Oru Cup Coffee

I am on a break in Chennai, arrived here right in time for Deepavali. I purchased lots of crackers for the kids at home and the rain dampened the spirit a bit. Unusually, the Deepavali was not as noisy as before. Also, there are much bigger fireworks that fill the sky with patterns this time. I am in Chennai during Deepavali after 10 years. It is very much different, but many things are still the same. When I walk around the streets, there is always someone running inside, with a long bathi, with closed ears and tries to say something to you, but bang..bang...goes those atom bombs. We both then share a smile. Sometimes, you heed to such warning and wait for ever to see nothing. The 7 in 1 crackers never bursts seven times. It is always below 7....with a maximum of 5 in the set I tried. There was a new cracker called Butterfly that has been certified kids friendly. In reality, it is anything but. Though it is supposed to be on the ground and form patterns like butterfly as it swirls around, when lit, it flies around in a random direction like a comet. Onlu half packet of oosi vedi bursts, rest just sigh heavily. All in all, it was fun. Thanks to the rain gods that it stopped right in time for the Deepavali morning.