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Diwali this time !!

After nearly 10 days I am back in the office.. feels nice to be back .... Had a nice time during Diwali with my nieces.... It was a bit subdued because of many reasons ... In the past, Diwali used to mean other seemingly less important , but nice things .... It conjures up so many images & thoughts in my mind... Our Ten commandments for the Ultimate Diwali Celebration 1. Thou Shalt take all possible time in selecting your Attire !! Getting Diwali dresses was of prime importance.... We would spend hours selecting one single dress and me being the most choosy among my sisters used to annoy everybody with the time I took for choosing.. and when I finally choose one and show it to my sisters... there will be a really disbelieving look telling me "u took so much time for this??!!" .. but nobody dared to comment lest I start searching for another one again... 2. Thou shalt take all possible oppurtunities to take out your Diwali dress & admire it every ...

The Sleep Factor

Yesterday it really was a bright day .. what with sleeping for extra 4 hrs the previous day evening and all.. Sleeping is a real great thing ..and there is nothing like overdoses of it .. for me it means eternal bliss... and somehow I always seem to have a shortage of it... Being the youngest at home has its advantages ... i.e. the amount of sleep that you are allowed to have is inversely proportional to your age.... that was a really wonderful concept that worked fine for me then.. used to sleep late till 10.30 or 11.00 am.... But even then Murphy's law used to work against me ... Grandpa was the villain for my sleep.. He used to come charging for battle with his towel.. his usual weapon ... and spank me left & right with it.. Now you must be wondering what good a towel would do ... There is a saying in Tamil ' Vallavanukku pullum aayidham ' ..meaning .. ' For a smart person even a blade of grass is a weapon' .... The way Grandpa used th...