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दिवाळीच्या खरेदीमध्ये एक महात्वाची वस्तू म्हणजे आकाशकंदील. त्याच्याशिवाय दिवाळी अपूर्णच. दरवर्षी कंदील आणायचा, "हा कंदील आपण पुढच्या वर्षीसुद्धा वापरू" असे ठरवायचे, आणि पुढच्या वर्षी "रंग उन्हात विटला" असे म्हणून नवीन कंदील आणायचा. त्यात नवीन ते काय! सालाबाद प्रमाणे ही परंपरा पार पाडत ह्या वर्षी आम्ही कंदील खरेदीसाठी गेलो. बरं यंदा कुठल्या प्रकारचा कंदील घ्यायचा हा निर्णय आमचा आधीच झाला होता. गेल्या वर्षी आम्ही एका घरी पिवळा, अगदी हळदीच्या रंगाचा पिवळा कंदील पहिला होता. त्या कांदिलातून प्रकाश खूप छान दिसत होता. बस्स, तेव्हाच ठरवले की पुढल्या वर्षी असाच कंदील घ्यायचा. बाकी कंदील पारंपरिक, स्वदेशी (Make in India चा सिंह असेल तर उत्तमच, पण Made in China, Bangladesh, Pakistan असा कुठला nako), पिवळ्या रंगाचा, आणि स्वस्त्यातला, ह्या किरकोळ अपेक्षा. बरीच दुकाने पालथी घातली, पण पाहिजे तसा कंदील काही मिळेना. कुठे प्लास्टिकचे कंदील तर कुठे geletin पेपरचे. कुणी म्हणे चार दिवसांनी या (ह्या पट्ठ्याला कोण सांगणार चार दिवसांनी तर दिवाळी आहे).  मी म्हटले जाऊ दे, आपण कंद...

I had a strange dream this morning. I was going to my office. On the way, I saw an attractive man (who looked a bit like Sebastian Stan) getting tangled in chains. He tried to escape but couldn't. I see him 6 times on that road (presumably I was going back and forth on the same road) on the same day. Each time I see him with other people getting their pictures taken. He appeared distressed and sad, as if he is trapped and finding a way to freedom. Last time when I see him, I think to myself that this man should be set free. He must be in pain. As if he read my thoughts and looks directly at me. He makes a long eye contact with me, almost like a stare down.  When I return on the road, I see that he was not there, but the chains and the whole setup still remains. I think to myself that the man must have left, he is finally free. Then, I feel a gentle tap on my seat (I am in some open air vehicle). I turn around to find the same man, as if to assure me that he is fine. He is silently ...

I was born and raised in a suburb of Mumbai called as Malad. Malad primarily is a locality wherein many businessman from different parts of India have called their home. Among them are many from Gujarat.   It is a well known fact that people from Gujarat are foodies. They love their Farsan, snacks that are delicious and light. I have seen many Gujarati wedding as well as festive meals with gujarati's where the focus is on farsan rather than the main course. Being raised in such locality needless to say I too am fond of farsan. One of my favourite being Jalebi and fafda. Jalebi is a decadent desert wherein fried flour is depth in sugar syrup. Fafda is a severy snack which is made from gram flour. Jalebi and fafda is a sweet and savory combination that no one can reject.  I have fond memories of jalebi and fafda. Jalebi and fafda is a traditional breakfast to be served on the auspicious day of Dussehra. I remember that when I was a child, I used to see a lot of ...

This is the festive season of Navratri. Navratri literally means 9 nights. This festival is celebrated to represent or remember that goddess Durga defeated Mahishasur, she fought with him for 9 consecutive days using 9 different avatars. Nowadays Navratri celebration has been commercialised. I do not have a problem with that because these festivals generate great revenue. Many communities or even small-medium artist earn a lot from these festivals. Then comes the debate of celebrating Navratri using 9 different colours. In early 2000 one of the newspapers was not profitable. As the sales declined, they came up with a new marketing strategy. They published in their newspaper which colours are to be worn on each day of Navratri. They would not declare all colours at once, rather they would declare which colour is to be worn today and which colour is to be worn tomorrow. This marketing campaign was very successful and the newspaper definitely made good profit from this strategy. Now after...

Fashion trends are always debatable. Each trend has its minions and haters. Fashion trends come and go. With each trend there are discussions. I am not a big fan of fashion trends. There is one fashion trend which I extremely dislike - Ripped jeans. The trend of ripped jeans began around 2016 and soon it took over the fashion industry. All celebrities were wearing and promoting them. From big brands to small ones, every brand was selling ripped jeans. Making money for tearing the fabric and selling it at a high price. Worse, people were buying them and flaunting them.  From the get go, I found the ripped jeans to be cheap. Showing skin from the ripped part looked too weird and inelegant.  To me, they looked like damaged goods. I felt that the brands were earning by destroying the clothes or by using defective fabrics. I proudly say that I never bought the ripped jeans. Trends can be ideas or inspiration. Trends should not be blindly followed. If we dislike a trend, we should f...

Social media is evil. There,  I said it. I mean it. I will prove it.  In last 15 years, we have seen a rise of social media platforms. At first it was an innocent platform like Orkut, where you can make friends and write something nice to them on their profile. Then came Facebook. Initially it was about connecting with your old friends and creating new friends. It was easy to connect with your old friends who were far away. It was free. We can easily stay connected with our distant friends via the Facebook using the internet. Also we can create new friends even without meeting them in person. It was a cool and a creative idea to bring the world closer and together.  Along came Twitter (now known as X). This platform was used moreover for voicing the opinion. It had character limitation so you can maximum put your feelings in a sentence. Later, there were many enhancements to this platform leading to improving the character limitation and addition of media like photos or v...