Welcoming the "New Year" in the 90s
Year 2022 is almost nearing in a few hours. While 2020 was scary with Covid 19 reaching its peak, 2021 surpassed 2020, that almost most of us have zero expectations with 2022 apart from "hope" that it is safe for people to live a healthy life on earth. While I was having a casual conversation with my son, I traversed back to the 90s era and started recollecting those days of welcoming new year in my childhood. The celebrations will start off, the eve of the New year. We all used to have early dinner and start decorating the entrance of our houses with most colorful Rangoli. Considering that during my childhood days I resided in the Agraharam(the streets surrounding a temple) of Mylapore, almost all the entrance of the houses in the Agraharam will be adorned with all bright colours indicating festivity and grandeur. Those small conversations, pulling each other's legs, taking elders help while drawing the Rangoli along with kids in the house trying to distract attention