Christmas and a Middle-Class Mother
Christmas and a Middle-Class Mother I have long held the belief that the celebration of Christmas among the non-Christians in India, very much like Diwali and Holi among the non-Hindus here, is to do with finding an excuse for being joyful and participating in a culture of celebration with our fellow Indians. Of Course it also lights-up (literally) a day exactly one week before the new-year’s eve, in the dreary and harsh winters of Delhi. The year 2020 has been horrendous, more for some than others, and as we tread towards its end, this Christmas becomes even more special than just the secular kind of way in which it was celebrated till now. And by celebration I merely mean a sense of happiness and empathy towards each other, a prayer towards a better future for all, not necessarily attending the mid-night mass or putting up a Christmas tree (though these are also rituals as endearing as any other festival’s, to me). Living in Dwarka, an upper (ish)-middle-...