The Celebrations in the Family
It was an event that the whole family looked up to … It had everyone engaged.. While the siblings were engaged in how to do the celebration the best they can to their parents , their children were engaged in how to please and make their grandparents happy. Well , it was the celebration of my father in law’s , 80 th or should I call it 81st birthday or half way between turning 80 and getting closer to 81 ? The reason I call it this way is that the celebration was not on his birthdate. There were several discussions as to when to celebrate this – Astrologers were consulted , Pandits were consulted , several others who crossed 80 years were called to check on when the function had to be performed. And there were several others who gave their ideas and opinion and recollections of how this was done when their third cousin’s sister in laws , in laws turned 80 ! It was all confusing .However what settled it was my Sister in law’s ability to come to India and that could happen only