The “maha parv” for us, this year’s chath puja is now completed successfully. Just got off from phone with my parents and I am feeling so happy and relaxed. Papa especially was the most overjoyed on this event. All of us were much tensed due to mother’s recent poor health and her prolonged sickness – but then this is the worship of ultimate source of energy – THE SUN. So the biggest energy source also guided mom and filled her with the energy and enthusiasm to complete the festival with the same zeal, rituals and devotion as she has been doing in all these years.
This year’s puja has also been very successful due to contributions from my younger brother (who flew in during the weekend just to be at home with parents) and my son. It was very satisfying to hear that he was of great help in Puja and participated with his grandmother all through the 4-5 days. Mom was telling that he acts like a matured adult person, when it comes to do puja rituals. My brother left his family and was with mom – which definitely made things easier as always. He has flown back to his city, to join office from Monday AM.
I had a very usual Sunday – played tennis with my friends in the morning. Then today India was playing Australia in the first one day international cricket match – so I was on TV (as always). In total they will play 7 matches in next two weeks and I am looking forward to the entire series. Keeping my enthusiasm aside, India lost the match in the final over / final ball infact. So it was not all very happy ending, hopefully following matches will be better from that perspective.
From tomorrow, life will be back to normal – meat in food, satisfaction in mind and wait for next year’s Chath puja, with a hope that I will be able to spend time with them in person and not like this year.
Hope is the ultimate source of life… we all thrive on it and move forward.
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