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Bonfire

Hello Friends,  This blog is my response to the task assigned to us by our Prof.Dr.DilipSir on Bonfire and how it is celebrated worldwide in different ways. So let's read and enjoy, Happy Learning! The first day of the Holi is known as 'Holika Dahan' or Chhoti Holi and the second is Rangwali Holi, Dhuleti, Dhulandi, or Dhulivandan, where people play with colours. ... On the day of Holika Dahan, people gather their friends and relatives around a bonfire and celebrate Holika Dahan by singing various songs and rhymes. Happy Holi to everyone on the festival of colours...colours indeed have the magic to paint our lives and make them super amazing.... Let's have a look at the poem on colours- "It's a splash of colours with red, white and blue. Many times life is tough and we hardly have a clue. A dash of red with mostly grey, Wonder why we're fated to become destiny's prey. Memories play games with minds leaving us brazen, The wrong choice of colours can ofte

When God is a Traveller by Arundhati Subramaniam

Hello Friends,                This blog is my response to the task of thinking activity about the award winning poem "When God is a Traveller" by the poet Arundhati Subramaniam given to us by our Prof.Dr.DilipSir. So here my response, read and enjoy. Happy Learning! ☆ Introduction:   This poet Arundhati Subramaniam and her Poetry Collection titled as "When God is a Traveller" got Sahitya Akademi 2021 award in English language. The above poem is the titular poem from the collection.                 This poem is based on an old story from Indian mythology, old like all Indian myths are. The great God Shiva held out the fruit of knowledge to his two sons, Kartikaya and Ganesha. And he said the one who travels the entire world and returns first will get the fruit of knowledge. Kartikaya jumps on to his peacock and takes off for this expedition around the world. Ganesha, wiser simply circles his parents. He recognizes them for who they are.               What more could