The festival of lights

The festival of lights



Diwali is traditionally known by the name of the 'festival of lights", for the common practice is to light small oil lamps (called diyas) and place them around the home, in courtyards, gardens, verandahs, on the walls built around the home and also on the roof tops। There are whole lots of Diwali customs and traditions associated with the festival of Diwali in India, which make this festival worth celebrating।
The Diwali customs and traditions are diverse and there are a lot many legends associated with the celebrations of Diwali।

The Legends
Goddess Lakshmi : The Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi was incarnated on the new moon day (amaavasyaa) of the Kartik month during the churning of the ocean (samudra-manthan), hence the association of Diwali with Lakshmi.

Vishnu Rescued Lakshmi: On this very day, Lord Vishnu in his fifth incarnation as Vaman-avtaara rescued Lakshmi from the prison of King Bali and this is another reason of worshipping Ma Larkshmi on Diwali.

Krishna Killed Narakaasur: On the day preceding Diwali, Lord Krishna killed the demon king Narakaasur and rescued 16,000 women from his captivity. The celebration of this freedom went on for two days including the Diwali day as a victory festival.

The Return of the Pandavas: According to the great epic 'Mahabharata', it was 'Kartik Amavashya' when the Pandavas appeared from their 12 years of banishment as a result of their defeat in the hands of the Kauravas at the game of dice (gambling). The subjects who loved the Pandavas celebrated the day by lighting the earthen lamps.

The Victory of Rama: According to the epic 'Ramayana', it was the new moon day of Kartik when Lord Ram, Ma Sita and Lakshman returned to Ayodhya after vanquishing Ravana and conquering Lanka. The citizens of Ayodhya decorated the entire city with the earthen lamps and illuminated it like never before.

Coronation of Vikramaditya: One of the greatest Hindu King Vikramaditya was coronated on the Diwali day, hence Diwali became a historical event as well.

Cakes

Ingredients

160g SR flour
3 eggs
100ml olive oil
120 ml milk
100 g grated cheese (cottage cheese)
Salt & pepper to taste
30g oregano powder
200 g button mushrooms
100 g broccoli

Method

Pre heat oven to 180C/gas 5
Mix first the flour, eggs olive oil, milk, grated cheese, salt, pepper and oregano powder.
Cut the mushrooms & the broccoli in small pieces.
Add them to the mixture and mix everything.
Put the mixture in a greased circular dish in the oven for 45 minutes.

Serve the cake warm or cold with a nice salad.

Why we are in Hurry??

Why we are in hurry. We are really going too fast. We are finding all shortcuts in every task. We are starting our day by hurrying up taking a cup of tea and then taking toast in a car. Rushing up to the office and finding shortcuts in completing the jobs. Trying to make Boss happy and manipulating things . Back home late in the night and kissing our sleeping baby good night. Thats all.

Why so much hurry? We are going far far from reality. Far from human feelings. Its good to be fast but it is not good to live a materialistic life. It is like a complete corporate take over. We will be canned if we don't work fast and may loose job. We have greed in us.

We don't have time to have a look on blooming flower in our garden or even look at our blooming son/daughter achieving a fine masterpiece on wall. Is our Boss is taking all these moments from us?

We have earned so much luxurious life in past few years that it is giving more trouble. Cellphones are most important tools of hurriers. This proves that we cannot wait until we reach home or office. We need to be updated all the time. Call wait is another add on to this. We attend so much calls at the same time.. Hurry you know.

We have one hurry tool and so many hurry add ons on it...I think a country's president also takes extra time for his family.

The best way is to switch off the phone at home and forget the world.. Next day you will find it all at the same place where you left and you will find no change. You will only see some people in hurry..

Me too in hurry to wind up my post

So have a cup of relaxed tea and listen old number in Radio

प्रकाश

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हटाया नजाता हीं है । ओर उसको

अंधकार हटाया नहीं जाता मिटाया जाता है

MUFFINS

Almond savoury Muffins

At last I got the recipe from Net and done few changes..

I took

11/2 cup all purpose flour,
1 cup yogurt
1/2 cup full fat cream
chopped almonds
baking soda - 1 tsp
baking powder- 11/2 tsp
salt-to taste
oil- 2 tsp
oregano powder- 1 tsp
red chiili flakes- 1 tsp

Just mixed the dry ingredients and wet ingredients separate except oregano

Then mixed wet and dry mixture and made a crumbly mixture. Pour over small greased tin . Sprinkled oregano over the mixture in the tin Preheated oven at 160 deg and baked for 60 mins...
Successful

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Passion

छोटा सा मन
ऊँची उडान !
नेह भरा आँगन
खुशीयों का जहान
...

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बस यही है अरमान !