Holi is the festival of Colours,on the eve of it a bonfire is lit and the next day after playing colours in the morning folks especially children bath and tidy up after noon and put on their new clothes and take time to visit their Friends and relatives for the next seven days.
Suraj and Shivanshu (Himanshu's younger brother) visited us few days after Holi.Shivanshu is a well behaved boy while Suraj is like Opal stone changing every hour and is pretty wild at times and sometimes quite affectionate.Did got Shivanshu to tell on camera how his uncle (Suraj's father who recently died) really was.His interview was fascinating and detailed.Next day while Suraj slept till late we went to a nearby park,him wishing if Suraj would just wake early and come with us.
Next day we went to our old house and also to visit Nandkishore and his family whom I have rented out the house.He was not their staying up late in his office.His two kids showed Shivanshu and Suraj around the house and got on well together.Shivanshu was visibly pleased to meet them and visit our old house.On way home Shivanshu took a Taxi and went back to his village.
When we returned home I was shocked to see our Aquarium with muddy water and few fishes floating tops-turvy obvously dead,others looked bloated and sick.On close inspection I saw lots of Fish feed,you know those tiny round seed like things lying at the bottom.Some mischievous person had poured all fish food in the Aquarium,for the feed-tin was almost empty.Suraj helped me clean the Aquarium,he took out all live fishes and threw the dead ones away.Then we emptied the Aquarium cleaned it thoroughly removing all fish feed and re-decorated it.
In the evening Suraj's mother and sister Anjali and Himanshu with his mother came to visit.Left Himanshu and his mother at Literacy House where they had to visit a relative.Anjali was decked up strangely and reminded me of how heroines use to dress-up in early 90's,seems like she had decided to dress like Divya Bharti.Next day we went to Phoenix Mall,where she bought colors from "Chulbuli".Suraj bought Lunchbox and Anjali a water-bottle from Big Bazaar.Then we had snacks at MacDonald,Anjali asking for French Fries.She then drove a miniature Car like thing outside.It was funny to see her drive car slowly to and fro and the little boy who looked after those little cars following her around.Suraj in the afternoon went for a ride on the Bike without telling anyone,his mother was so worried for he had just learned to drive,he did not took his Mobile either,we spend half an hour worrying about him till he returned.Mother scolded me for not locking the bike.
They went home in the evening,after the din of all day long the house was really silent.
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