Ganesh Chaturthi

Sunday was ganesh chaturthi and also the telugu calendar birthday of a few family members. Visited my parents, participated in the pooja and had lots of fun with kids, family and extended family after the pooja. Ganesh festival in hyderabad has been a special event with a number of pandals on the road that are organized by community and civic groups. This time the surprising thing was that i saw more activity from corporates and other groups within companies with a pandal in the campus of our own organization.

Nimajjanam is another story with High Court issuing orders not to use hussain sagar, and the politicians not willing to implement the same. Its a double edged sword and people are keeping quite for now, we have to see what will happen in a week. Some of the cool ganesha's this time included "Grage Ganesha.. made will grapes", "Laddoo Ganesh .. Made with all laddoos" etc., and dont underestimate their sizes, they were atleast 10 feet tall and 5 feet wide from what I have seen.

Sweets some how take over your diet during festivals in India. Payasam, Laddoos, Kajjakayalu.. and on and on..no more frozen stuff ;-).. I had a blast and am back to work today. This week is going to be very hectic with a few major tasks in creating the business plans for next year for my organization etc. So, my scribbles may be limited to a few sentences..