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| Mukta Sunit |
 Oct 19 2006, 07:20 PM
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Wishing everyone on AS a very very Happy Diwali . May all your hopes and aspirations be fulfilled in the coming year. May all of you and your beloveds be in excellent health.
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| hibiscus |
Nov 8 2007, 06:25 PM
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Happy Diwali, everyone! Those who are in the lands where fireworks are permitted, wish you a safe festival! (In S'pore, only the government is allowed to set off fireworks. Serious.)
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| seeker |
Nov 8 2007, 06:27 PM
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Happy Diwali everyone!!!
-------------------- my god, the butter!
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| bague25 |
Nov 8 2007, 06:35 PM
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Happy Diwali to all!
Any reports? What did you do? (there are some mini reports in the food forum) For Dhanteras, I got myself a wonderful chinese appetizer serving set (four porcelaine bowls of different shapes on rectangular wooden tray). Do you buy utensils for Diwali/Dhanteras too? We drew a tiny watercolour rangoli (it did not rain - expected this afternoon) and lit diyas. No fireworks here -------------------- "Un livre de cuisine, ce n'est pas un livre de dépenses, mais un livre de recettes"
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| seeker |
Nov 8 2007, 07:04 PM
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My little nephew sent me this today - very festive, I thought! Happy Diwali!!
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| deedawar |
Nov 8 2007, 07:16 PM
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Happy Diwali All
Please post lots of pics of feasts eaten with descriptions etc. -------------------- "There is a path to Truth. From ignorance to relative knowledge. From relative knowledge to an awareness of the limitation of such knowledge. And finally, we pass from that which we recognize as loosely associated intelligence to a reality of Being." -- Richard Rose
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| Anjali |
Nov 8 2007, 07:32 PM
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Happy Diwali, sab log!
-------------------- Nietzsche: “We possess art lest we perish of the truth.”
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| shahpar |
Nov 8 2007, 07:40 PM
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warmest wishes to all for diwali
 am celebrating by going to see srk in person (gasp! drool! dead faint!) and then catching the first show of OSO (for the plebs that is). then this weekend there are fireworks, diwali dinner invites, puja with a friend, and then might be hosting a small diwali get together for some friends. phd? what phd? what deadline? -shahpar -------------------- punjab power ji...lighting up you life ji
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| frangipani |
Nov 8 2007, 09:26 PM
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Diwali wishes to all!
-------------------- I'd rather have an orchestra in front of me, than a helicopter behind.
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| ajit |
Nov 8 2007, 09:40 PM
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| notsogifted |
Nov 8 2007, 09:42 PM
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wish everyone a fun time, with lots of good eats, on diwali.
linking the old fotu... QUOTE(notsogifted @ Oct 21 2006, 08:55 AM)   This post has been edited by notsogifted: Nov 8 2007, 09:46 PM -------------------- |
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| blueaina |
Nov 8 2007, 10:25 PM
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Happy Diwali Everyone!
Wishing everyone a happy, prosperous New Year. |
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| moonstruck |
Nov 8 2007, 10:32 PM
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Happy Diwali to all, to the ones who are celebrating and to the others who are just watching.
Here is a song that used to play on Diwali on radio a lot, a bit cheesy, but sweet nonetheless. तबकामध्ये इथे तेवती निरांजनाच्या वाती दिव्या-दिव्यांची ज्योत सांगते, तुझी न माझी प्रिती, and here is some rangoli for the festive occasion. -------------------- na sitaish kee tamanna na seelay kee parwah...
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| gingerly |
Nov 9 2007, 12:10 AM
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happy diwali, everyone!
-------------------- 'there are some things money can't buy. for everything else, there's the google'
mmm..lightningy ow you say in english.. fingularly exquifite |
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| Mrinalini |
Nov 9 2007, 12:15 AM
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happy diwali to everyone!
-------------------- jo darr gaya, samjho mar gaya.
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| groomlake |
Nov 9 2007, 01:37 AM
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Diwali's on the 9th, yet I'm a day late- <confused>
Happy Diwali, Folks! -------------------- When you get there, there isn't any there there. Gertrude Stein |
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| polarmate |
Nov 9 2007, 03:55 AM
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Happy Deepavali!
Deepavali for us is on Narak Chaturdashi, which is today. Abhyang snaan and all. I really don't know how it works or why but it's always been Narak Chaturdashi for us. I think it is the 9th for most other folks. -------------------- |
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| savvy_as_98 |
Nov 9 2007, 04:48 AM
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Happy Diwali and a wonderful New Year to everyone on AS !
 -------------------- "The very word 'war', therefore, has become misleading. It would probably be accurate to say that by becoming continuous war has ceased to exist. ... War is Peace."
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| shrikar |
Nov 9 2007, 10:44 AM
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Happy Deepavali to one and all.
Am in Bharat for a D after 32 years !! Hoping to meet up with Xena soon. Peace. -------------------- No society riven by caste and religious conflicts will progress or taste the beauty of peace.
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| Renu |
Nov 9 2007, 02:10 PM
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Best wishes to all for a very happy Deepavali...
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| bostonian |
Nov 9 2007, 08:40 PM
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Warm Wishes For Diwali, everyone. May the new year bring peace and prosperity to all.
We're having friends over for lunch/brunch on Saturday. The Sweet is SHRIKHAND !!!!!  |
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| Manish |
Nov 10 2007, 08:03 AM
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Happy diwali to everyone. We are heading out to dine and wine with friends which will be followed by some very amateurish gambling. Hopefully I'll make some latte money for the weekend.
-------------------- this dewdrop world/is a dewdrop world/and yet.. and yet.. -- Issa
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| ajit |
Nov 11 2007, 06:34 AM
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One thing that seems to have caught on in Bombay over the last few years is the "Diwali pahAT" [Diwali dawn]. These are early morning concerts - typically starting at 6 am. In the past they used to be restricted to propah classical concerts. But nowadays they feature more popular music - often but not always - of Marathi songs.
I went for one on Friday and quite enjoyed it. Except the organizers were a bit rightwingish. A fair amount of time was spent decrying how Savarkar was treated badly etc. This lent an extra edge to the renditions of "Ne mazasee nay" and the final "Vande mataram". I was unaware how much of contemporary Marathi poetry is deemed 'ghazals'. Prasad Oke put in an appearance. He is an actor/director/singer and has been prominent on TV lately. He showed up in long 'permed' hair and cargo pants and an odd looking - for Bombay weather - windcheater type thing. Plus big white sneakers. But he turned out to be a swell guy and sang some nice songs (the bhajiwala's love song brought out cries of 'once more'). Plus his absolutely darling wife was dragged onto the stage where she sat uneasily for a while and then pleaded with her husband to be allowed to go back among the audience. |
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| indiego |
Nov 11 2007, 10:01 AM
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QUOTE(ajit @ Nov 11 2007, 07:34 AM) I went for one on Friday and quite enjoyed it. Except the organizers were a bit rightwingish. A fair amount of time was spent decrying how Savarkar was treated badly etc. This lent an extra edge to the renditions of "Ne mazasee nay" and the final "Vande mataram". Ayyo Ajit..Your description of *rightwingish* organizers gave a feeling of NRM gaze being set on local cultural practices  Happy Diwali Ji! edited some *unwarranted stuff* This post has been edited by indiego: Nov 11 2007, 10:06 AM -------------------- Marxism is not a substitute for thinking but a tool for analysis- DD Kosambi
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| ajit |
Nov 11 2007, 09:08 PM
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hA en. Ar. em kAy prakAr Ahe ?
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| indiego |
Nov 11 2007, 10:31 PM
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Non Resident Marathi
-------------------- Marxism is not a substitute for thinking but a tool for analysis- DD Kosambi
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| deedawar |
Nov 11 2007, 10:59 PM
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I hope you are all having a great deal of fun.
Spare a thought for me sitting here in wet windy and miserable England, surrounded by tons of coursework that needs to be marked.  Could really do with some intellectual stimulation. Help!!!!!! Am soooooooooooo bored. Have a drink or do or three on my behalf. Hell, why not pull out all stops and dance on a few table tops or whatever the equivalent is.  -------------------- "There is a path to Truth. From ignorance to relative knowledge. From relative knowledge to an awareness of the limitation of such knowledge. And finally, we pass from that which we recognize as loosely associated intelligence to a reality of Being." -- Richard Rose
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| moonstruck |
Nov 11 2007, 11:21 PM
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QUOTE(ajit @ Nov 11 2007, 09:08 PM) hA en. Ar. em kAy prakAr Ahe ? QUOTE(indiego @ Nov 11 2007, 10:31 PM) Non Resident Marathi Oh, good I was wondering too. QUOTE(deedawar @ Nov 11 2007, 10:59 PM) I hope you are all having a great deal of fun. Spare a thought for me sitting here in wet windy and miserable England, surrounded by tons of coursework that needs to be marked. Could really do with some intellectual stimulation. Help!!!!!! Am soooooooooooo bored. Have a drink or do or three on my behalf. Hell, why not pull out all stops and dance on a few table tops or whatever the equivalent is. What happened Dee, did you fall off the wagon?  -------------------- na sitaish kee tamanna na seelay kee parwah...
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| indiego |
Nov 11 2007, 11:44 PM
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I thought NRM was quite common. These days the cultual ghusghori (invasive practices ??) of NRM's in Maharashtra is bothering so many of us (hahahha) that it has become a widely circulated word.
-------------------- Marxism is not a substitute for thinking but a tool for analysis- DD Kosambi
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| deedawar |
Nov 11 2007, 11:49 PM
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QUOTE What happened Dee, did you fall off the wagon? I'd have to get on the wagon first. At my height........ Actually I am more or less teetotal. I'm just sooooo bored. If I didn't have this marking to do before tomorrow, I guess I wouldn't be sooooo bored. -------------------- "There is a path to Truth. From ignorance to relative knowledge. From relative knowledge to an awareness of the limitation of such knowledge. And finally, we pass from that which we recognize as loosely associated intelligence to a reality of Being." -- Richard Rose
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