October, often
reminds me of Mahatma Gandhi’s specs perhaps because the O – the first letter
of the month October – resembles the shape of Gandhi’s specs and moreover
October 2nd is Gandhi’s birthday and it could be the reason to connect O with his
specs. Gandhi’s birthday is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanthi and we’re proud to
say he’s the father of our nation!
October Sky is
one of my favourite movies and the teens experiment with rockets in the movie
reminds me of the childhood days as kids when we explode firecrackers and the
Indian festival of light, aka Diwali or Deepavali also often fall on the month
of October is appropriate to connect. Diwali is a festival that we could not be
far from fireworks or firecrackers and it is fun to play with those and watch
rockets boom the sky with light and colours stroke a chord of sight.
Ayutha Poojai
is another childhood delight that falls in the month of October this year. The
festival celebrates weapons or tools, is conducted to maintain and cleans the
machineries that helps in production and day-to-day activities will pull-off
for a day or two to give rest to them and worship for the wellness of
machineries and business. I grew up watching my uncle’s garage as our home was
adjoined then and putting a step outside the home is left into the garage. So I
don't need to say how well I put on delight during the Ayudha poojai festival
which is celebrated as a family festival that please me when I join the
employees in decorating and cleaning the workshop. The festival was so
delightful until my uncle was alive (he passed away in Dec 2001) and later they
celebrated the festival but the spirit went missing. You can check the link here to read how delightful the festival was then.
October is the starting season of Northeast
monsoon which bestows with rain across south east India and dipping of
temperature makes favourable weather for traveling. Except for the areas along
the Western Ghats, the Tamil Nadu experiences hot weather across the plains and
it is from Oct to Feb the weather turns cooler. And it was the time I love
to travel as it is a pleasure to do the same with windows rolled down
rather using AC – only for highways cruising and dusty roads – the weather
out here is inviting for a ride but I do remember the pandemic isn’t over.
I wish at the same time the monsoon flourishes this year at least to say
2020 wasn’t drought!
Hope all is well at your side and great
month ahead.
