Ganapati Bappa Moraya!!! Ganpati Utsav as it is called in Maharashtra, is just 2 days away now and all of us are waiting for the festivities to begin. Shops (some makeshift shops also, just for this occasion) are flooded with colorful Ganesh idols in different sizes and lots and lots of colorful, glittering decorative items, tempting you to buy them!! Hey, before you are tempted to buy all that eye-catching, glittering stuff…..a word of caution…. These beautifully decorated idols are made of plaster of Paris which is not easily dissolved in water. Many of the items used for decoration are…
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Happy Independence Day
Tricolour courtesy -Indianchild 15th August 2006, The biggest democracy in the world celebrates Her Independence, Her freedom. Every year the preparations for this day begin well in advance… The atmosphere is all charged up with patriotic songs playing on loudspeakers and the dominant colours visible around are saffron,white and green-The Indian Tricolour. This year the preparations have begun in a very disturbing way!High Alert,tight security are the words being used for independence day preparations.I had to go through a metal detector and security check when I went shopping to the mall yesterday, just like they do at the airport! First…