I wonder how it turned into a festival of sound!
The heart patient who lives in my apartments is leaping up and down rhythmically with the ten-thousand-walah going off outside the building. I hope his bed doesn't break.
I notice an annoying increase in the number of commercials and common people pronouncing "DeepavaLi" [தீபாவளி] as "Deepa vali" [தீபாவலி]. Kaadhu vali each time I hear this.
I am home for the holidays.
I wish everyone a very Happy DeepavaLi! :-)
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Update on 06 November, 2005:
Thanks to Bhargav V for e-mailing that "deepavali" is the correct pronunciation and not "deepavaLi" as the word derives from Sanskrit "deepa + aavali". But I guess I've gotten used to the thamizh form (it is spelled deepavaLi).
10 comments:
Good ur back....catch up on some blogging while ur here will ya!!!!???
happy DeepavaLi....see i said it without giving u Kaadhu vali :)
Happy Deepavali
Long time since i spent diwali with my family, I had a great diwali nonetheless..
happy diwli again..hope u had a great time
Happy Diwali, enjoy the light festival.
Belated Diwali wishes! Looks like you had fun with the crackers ;)
Good to spot a tamizhan who gives importance to zha, La and la pronunciation. See, I tell people I am not finicky!hi-5! And may our breed grow.:-)
Its amazing...there was once a time when bursting fire crackers was de rigueurfor me.
Now the very sounds I loved and chaos I loved have become a pain!
Guess thats what they call growing up!
I hope you had a good Diwali
were u ppl spkin of DEEBAVALI :))))
--hurry
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