This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.
Dear Grandpa in heaven,
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Write Over the Weekend inspiration for this time
Write a Letter to someone you miss the most this Diwali.
Its diwali, not the kind of the festival that we used to
celebrate, the piles of turmeric speckled new clothes of the members of our
joint family overflowing, the early morning 'Ganga Snanams' and the innumerable
crackers of all kind. You are gone and gone are the moments of togetherness… Aunt's
work schedule becomes hectic, uncle's son falls ill and it is evident that
everyone wants to celebrate it in his or her own way in his or her own place.
We still wake up early, but we do not have the crackers, as we have become
aware of where it comes from and what it costs... If you were here, you too
would have thought of the same.
Grandpa, there are new clothes still, but there is no one to
exhilarate the beauty of the newly clad grandchildren. Every year, after giving
us our dresses, you would be waiting for us to come back dressed in our new
attire and so do we quicken up to show our new dresses to you, because it was
you who would give the feeling to each of us that our dress was the most
elegant than the rest. You would say, "Very glad!! Very glad, you look
like a princess" and everyone would get the same compliment, and diwali
would get complete for us.
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Now, diwali happens through the long distant calls. Had you
been here, my children would have witnessed what a real diwali would be like,
what a feeling of pleasure giving and sharing delivers and how great it feels
to be appreciated. I also wish to take a closer look on your dress and
appreciate you in the same way as you do… Did I ever, or did anyone else do
that to you, thatha?
Anyways, time enlightens us many things and it is quite an expert
in making people cope up for their
losses. Time flies, we have diwali every year, trying to follow the traditions
that you have enrooted in us, except that we miss you every moment. Keep
blessing us, dear thatha!
With lots of love and memories,
Your eldest grand daughter.
