To Faridabad for a change

On the day of Deepavali, to break the monotony and to overcome the loneliness, as planned been to a friend's place in Faridabad(Haryana) which is about 40 kms from Delhi.It really brought in a welcome difference and it was entertaining when I had the chance of watching the Deepavali special TV programmes. The Ilayaraja - Live concert and the pattimandram(tamil debate) were quite superb and it turned out to be a good feast.Especially the pattimandram titled - 'When does marital life get better - in youth or old age?' was loaded with so much laughter, it had us in splits and was quite enlightening too. The debate concluded with the verdict favouring ' marital life during old age'.

The evening stroll proved to me that Faridabad too was equally polluted with smog and dust as Delhi.Visionwas absolutely blurred and headlights did not help at all. Felt it was better to stay indoors to get away from dust and the chill weather.But otherwise the colonies in that sector were quite spacious and neatly planned - a nice residential area.'Vasoolraja MBBS' filled us until Dinner followed by some interviews.

Overall it was quite a different Deepavali,simply for the fact that I was in Haryana this time.The thundering sound of the crackers from the neighbourhood ensured we didn't get sleep until after midnight.One thing I liked was, the whole colony was looking quite bright that night with the compound walls wearing all those glittering diyas and colourful serial lights.Decorating with serial lights in households for Deepavali - think its not something that is customary in south India or atleast in Tamilnadu.The photographer in me surfaced and I managed to get a somewhat okay snap of the colony at night.Came back to Delhi the next day as classes were awaiting me the day after.