HAPPY DIWALI HAPPY DIWALI HAPPY DIWALI (nacho!!wwoohhooo!!) 

And you cannot imagine how thrilled I am throughout the year for this festival. You remember the time in school we all wrote an essay about ‘My Favourite Festival’???  and if it happened to be Diwali then the first line of the essay would always be, ‘Diwali is the festival of lights’(or was I the only stupid bum who wrote such things?). Nevermind…

Need I tell you how fun Diwali is? Need I? I mean come on, look around you. Houses are lit up (it is the only time parents don’t use their ‘Light kyu on hai? Diwali hai kya?’ dialogue). We can hop all around our as well as our friend’s society and do the most amazing thing called- blowing up every sane person’s ear drums with the noisiest fire crackers. We can do a little stunts infront of our crushes such as lighting up a cracker on the hand and show how much guts we’ve got. We can go to our relatives place and have samosa, chivda, chakli, ladoos, falan dimkana; basically  ‘Ghee (oil/tel) mein dubee hui laash’ type of food. 

Guys, let’s just peep in and see how your Diwali is different than mine or is it relatable. Lehh go…

1.     CRACK HEADS: 

I am not against bursting crackers but there’s this one dude who has destroyed my love for them. This guy apparently wakes up early in the morning and sets out the longest chain of those ugly red chilly crackers. Why? Why? Why would you do that to anybody!? Why would you disturb anybody’s beauty sleep?  And then there is a different set of crazy dudes who burns the crackers on their hands; I mean wow ! ‘Yeh dekh..aab tera bhai bomb lagayega..’ And mind you, this is the case with every guy! I cannot understand what joy it brings to you men in proving how much guts you’ve got? Just be safe okay ?! please!

2.     MANDATORY MESSAGES AND PHONE CALLS:

Mostly, Diwali is the only time when we send a courtesy message to even our enemies. And don’t even get me started on those WhatsApp forwards. My parents are so obsessed with wishing each and every relative, friend or colleague of theirs that they’d legit google the Diwali images, download them and forward to every person on their contact list. ‘Deepawali chya hardik shubhecha bara ka!’ 

    I kid you not I have got only 19 w’app contacts, I am so bored to even type a diwali message in return that I send voice notes to every person. Why? I like to annoy people whom I love. Jk, I am the laziest person on this planet.

3.     UNNECESSARY GIFTS:

Okay, gifts can never be bad but then there is a special time for gifting someone a crockery set, 10 kilo dry fruits, thousands of handmade chocolates and that is.. guess? Sahi pakde hai!.. DIWALI. Do all of us a favour, put some cash in an envelope and there we go.. best diwali gift ever is ready! As simple as that! Sorry but I’d prefer that envelope than the most useless gifts which Mumma would be like.. ‘Oh I am keeping this and will not use for like 20 years but it’s cute so yeah!..’

4.     RANGOLIS AND DIYAS/DIAS (sorry I have dyslexia):

Sshhhhh!! Don’t tell anyone okay? Pinky promise? – I was the kid who spoiled rangolis of the house next to mine. I was the kid who used to blow out diyas/dias of the house next to mine (and then mentally sing happy birthday to me. Does that make me a bad person? Sorry *puppy face*). Let’s just all be true to ourselves and accept the fact that we have a split personality within ourselves which tempts us to be evil and make us do all stuff which the good soul doesn’t approve of.

5.     FOOD, NEW CLOTHES AND RELATIVES:

A.    I belong to a Maharashtrian household and I do not get this that why my mom, my aunts, my other maharashtrian friends moms are so obsessed with the ‘DIWALI CHA FARAL’ (For those who aren’t maharashtrian – Faral is the food we make such as: chakli, ladoos,chivda, karanji etc). I am that kind of person who is all thrilled to taste the faral when it’s in the process of making and would go straight to the kitchen to steal a rava ladoo, (it’s my fav I can kill anybody for it) and then Mumma would be like ‘no no we have to keep this for bhagwan ka prasad, have it later’. Then there is segregation of the faral, ‘this is for Archu maushi, this is for mothi aai, this is for Dandekar kaki and that is for…’ the list is endless! And I sit there like- Toh mai kab khau !!??

B.     I love going to malls. Clothes, bags, shoes, movie theater, food court, gift shop- all under one roof (hey there Mr.Boyfriend, dropping hints). The second best thing after the ‘food court’ is the clothes! I love it! I go crazy when I see a beautiful dress, which would fit me precisely, I’d look ravishing, click a zillion selfies but then.. money bro. ‘I SWEAR I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO WEAR’, is my cry and then parents are a little extra giving on Diwali like – jaa beta jee le apni zindagi, so why not.. shop a little? 

C.     ‘Haaji.. aaj kal har jaghe politics ho raha hai, kya kar sakte hai!?’- Uncles To my Dad. ‘Aare.. I know her very well, her husband is spending money like water on her, nai tar aamche hey! ekach saree ghetli Rs.10,000 chi’ – Aunts to my Mumma. ‘Bhaiya zara meri ek acchi picture kheechdo, candid lena ha’ – Me to any random cousin. (haha jauukss).

And that’s a wrap for today hope you like it. A little news for those who love to read my blog: 

A.    Nothing much, was just thinking about posting on Facebook too the next time I write something. Is it worth a thought?

B.     DO NOT DO STUNTS AND BURN YOURSELF UP. Have a safe Diwali with your items (don’t lit a pataka, date one). Me- *laughs pett pakadke* 

C.     HAPPIESSSSTTTTTT DIIIIWAALLLIIIIIIII uummaahhh!! Go nuts and wish everybody until they say-  bas kar Such-a- Bliss!

Disclaimer: This is more of an emotional/philosophical post, so if you feel it's too boring.. you are a bad person! Jk. Feel free to write back to me if you think so but stick around till the end. Lehh go!
  
Okay, I'd be lying if I say I am always smiling and cheerful. The ones who are/were close to me know it very well that I am a cry baby. Trust me bud I have had worst downfalls in my life that I feel should never ever happen to you beautiful people. So let me allow to share your burden for time being.

            PROBLEMS WE ALL FACE 
Who says we need to be cheerful all the time, put a smile, be brave? There comes a time when every one of us need a shoulder to cry on, somebody who would just listen to our incessant complaints and whining about how life has been unfair or some time alone, with no one else around- do some painting, write something, listen to music, dance it out, burn some cals in the gym, sleep, drink, smoke or absolutely do nothing. Don't lie.. we all do some or the other thing to get a little escape from the problems we deal with. 
The reason we feel lonely, stressed or sad is either we have cut ourselves off from masses or we need someone to connect with the most.
I have a person in my life who keeps mum whenever she feels like. She won't talk much to anybody or just simply reply yes or no and then there are times when her level of craziness has no bar! Whenever I ask her the reason behind such behavior she'd say.. ‘I, myself do not know why I suddenly do not feel like speaking to anybody, there is no apparent reason for this behavior.' Well.. People are crazier on the inside as well.

 - ‘EXPECTATION IS THE ROOT OF ALL HEARTACHES’
The reason we suffer through depression or do not feel satisfied is, we expect. We expect numerous things from our parents, friends, partners, other people and especially ourselves. I am the kind of person who wears her heart on her sleeve. I am too emotional and get upset over silliest of the things. My mom says I have a child's heart, I cannot understand someone else’s perspective easily and then I expect that others should understand me (well, mom knows everything, even if she doesn't). Likewise, different people have their own levels of adapting things, bearing pains, handling rejections. 

             LACK OF UNDERSTANDING
Why do you think people fight? - Difference in opinion? No.. answer is - lack of understanding. I have friends who broke up their relationships just because the other fellow was clingy, aggressive, dependent, vulnerable etc. What we fail to understand is, didn't we think about these qualities of our partners before getting into relationship with them? Majority of us love the other person because we found these qualities fascinating at the beginning. I won't talk much on this topic as I am not the right person to do so. But I would never promote a breakup unless it is extremely necessary. What I think is , being in love is a totally different thing than being in a relationship. We can be in love with anybody but relationship is a responsibility, it’s mutual. Oh Christ! Too much of expectations and understandings… 


              POSITIVITY TO ADAPT
Where were we? Yeah.. so.. there’ll come a time when some things wouldn’t matter much like they do now. I tell you why. I have got friends who have recently shifted to another city, state and even country for their careers. And majority of them had somewhere in life had been deeply hurt but took it in a positive way. All we sad-asses need that level of positivity man! When I hear from them, it makes me feel so proud that I have touched these people! People with flesh and blood! So close to me have moved to a foreign land all on their own, leading best lives they could ever have had imagined. That braveness? Yes my friend! That braveness.. to hold in every emotion for a bit longer and mastering the art of making palace from a pack of cards. That braveness.. to hold in every hurt feeling and achieving something so big that would bring happy tears in their as well as to other's eyes. That braveness.. to face all troubles today in order to gain a beautiful future tomorrow. These guys have understood what’s important at this very moment and they are striving for it right away and what are we doing? Crying over spilt milk.
     It's all philosophy, but practiced and proven. All of this would make sense to some and for others it might be a piece of shit. But for those who were/are in a crisis, like I was; this message would act as the wooden plank on which Jack asked Rose to climb on when Titanic sank. ‘Doobte ko tinke ka sahara’.
                         CONCLUSION
'Answer to every situation lies with ourselves already'. If this wasn't the case then why and how did our ancestors were able to discover fire, wheel and the latest.. internet, computers and even the phones on which you are reading this article? If we humans create a problem, we have a solution over it too. And talking about being lonely, alone, introvert won't make you a bad person but you certainly would miss on the thrill called Life and how to live it. So.. khush raho yaar, go give jhappis, spread happiness and most importantly be happier from within before passing it to someone else. That's the secret of being Such-a-Bliss.
'Joh khush ho voh sabse albela hai
Joh khush naa ho voh bheed mein bhi akela hai'.
P.S: Good vibes bheji hai.. mil jaye toh bata dena!

Hello ji..kem che, saaru che, danda leke maaru che! (hehe jaaukkss) how good are you guys doing? I am fine, very good, thankyou very much. First thing's first.. give me a hi to the fi (hi-five) for being such cuties I have ever ever ever met/read. Your love towards my stupid writings dragged me to get back on my mission 'smile please'. Let's quickly get into today's topic. It’s pretty much related to our normal boring lives (atleast mine is boring these days. Why? Long story…some other day). But what I’ll be talking about is ‘TYPES OF FRIENDS’ I have met (Oohhhlala). You'll be like - Do not bore us, what same- same topics every time yaar! (#Meh whatever).

Come on! Let's just accept the universal truth that we like to talk about our friends and who is with whom and he did this and she did that and I miss you and you know what, just fffffff** (too far! too far! too far!) woosshhh! Sorry. So you are getting what I mean right? If not then… leehh go!!

TYPE NO 1.
 When we have got into really great friendship and it surpasses the ‘ohhoo bade log, you do not talk to me anymore, I wouldn't talk to you', 'you took my pen and didn't return it', 'chewed my one and only pencil to half', 'gave you to take a bite of my vada pav and you owned it like a boss', 'you mocked me in front of my crush', 'you locked me in the opposite sex's loo', 'you did the mischief and I bared all the punishments’, ‘you spilled water all over my clothes and teased ‘suu kar jara luvkar mala jaychay tujhya nantar’ UUUGGHHH!! The list is endless. Yeah there are some friendships which has no barriers, you can literally fart and be obnoxiously under civilized. That’s the benchmark of long lasting ones. It can be childhood friends, school friends, friends you went to tuitions with, your ‘aahhoo kaki..tyala cricket khelayla pathava na’ friends. Basically all your friends with whom you shared matching under wears and watched Shinchan/tom and jerry/mickey mouse club house/ bob the builder/noddy etc.

TYPE NO 2.
These ones are a little too cool for us kind of friends who spoke to us about latest trends, fashion, television series, funky gadgets. Who used to bring that stupid electric pen to give us mini heart attack with ‘aee shock deu kay?’ Mind you, these bunch of people gave me useless ideas just as buying invisible ink pen to copy maths paper.

TYPE NO 3.
The naughtiest of all! The terrible group of extremely evil dudes but fun to be with. The last bench federation kind of gang. These guys enjoyed roasting and screwing each and every person’s vivas and orals. Some teachers hated them from the core of their hearts and some loved their awfulness. Their way of enjoying life was on a level 100. Crazy people!  I tell you.

  TYPE NO 4.
Then came a time when we all of us got an upgrade and went to sassy colleges or classes where we met these rich brats. Great clothes, branded shoes, high end mobile phones. You name it and they had it already! Yeaahhh.. the ones who stole all the thunder and grabbed everybody’s attention. I do accept that sometimes…these brats had a life all of us secretly craved and we hated it having compared ourselves to them!!

TYPE NO 5.
The cool ones are those who paid for your food. Jk! These guys sat boring lectures with us and added snap stories of it. Even the chapters like world war, derivatives and integration became interesting with them because we never paid attention to what was being taught. (oh now I get it why I suck at numericals and historic dates).

TYPE NO 6.
The studious and the gifted ones. Now, these are two different kinds of friends we had. One was the extremely studious (just like Naina in yjhd) and the other category is for the ones who loitered around with us, always did timepass, always gave us company in the exam hall and said ‘chill kar mujhe bhi kuch nai aata’ and then stood first in class! (which was disheartening. You know who you are and you are a really bad person!). You make me lose all the faith in friendship.

TYPE NO 7.
The new great friend you got out of nowhere. Nothing’s common between you two but everything seems so perfect. Your college life is incomplete without this person. You go in severe depression if this person doesn’t meet you one day or leaves you alone to attend frustrating lectures. You can share your deepest troubles (which is when you miss your ex, crush, current or you absolutely miss no one) with this person and then go all nuts, laughing your guts out. (Hey there Prachi!). You can laugh and forget that you had a problem to deal with. Doing this therapy might not give answer to your problems but you’ll get immense courage to face it.

TYPE NO 8.
Last but not the least, ‘aare.. you know what! Lekha ko mai ne kisi ladke ke sath dekha’ people. The cosmo magazine’s content are nothing in front of the juicy pieces of gossips these gossipers have! If you are a guy and reading this sounds bullshit to you then babe, even you men gossip after getting high. (how do I know? Haha.. I have friends who tell me).

 So children, that’s all for today. If you feel I missed on a type of friend which you are acquainted with then do write to me about it. I know you may have seen videos of youtubers speaking on such topics but I swear none of it is copy paste. I kid you not, I have had these kind of friends in my life and I generally share real life experiences so yeah! none of this is made up.  And a writer like me needs love and never ending support of readers like you. Loads of pyar to you.  Love you but..as a friend, Such-a-Bliss right?! (wink-wink). Ek baat aur.. Gangadhar hi Shaktiman hai!!