tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post7022826465400114069..comments2024-03-28T14:43:18.928+05:30Comments on gappa: Cakes, lights and other storiesUgich Konitarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-51352698644306012902014-06-25T23:39:34.247+05:302014-06-25T23:39:34.247+05:30Every time we cut a birthday cake for my kids, I r...Every time we cut a birthday cake for my kids, I remove the candles and place them aside..I look at them..I never understood why we had to waste them like that. And also the wasting of the cake by smearing it all over the birthday person's face...I feel like giving two knocks on the friends' heads....had mixed feelings reading this postFound In Folsomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381456888085332705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-57358405285861980812014-06-24T13:47:33.940+05:302014-06-24T13:47:33.940+05:30When I visit Sylvia's blog I always admire you...When I visit Sylvia's blog I always admire your creations of Sylvia in her headers. You are very creative!Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-60450274370129779352014-06-22T17:37:31.889+05:302014-06-22T17:37:31.889+05:30Hello there... i came across your blog randomly......Hello there... i came across your blog randomly... Gosh, i love the "gappa", "ugich konitari" and every "Marathi" bits in your blog posts... Loved this post... Yes, there seem to have been a lot of modernization-westernization ( for good or for bad ), but nevertheless we have memories of our age old good days :) Happy to follow you and waiting to read more of your posts in my free time :)<br />-cookininpajamas.blogspot.inGaurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194756171987248184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-4720647346835726232014-06-22T16:41:09.725+05:302014-06-22T16:41:09.725+05:30We never had cakes in my childhood. Instead we wen...We never had cakes in my childhood. Instead we went to the temple and had puja done and yes, the lamp was lit, not blown out. My sons didn't celebrate their birthdays after they were 5 or 6 since they thought they were too old for such stuff :) .But we took them out for treats and they distributed toffees to their classmates and teachers. <br /><br />Crassness is the name of the game today and this custom is one such. Zephyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03900695572499869739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-18714826100834816222014-06-22T12:31:13.925+05:302014-06-22T12:31:13.925+05:30Yes. Somewhere in this century we lost it.Yes. Somewhere in this century we lost it.sangeetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01091803798460651759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-83722873538423397522014-06-21T21:33:54.691+05:302014-06-21T21:33:54.691+05:30Beautiful post and I loved it, too!! Beautiful post and I loved it, too!! Sylvia Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484577678585907669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-49076359793071250072014-06-21T18:30:48.196+05:302014-06-21T18:30:48.196+05:30After my heart! And my Aai's! She was the one ...After my heart! And my Aai's! She was the one who showed me it was OK to stand up for your values and beliefs - with exactly your sentiments. Why blow out candles, when you can spread the light with the niranjans in the aukshan! :) Loved your post!Shruti Nargundkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12724119392904144451noreply@blogger.com