villages were considered an indispensable duty if they did not like their joint family. Diwali is an open license for fuss and fuss! The bhaturis opened the box of loose chandeliers that looked like reddish chandlas and smashed them with stones or tongs.

Some of the heroic teenagers even filled the potash pulp in a long iron-handled 'chucky', knocking it to the ground in the style of a tipi ras - a cheap, indigenous and 'eco-friendly' blast! There was no need to read court rulings to allow cloves to explode in the street. Innocent Baporia- Sarpolia was dominant. Finding an empty compartment or bottle before Dad for a fireworks rocket. Mom was making letters in the air with a flower in her hand! The magnificent fireworks were exclusive as they were expensive and hence its 'matam' (mahatmya). The flutter of a pencil or wire scattering diamonds on the ground or flying animals was more than a blast.

When the babysitter was busy with fireworks, the female class lived in the kitchen. Farsi puri, tikhi sev, mathiya, vanava, shakkarpara, koprapak, ghughra, mohanthal, ghari, poona-shing no chevado ... to make Diwali sweets by oneself , And in the evening we were at her house!

A new calendar was put up so that the neighbor could not see the gap in the wall. Renovation of the crumbling building and whitewashing of the 'facial' makeup made the happy families. And a reunion of cleanliness. All the members of the household joined in. Pampali used to renew the memories stored in the old things every year as per the insurance policy. One would think it was rubbish, the other would think it was a treasure, and there would be lively discussions about what to throw and what to keep.

While this activity is going on, Dad takes a red ballpoint pen and sits down to write a greeting postcard. Colorful printed Diwali cards are carefully selected. Expensive card sender's waiver. Cheap and good card takers and cards with pictures of landscapes are being bought like a wholesale food pantry! The design of the card - the text is prepared by a hobbyist.

Merchants sit in the shop's restaurant on Diwali, displaying decorative items. No one has seen the online sites of corporate Bonanza. That is why the middle-poor class, ashamed of two eyes, used to buy a little glittering Diwali from the Sethis who run the account from generation to generation. And even the common consumer used to drink sherbet in Rajapaksa at that time. Even though its status did not increase, the size of the shopkeeper's mind increased on Diwali.

For non-merchant families, Waghbaras is considered a 'warm up day' of Diwali. Then Labhpancham ne sidhi sherdiwali devadivali! On that day, with special insistence on Diwali, barely getting permission, new sewn pairs of clothes would come and the tailor master would come home for last minute measurements. Shaving requires a growing crowd.

The first innings of Rangoli starts in the courtyard from the same day. First a frame is prepared by soaking the dung. Mom soaks the ‘ocher’ in a lined bean and beats it. Then he draws a picture of a white chirodi or a lamp with a 'free hand' on it, Morlo draws an art ... Dad makes colored pots. After the coloring is done with chewing gum, all the colors are mixed, the bedding is made from the edge of the newspaper to create a background.

Dhanteras depicts Asopalava leaves and Aquarius with shrifal in a compulsory rangoli. This is when the official unveiling of the new clothes that have to be touched even in the empty closet every day. Ditto freshly made juicy colorful desserts. Thrive in abundance when buying expensive. If the delivery time of Dhanteras Shukan has been written in advance. Most of the Diwali specials hit the market on that day!

Diwali is yet to be celebrated for two-three days. A movie with a big star cast and a banner that arouses great curiosity will drip on Diwali and Dhanteras will be full for three days booking in the first hour! The doorkeeper director of a good single screen cinema is just like that.

Grind seven grains (such as chickpeas, sorghum, millet, mug, etc.) into the flour. Take a lot of water with a freshly fried head and go to the square where the four roads fall. Putting water between the heads and coming around without looking back.

At that time all this aroused mysterious interest. Haven't seen Halloween movies, but the thrill of Diwali is alive and well. The garland of the heads was placed on Hanuman's temple with Adad, to snatch the curds kept in the freezer at home!

On Diwali, the family must wear saffron, red, green sari or a newly sewn shiny pair to visit the temple! On that day, to read the Diwali issues lying side by side with a hearty meal of Puranpoli or Batatavada. To keep the door open at night, so that Lakshmi arrives! After throwing away the garbage, coming home playing street thali!

On Diwali, all of them became new and went to visit the temple every day. Donating in the morning and playing pages for fun in the evening! Replacing old furniture, curtains, sofa covers, tablecloths, etc. Children holding mommy-daddy's finger and Zaza firecrackers from the market for a few rupees. Every night friends gather and firecrackers explode. If it is missing, bring a new one! When we are teenagers, instead of bursting into flames, we go to the open terrace and enjoy. Not skyscrapers so the whole town looks nonstop with fireworks! In the evening, my mother would pour oil into the new kodia, put a woven wick of thread in it, light a lamp in the recess of the house, shift, light the window and hang hand-made bamboo or colored paper lanterns. Someone hung an electric series of lights on the door.

If you wear expensive selas or jaribharatna wo like this, it looks good, but if you wear it on Diwali, it looks like deployment! Family members studying or living in the suburbs return home on Diwali. An out-of-home program is always arranged only after Diwali. In a business family, the elders start a clean safari of the dhoti and the children, put on shiny shoes that can be worn on the head, and start preparing for the book pujan. The evening muhurat of Diwali should be taken out. Sacrifices of various fruits and sweets are prepared.

Rarely do women walk up the steps of a shop, wearing sails, patolas or gharcholas, wearing jewelery taken out two or four times a year and waiting with their babies. The white covers of the 'bonus' of the shop workers are ready. While Lakshmi Pujan is going on inside, Lakshmi Chhap Teta and Ganesh brand Bhambhu's Bhadaka-Tikhara Ramzat is spoken outside! When the pujan is over, offerings are sent to the well-wishers. A new book with a stitched white thread on a red cardboard becomes 'Gadinshin'! Sitting on the next day, on the morning of the year, 'Mitti Marwa' has to come to inaugurate it by making a single number of 'Shri Sawa' chandla with red conch! Decades ago, in the small villages of Saurashtra, even Muslim or Vora traders were seen doing this pujan with their own eyes.

No one sleeps on the night of Diwali. On the morning of the new year, Harkhai arrives to wish a happy New Year. Care is taken to ensure that no home is left unattended. The night of Diwali is a heap of work. Newly taken curtains are put up. Asopalava leaves should be made into a garland of vermilion. 'Labh' and 'Shubh' should be written on the main door by speaking Kanku in Ghee.

Silk sheets kept in the closet- Galef arranged. Sugar is put in the dish of Mukhwas. The corners of the house should be cleaned. Prepare all this for the family to go to bed. Shukan's first purchase, only then the second money can be spent! New Year's 'menu' must be inverted! Eat in the new year is eaten all day. If there is no sister, then the siblings are fulfilled at home, but if there is a sister, the brother runs away for food!

Before the first rays of the sun come out in a sitting year, some thanganbhushans run and get stuck in such a hug. New Year's Day is the only opportunity to arouse pride and amazement by presenting new sewn or ready-made clothes, newly settled household items, achievements made or bought in the past year and newly made dishes to the society once a year! Because of the belief that what happens that day happens all day!

In the morning, if the shop or home sweepers, clothes makers, postmen or guards come to 'Boni' to get the gift of auspiciousness, then the customers who have become friends come to 'Boni' to buy something! In small villages, whatever you see is embraced! If you sit in the market, even if you don't know it, you will happily shake hands so often. If the elder relatives live in the village, then all the 'big houses' will run first! If there is a small family in it and there is no one at home, then there is a 'cross' - then there is cheating - there is sadness - there is forgiveness - there is a call to go again the next day. At home, two or three families get together and insist

Chaos ensues! And the night fell and the stomach swelled and the body swelled!

Diwali is a multicolor festival of diversity and change. The cycle of time went on. Readymade 3D stickers with 'Well Come' written on them at one time looked like magic and the benefits of applying them lasted till the fifth. After globalization, I saw so many glittering neon lights signboards and hoardings on urban highways all year round that I didn't feel like taking a sticker! Once upon a time, I used to be happy to see old Diwali songs in Hindi films in 'Chitrahar' on Doordarshan. Now on TV there are daily jokes like Diwali.

The television was like an empty plate. Then the delicious dishes of the satellite channels began to be served. Diwali gradually became a toy of advertising agencies. Big Bonanza became a platform for offers. At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the TV beat the mobile phone that became the villain for the festivals. Letter and voice went from greeting. Here are the forwarded messages!

Expensive new fireworks film fireworks like 'Nam Bade Or Darshan Chhote' were added to the fireworks purchase list. Like an Apple smart phone, it has to learn to operate separately! Gajavu becomes lighter and tebha breaks, but mobho becomes heavier! What happens You have to live with the times! Colored candles came instead of lamps! To draw rangoli, dotted bamboo was used and printed cartons came. The spray has become obsolete.

The government made the financial year from March to April in imitation of the British system! The root cause of any festival is Nagdanarayana. Gradually, Chopda Pujan became a festival and became a formality. The transaction evaporated. Software like Tally hit the ground running on a daily basis. Natural scenes of gods and goddesses or villages and rivers printed on treadle printing from calendars and cards are out. Dats started appearing in mobiles instead of datta. The mini calendar calendar came. To meet the fast times, castes or organizations started organizing 'Snehmilan' in advance! Now in the WhatsApp group!

Diwali issues and street games for children came to a standstill, firecrackers were thrown and noise became a nuisance. Kids get lost in mobile games instead of magazines. Going to each other's homes for 'Diwali' stopped at high prices. In the dish of 'Sweet Mouth', the sugar had to be moved and made to dry. Instead of sweetness, sour peppermint, hot-clove, spicy mukhawas and many more have been added to the dish. Dishes also come in fancy crystals. Formerly a home-made dish, chocolate is now available in designer packets. Boxes of dry fits are passed from one address to another like kho-kho.

Housewives are becoming independent. Now the dishes are not made, everything is ready. Readymade! Aya, khaya, khilaya, aur ho gaya! Strict note bonds are also lost in credit cards. There is no place to make rangoli. Rangoli is being 'replaced' with decorative paintings or show pieces. Instead of trying to recover, they wallow in their sadness and thus, experience more failure. The sour milk has turned sour ... Now the crates of cold drink bottles are rocking. India celebrates half of Diwali with Chinese products! New Year is celebrated in few states like Gujarat.

Every year with the old Vikram Samvat, one more crust of Diwali ronak falls. Ecstasy and leisure Beday has felt the 'salt' of change! Diwali is not a cultural timetable of a changing calendar. Lakshmi is not worshiped. Escape from the routine is not a celebratory season. There is no annual golden opportunity to oil oil in a relationship.

So what is Diwali now?

Just Holidays and Purchasing Power! Holiday fun like summer vacation! On Diwali all come home from outside, now go out of the house. And with that, the excitement of the festival is gone!

More memories come when the event doesn't actually happen. So revision has to be done one by one.

What will be the ancestors who for years have been staring at the position of the stars in front of the sky and lighting the lamps of the mind from which the changing dates of these festivals came! As many old practices faded away, so did the celebrating mom and dad. One day the light of this writer and reader will shine brightly. There will be smoke! Jay Diwali.

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Ath yadat: para divo jayotirdipyate /

Preshu everywhere: Presvanutt. Meshu Lokeshu /

Id Vav Tadyadasminnant: Purushe Jyoti:

Synopsis: There is a divine supernatural light, which is shining unceasingly on all the objects of the earth and the highest people and from the earth, and this is the same light which is also shining in the heart of Sahu! (Chhandogya Upanishad)