Siddhi Bhosale

Faral are the special delicacies that are prepared during the Diwali festival. It becomes the staple morning breakfast and also serves as an evening snack, and is also served to guests and shared with them during the festival. Now, a plate of faral is prepared to be shared with the neighbours, and the various delicacies have a personality of their own. Here is a sneak peek into the ‘Faral Gossip’ before it is passed on! Shankarpale : (looking at all the other delicacies) Hello, everyone. How are you all? Being back on the thaali feels like our annual get-together. Chakali : I am fine, dear! This year I was made with a lot of perfection, and so I am proudly being served more than you guys! What happened to your figure, Besan Ladu? You seem to have put on a lot of weight that you can’t handle, and so you are getting stuck to the thaali. Besan Ladu : Oh yes, this year they added more ghee while making me than is required, and that resulted in me being stuck to the surface of the container...

  Today it's 20th just one day before the fourth blog would come out as all the blogs are released on 22nd and I was worried the entire day because usually the blogs are ready well in advance but this time I started to write one blog but couldn't finish it the way I wanted to so I scrapped it. So in the evening while having  talk with Mom over a cup of coffee ☕,I told her maybe this month I will skip as I did not get any story but she insisted me to be consistent and gave me the idea for this blog.  She asked me to write about the Ganpati Festival. So I can say that at the end it's always ‘Bappa Morya’ who comes to the rescue. PS: This is not a sound pollution, water pollution or air pollution blog ! After two years of celebrating festivals in the pandemic, finally this time it felt like old normal. The actual normalcy was retained in every possible way. Ganpati Bappa's arrival is in itself so divine and much awaited. It's like the homecoming of a family...