So much to be done before Diwali!

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 There is so much cleaning to be done before Diwali... I just don't know how I am going to do it. Apart from doing social work I had planned to do get stainless steel utensils in exchange of old clothes from the bartanwallis. I do need some copper coated vessels. But this tribe seems to be fast vanishing from Indore. May be they too observe Sunday as holiday. In that case I will never be execute my plans. 
My son will be coming down for Diwali. Earlier I used to make Besan ladoos & Chidwa at home, for Diwali. But now it is not possible. This time I plan to get it all from "Prashant " - a familiar name in food items in Indore. Hope my husband will be kind enough to take me there. With growing traffic, I have almost stopped riding my 2 wheeler. It is causing quiet a handicap, but then nothing can be done. 
Basically I am all intent on cleaning the cupboards. Just a few months ago I read the 5s on Housekeeping. Since then this has been in my mind. 
Let's see how much I succeed.

Happy Diwali & A Prosperous New Business Year!

    Diwali, the festival of lights, has arrived yet again. This was the day when Lord Ram returned to Ayodhya with wife Sita and brother Lakshman, after 14 years of exile. Even today we celebrate this occasion by decorating our homes, lighting candles and distributing sweets to all near and dear ones. This besides, Diwali also marks the beginning of a new business year. Thus for those in business, Diwali also means the start of new ledger books.

This Diwali, I am in Delhi with my son. The weather is nice and exhilarating. Today’s Delhi is different from the 70’s & 80’s. The buying capacity has increased tremendously. In a way, it’s good. With consumers ready to buy good stuff, marketing fanciful or creative products sure looks easy as compared to yesteryear.

If I have to compare Indore and Delhi, I will say that people here are more professional. In the last 2 days that I have gone to the market, not a single shopkeeper has handed me a toffee due to scarcity of change. That’s sure a big thing! It means not wasting time checking change before stepping out of the house- something very harrowing! Besides, be it a vegetable vendor or some small shop, nowhere did I get a feel that I was being overcharged.

This way, I think I have a lot of good things to tell my husband & friends when I return to Indore in a month’s time.

But for now-   A Very Happy & a Prosperous Business Year to All My Readers & Friends!