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#Diwali #GloomToGleam A true bitter sweet tale

Writer: Kanisha Shah

#Diwali

Diwali or Deepawali is the foremost celebration of light over darkness, virtue over evil, gloom to gleam. It’s a festival with different kind of aura and positive vibes in our surroundings 

My wedding changed my life. As I learnt after marriage life is like an ocean or unexplored avenue sooner or later all are thrown into it. My advise is to better know the life skills so as to keep the mind sane in an insane world. Yet for me it remained barren untill I got hitched into the wedlock.

‘Kitchen’ – the place with which every bride get engaged through the saat feras. The place to which we get right fully entangled. Literally, it’s a place where we carry out more number of experiments than the chemistry lab and the results are capable of a research journal. The place where apron stains would appreciate the skills.

My initial days and months were like walking into haunted areas. The cabinets and shelves would laugh at me as I would walk in sheepishly. There was fear emerging from every lashes of my eyes. Forehead would bear lines of concern. Heart would pound beats of confused rhythm. Eyebrows raised and lips squeezed and anyone can shift my ignorance as I would valor my unknown island. How would I endure this land of kitchen? My pale turned face with narrow eyebrows specifically revealed that I was anxious. It is the smallest room of the home but it poses our colossal. 

I met my parental home neighbour, who makes everything look effortless and manages and organize perfectly. Decking up the home, preparing festival treats, baking, organizing Pooja, decorating, designing and colouring rangoli. She does all exquisitely. I directly asked her how does she manages. She responded that it is what she loves and she believes that the darkness of life vanishes in the sparkles of diwali.

A warrior she is a mother

Though compassionate, strong like no other

An epitome of strength and perseverance

Love is her life’s vanilla essence

Yeah I realised that despite sorrow, grief, hatred, disappointments, negativity, this wonderful occassion ushers and fresh lease of life with full of hope and positivity. Only thing to do is trust, let go and flow by connecting it with nature’s intelligence. That’s what I promised myself to try and do the priority wise work despite hurdles.

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