Kanjak..

Mom with all the girls...

Anoshka with Shetal aunty......

Babies enjoying eating halwa puri.....

Tikka time.....

Mom had a small ceremony at home called kanjak and she invited few of my friends. Kanjak is done on the 8th day of the navratri festival. Little girls are invited over and given traditional halwa puri and chana along with some gifts. Back in India as a kid my mom too along with her sisters used to go for kanjaks. This was the first time she had kanjaks and it made her all nostalgic....

Dandiya

Heading out to vedika's place for dandiya playdate...

Getting ready to play dandiya....

Dandiya with friends...

The festival season starts with Dandiya. Dandiya is the dance you do during the navratris in the honor of goddess Durga. You dance in circles on beaty music and at times you use colorful sticks. Vedika's mom Tina aunty had arranged a dandiya playdate for the babies. Since I love music I had a great time doing the Garba. I went out with my mom, dad and their and my friends to downtown to play dandiya. This time it was in a very big hall which was filled with so manyyyyy people. Even Sanika had come there with her parents.I enjoyed my first dandiya experience. These days I go around the house banging pencils instead of dandiya sticks and singing ting ting ting.....

Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesha......
Me ransacking Usha aunty's backyard....

Puja time....

Aarti time.......

We celebrated Ganesh chaturthi at Usha aunty's place. She had invited all the kids at her place for a special playdate. Ganesh Chaturthi is one of the most popular of Hindu festivals. This is the birthday of Lord Ganesha. All us did a little puja and then Usha aunty gave everyone some prasad. Mom had got special tiny besan laddos for all the kids.

Rakhi-2007

Rakhi thali....

Mama tying the Rakhi on my wrist....

My Rakhi day attire ...

This year I got two rakhi's. One from my cousin sister Kriti and the other one from Ananya didi. They both live in Delhi. I wore a traditional bengali dress given to me by Paromita aunty and ate some nice saiwaiya (thats noodles in milk..I think so ) Mom tied the Rakhis on my wirst and they stayed there exactly for a minuet as I got tired and took them off :)....anyways Happy Rakhi everyone !