Diwali 2013

One week after Diwali, our Tamil community here planned a celebration yesterday.

A lot of sweets, everyone in celebration mood, Diwali seemed to have extended a week longer to keep up the mood. But this time we did something in addition to the usual celebration.

Hubby dear took a break from his work and worked together with a charity organization in India. Together with Directorate of Education in Dharamshala, he helped to set up a curriculum for schools in ‘Creative Computing’. This is a four-year curriculum being implemented in two schools as a pilot run. I could see how satisfied he was during and after such  work. He also supported the organization to sell community-made products by starting an ECommerce project. This will let them generate continuous funds for their charity work and help the local community to have a sustainable income.

I have been thinking to do something like this for a long time…As my part, I wanted to support him and do not know how and where to start. Surprisingly some idea struck me and without any delay, I went for it.

There were only two days left for the Diwali celebration and get together with friends…

I decided to set up a small sweet stall to raise some funds. I made varieties of sweets and savories to sell. We collected some money for charity as most of my friends were supportive of the good cause. We are quite happy to raise some money to support the ECommerce initiative. Although not a huge amount, I am quite happy that I am able to contribute a very small part of it… My heartfelt thanks to all my friends who supported me on this.

Looking forward to doing another event when I get a chance…..