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Diwali, Fiction & Fact
Hi,
What an exciting day! I'm giving myself permission NOT to write today because there's a storm of work brewing in the kitchen.
It's Diwali tomorrow, folks! And it's Diwali in 'Duty and Desire' as well. The chapter where the two major characters, Sanjeet and Sheetal, call a truce falls on Diwali night. Firecrackers are bursting in the sky all day long, sumptuous sweets and savory dishes are wafting from the Dhanraj's kitchen. Celebration, color and rituals of prayer and worship fill the evening's excitement.
Sanjeet and Sheetal, who have been playing tug-of-war since the beginning of the story find something sparks between them in 'Duty and Desire'.
But that's fiction celebrations in a story. This is real life playing out in real time. But some things are the same. The diyas we light (earthenware crucibles filled with oil and lit with a cotton wick), the goddess of wealth and prosperity, Laxmi, we worship, the bright colors we wear, the lavish food we cook for dinner that night and wishes of a "Happy Diwali!" are the same.
Perhaps that's why fiction can mirror fact?
Happy Diwali, everyone!!
What an exciting day! I'm giving myself permission NOT to write today because there's a storm of work brewing in the kitchen.
It's Diwali tomorrow, folks! And it's Diwali in 'Duty and Desire' as well. The chapter where the two major characters, Sanjeet and Sheetal, call a truce falls on Diwali night. Firecrackers are bursting in the sky all day long, sumptuous sweets and savory dishes are wafting from the Dhanraj's kitchen. Celebration, color and rituals of prayer and worship fill the evening's excitement.
Sanjeet and Sheetal, who have been playing tug-of-war since the beginning of the story find something sparks between them in 'Duty and Desire'.
But that's fiction celebrations in a story. This is real life playing out in real time. But some things are the same. The diyas we light (earthenware crucibles filled with oil and lit with a cotton wick), the goddess of wealth and prosperity, Laxmi, we worship, the bright colors we wear, the lavish food we cook for dinner that night and wishes of a "Happy Diwali!" are the same.
Perhaps that's why fiction can mirror fact?
Happy Diwali, everyone!!
