Once my life was shifted outside Kerala, I was not too keen on celebrating festivals like Onam,Vishu etc etc. It was a result of the fast metro-lifestyle and work related commitments.
But this year, I celebrated Vishu ( New Year for Keralites -14th April) like never before!. I joined my brother and sister ( She came all the way from Kerala to Mumbai for this ! ) at my brother’s home. I was so busy goofing around with children. We enjoyed “kani” at home, exchanged new year gifts, prepared a kerala style meal, went out for some shopping in the evening etc etc.
I was realising that how much I had missed in the past. I was wasting my time around the daily robotic life in metros.
Next few days , we roamed around Mumbai to visit Gateway of India, Fashion Street, Boating…… I clicked some nice pictures too. I will upload them to Gallery soon.
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dear rajesh,
it is happy to see that you are celebrating the very kerala festivals sitting there in mumbai.
there is one correction, i would like to point. Many people think that Vishu is the kerala new year. In fact, Vishu is only a Harvest festival. Our new year is on Chingam 1st , which falls on the Onam season. This confusion is there for many people. In fact Vishu was celebrated as New year upto Ad 800, after that it is only a harvest festival.ALso , they say that the Vishu is a all kerala festival, it is not like that in the actual sense. Only the northen part of kerala give the Vishu so much importance. For the southern part of Kerala Vishsu is not so much important as that of the northern parts. ( Tamil new year falls on a date nearby to Vishu. )I just want to coprrect the misunderstanding of many people including you.