{"id":1229,"date":"2009-10-19T19:05:14","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T23:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2009-10-19T19:05:14","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T23:05:14","slug":"diwali-the-festival-of-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/19\/diwali-the-festival-of-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Diwali, the Festival of Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; is celebrated on October 17th, 2009 that marks a very <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diwali\" target=\"_blank\">auspicious festivity<\/a> in our life. With a whole amount of muscle needed in coping with cleaning, baking, cooking and rituals performed, surprisingly I am still in a very high festivity mood. We ushered in the celebration by adorning new clothes and the house is brightly lit with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Diwali_Diya.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">diya&#8217;s<\/a> all over.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">I<\/span> cooked so many dishes! But no photos, except for one. Sigh. Sorry guys! So occupied getting ready for diwali celebration with friends that I forgot to take some photos. Just one, taken in the afternoon to drool over. I made an Indian version of stir-fry with medley of vegetables. Drool away!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1231\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 402px\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.kirantarun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DSC_03394.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1231\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/19\/diwali-the-festival-of-lights\/dsc_0339\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DSC_03394.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,685\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D60&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1255788717&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;48&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_0339\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Medley of vegetable sabji !&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DSC_03394-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DSC_03394.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1231     \" title=\"Yummylicious!\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.kirantarun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DSC_03394.jpg\" alt=\"Medley of vegetable sabji !\" width=\"402\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DSC_03394.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DSC_03394-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a>\n\t<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Medley of vegetable sabji !<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>With a full tummy, good company of friends and Disney fireworks, Diwali was celebrated with thoughts of family&#8217;s and friends back home. We miss you all. It gets very tough during festivities. Nonetheless, it was celebrated with loads of blessings and love from every one. Thank you all for showering your love and Diwali greetings via calls, sms, Facebook, Twitter and emails. Can we ever survive without technology? Not us! Come on, give us a break! We are so far away from every one&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 384px\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.kirantarun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DiwaliLight4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1235\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/19\/diwali-the-festival-of-lights\/diwalilight\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DiwaliLight4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"427,367\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DiwaliLight\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Image courtesy: sneha1967.sulekha.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DiwaliLight4-300x257.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DiwaliLight4.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1235  \" title=\"DiwaliLight\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.kirantarun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DiwaliLight4.jpg\" alt=\"DiwaliLight\" width=\"384\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DiwaliLight4.jpg 427w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DiwaliLight4-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a>\n\t<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy: sneha1967.sulekha.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Happy Diwali! Hope you had a blast celebrating it with your loved ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">A fire extinguisher is not an option, but a necessity during this festivities or performing rituals. We do not want to be in the predicament as <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/Dark-Diwali-6-firemen-choke-to-death-in-Thane\/articleshow\/5137464.cms\" target=\"_blank\">such<\/a>. People should learn and practice safe fire etiquette&#8217;s. It&#8217;s not worth celebrating and mourning at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; is celebrated on October 17th, 2009 that marks a very auspicious festivity in our life. With a whole amount of muscle needed in coping with cleaning, baking, cooking and rituals performed, surprisingly I am still in a very high festivity mood. 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