Essentials For Diwali 2020 – Festival Of Light
Essentials For Diwali 2020: That’s right! It’s time for the most awaited festival — Diwali! This October 27th, enjoy the Festival of Lights with proper pomp and splendor.
Diwali isn’t your usual festival. Children, adults, and the elderly, all eagerly await Diwali. Who doesn’t love Diwali?
If you don’t love Diwali, I don’t love you.
In accordance with the Hindu calendar, Diwali goes on for four to five days but for the rest of us, it goes on for as long as we still have firecrackers to blast.
Diwali symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance.” Yet, the only thing it represents to most of us is lots and lots of fairy lights decorating houses and the Rangolis surrounding entrances.
To properly make good use of these days and to squeeze every last drop of fun and excitement from the festival, here is a list of must haves and do’s;
#1. First, go to the bakery: Essentials For Diwali
Is it really Diwali if at least one person doesn’t gift you a box of dry fruits? Dry fruits are like the staple food of Diwali. I’d personally be offended if I didn’t get dry fruits on Diwali!
Thank God, lots of bakeries sell already made Diwali gift hampers that contains all the required stuff that should be gifted along with other delicious, mouth-watering treats that makes you wish you were buying them for yourself. But I’m sure my relatives won’t notice if I just steal one KitKat from the gift hamper I brought for them, Right?
#2. Start your own fashion show
As all Indians know, your clothing on auspicious occasions is of utmost importance! So rock those kurtas and lehengas on Diwali.
Take out your bindis and leather shoes because you’re gonna need to show off your beautiful self in the temple and on the dance floor. Don’t hesitate to go all out; it’s a festival for a reason!
There’s no shame in trying to look hotter than the firecrackers, after all. 😉
#3. Rob Swarovski (I’m kidding, actually don’t)
Sarees and suits aside, your jewellery absolutely cannot lag behind either. Diwali is the festival of the sparkly, shiny, and new! And because it’s a celebration, you have an excuse to go ahead and splurge a little. Buy all those fancy jewellery and decors they show off about on TV.
Diwali sales have already begun so you have to start buying now. You’ll look amazingly bright and then it’ll be the Festival of Lights, indeed!
#4. Re-decorate your house like you’re playing the Sims and You just got a new update
This festival is probably the only festival that allows so much of spending. People pay millions to redo their homes or buy new ones or even just redo one room. The change in view is nice. At the least, it keeps things interesting.
One time, my mom bought a new dinner table and I spent the whole next year walking into its sharp edges. That table made me cry more than my marks ever did.
#5. Make rangolis like its Holi but you don’t have anyone to play with
How ironic that despite Holi being the Festival of Colours, 90% of the unused colors are used for making rangolis during the Festival of Light. xD
It’s quite fun to see how creative people get and how beautiful their porch or side street looks after making even a simple rangoli. You can decorate it with small diyas and flowers to increase its charm. Even if it a simple circle of colors, there’s a certain charm about rangolis that makes it hard to resist.
How can you fully enjoy Diwali without indulging in a simple pleasure like making rangolis?
It also brightens up your home atmosphere by adding the threat of someone accidentally stepping on your rangoli and being possibly murdered. What’s the fun in living a life without a little thrill, am I right?
#6. Pretend this is Disney’s Tangled and “I see the light” is playing in the background
That’s right! I’m talking about lanterns. Set off those brightly lit gas balloons. Maybe the scenery doesn’t look quite as beautiful as the one in “Tangled” but its near enough and there is a certain happiness in welcoming the new days with a small ball of light heading up to the heavens.
#7. Main Essentials For Diwali 2020: Compete for the “Best Puja Thali”
Diwali, as we all know, is a religious occasion. And as on all religious occasions, worshipping the Gods is dedicated to marking the auspicious opening act of the festival.
That’s why puja thalis are very important. They are used to show our devotion and love to God so they must be beautifully set. And even if you’re not religious, they’re very fun to decorate.
Try it this Diwali! Take some Roli, rice, raw milk, some coconut, Sindur, and sweets, as the basic ingredients. You can then start with ornamenting it with flowers, colors, and diyas.
#8. Sweet like Sugar and Rasgulla
Sweets! Oh, the true love of my life!
The real reason behind my excitement for Diwali. The amazingly mouth-watering foodstuffs that you can only find on Diwali. Maybe it should be renamed to the Festival of Sweets.
Enjoying Diwali without the taste of too many sweets in your mouth is just tragic. Please do yourself a favor and throw your fear of diabetes in the dustbin.
#9. Blast those firecrackers but please try not to kill people, I know it’s tempting
Firecrackers; what people automatically think of when thinking about Diwali. For some reason, people naturally think of firecrackers as soon as they think of Diwali even though the festival is so much more than that. That’s why I put it at the end of my list.
I don’t think I need to remind you to buy lots and lots of firecrackers but what I think I should remind you is that global warming is real and the least you can do is buy organic, non-polluting firecrackers.
Please, please, do some research and only buy firecrackers that release the least pollution into the environment. I know, I know, what’s the fun of Diwali without firecrackers?
I’m not asking you to stop buying them, just be careful and think about the fact that Earth is estimated to heat up so much we won’t have any icebergs left by 2030.
Just be nice, Okay?
And enjoy Lots!
