There is always some joyous anticipation in the air, whenever some festive occasion is due. You see blinking electric lights in the balconies of flats and colorful designs called rangoli outside certain apartments.
Diwali, celebrated in October or November each year, originated as a harvest festival that marked the last harvest of the year before [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 29, 2008
Diwali in Kuwait
October 27, 2008
Moving & talking apartment
Right from the time we shifted into the present apartment, I have made a point to get along with all my neighbors who are a mix of Indians, Pakistanis and Egyptians.
All these years, during summer, which in Kuwait is most of the time, whenever they switched on their A/C, there used to be a [...]
October 26, 2008
What a Day
First thing, when I heard the alarm is get up, rub my eyes and head to the bathroom. After washing my face and starting tea, as usual went to the window to see how the weather is looking. Well today, it looked like winter was starting but there was doubt that the building in the [...]
