Christmas 2009

Another Christmas eve, my 59th.

It takes me back to 1960s…

I look upon the DAY … for the thrill in the star making. The Budget for my dream star… four annas (I deliberately don’t want to convert this currency) I buy different shades of thin papers. Take out a row bamboo stick, peel it into 10 long sticks, bind it to the shape of a star, then with the paste made out of home made ‘chor’ we (my siblings allowed to help) paste the thin paper. The next step is to find a light… a tin lamp with kerosene and wick is laid on the platform inside the bamboo..Then raise it on the branch of our Mango tree…..