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A FUN Independence Day

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August 15th has always been special to me. I was born an Indian and although I am not an Indian citizen now, I live here and am immensely proud of this country, its values and its heritage.

On Sunday morning, I went down to the park in our complex to celebrate flag hoisting ceremony with my 4 year old son. My son has been in his Independence day spirits since he got an Indian flag at school and had been wishing everyone "Happy Independence Day". He still cannot "Independence" right but hey, who cares when what he says sounds so cute to the ears. :)

A few hours later, we went to old Bangalore to attend a Satyanarayana Puja at my cousin's new office. It was beautifully done and started and ended nearly on time. That in itself is quite a feat for puja's generally never start or finish on time. There was a delicious lunch after the puja was done. While the puja was great, I was very excited to meet my Mama and Mami. While I do get to see them more often now that I am in India, I always cherish every moment I get to spend with them.

My birth was in Mumbai and since then every year, I have visited my Mama and Mami's house in Matunga, Mumbai and have never forgotten the love I have received from them , in addition to the life lessons Mama has taught me. The Brijwasi Halwa that Mami used to bring and still does is yum. We used to spend hours at night playing dhaap baaji, Ghulam Chor etc. More than anything else, I just felt like they were like my parents and they treated me like their son.

Anyhow, back to the present day....We took Mama/Mami with us and took them to the flat where we will be moving soon and then we went to our rented home. My son Abhinav also loves playing with them and showed them his school alphabet book etc. I dropped them to the their hotel in the evening as they were heading to Tirupati at night. Mami loves old hindi songs and so do I. I put on old Hemant Kumar duets and we enjoyed it while Mama enjoyed his favourite pastime - Sleeping :-)

What an eventful Independence Day!!

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