Music: It’s You

This song is by Ali Gatie, he is a rapper, singer and songwriter from Mississauga, Canada. It was released as a single through Li$n and Warner Records on June 14, 2019.

I love love love this song from the first time I heard it. I discovered Ali Gatie through the cover of this song by Alaina Castillo.

And I loved her cover of this song too.

 

“The Hangman at Home” poem by Carl Sandburg

What does a hangman think about
When he goes home at night from work?
When he sits down with his wife and
Children for a cup of coffee and a
Plate of ham and eggs, do they ask
Him if it was a good day’s work
And everything went well or do they
Stay off some topics and kill about
The weather, baseball, politics
And the comic strips in the papers
And the movies? Do they look at his
Hands when he reaches for the coffee
Or the ham and eggs? If the little
Ones say, Daddy, play horse, here’s
A rope–does he answer like a joke:
I seen enough rope for today?
Or does his face light up like a
Bonfire of joy and does he say:
It’s a good and dandy world we live
‘In. And if a white face moon looks
In through a window where a baby girl
Sleeps and the moon-gleams mix with
Baby ears and baby hair–the hangman–
How does he act then? It must be easy
For him. Anything is easy for a hangman,
I guess.

I found this beautiful poem today and I fell in love with it.

“Happy Diwali”

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Diwali or Deepavali is the festival of lights. Diwali or Deepawali means “series of lights”. Diwali is celebrated on the 15th day of dark fortnight of Kartik month in Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar. In the Gregorian calendar, Diwali night falls between mid-October and mid-November. 

It spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair.

On the same night that Hindus celebrate Diwali, Jains celebrate a festival also called Diwali to mark the attainment of moksha by Mahavira, Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas to mark the release of Guru Hargobind from a Mughal Empire prison, and Newar Buddhists, unlike the majority of Buddhists, celebrate Diwali by worshipping Lakshmi.

“Narak Chaturdashi pooja”

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Today is the second day of Deepawali festival. It is called Narak Chaturdashi or Choti Diwali. It is celebrated on 14th day of dark fortnight of Kartik month in Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar.

It is believed that asura (demon) named Narakasur killed on this day by Lord Krishna. There are different beliefs behind these festivals in different parts of India.

Each festival holds spiritual significance.

P.S. In this photograph my mommy is performing pooja.