Diwali Celeberation in Atos

FATANG is the team responsible for arranging the fun-filled activities and the well-being at work initiatives for my company where i work in.
It was a wonderful thing to receive a mail a day before, that today there will be a traditional day, and a food festival along with the Rangoli competitions. I did not take part in Rangoli Competition, but yes i did wear the traditional dress. But many teams who took part in Rangoli , did a great job . The above picture of FATANG is actually a rangoli taken by FATANG team and the full form of this is written below that.

 This rangoli depicts OM and the Ganesha designed in a typical way, that both are merged in to one. How beautifully the designer has then made a semi-circle designed with the half spaced donut design.

The green, red and the white combination of colours in just making the rangoli look more appealing.

This is a Ganesha , side view with an eye and a trunk. The different colours small dots, depict as if Ganesha is wearing a scarf and a cloth of seven colours - very rich.

Elephant headed God is the God who is prayed with lot of devotion. It was Lord Shankar, Father of Lord Ganesha who granted him this blessing, that when ever, whereever, who so ever will begin anything, or do any puja, the first God who will be worshiped or remembered will be Ganesha, and without remembering and worshiping Ganesha no one will be worshiped. Hence when we begin any work or do any festival or puja, first we worship Lord Ganesha and take his blessings.

 This is where the rangoli is wishing us Happy Diwali.  The deepak that is burning in midst of the seven colours is suiting the entire rangoli.

The seven colours depict our life and the joys and the sorrows we have in our life. The colours give us the meaning and changes our life. If we are sad, we feel its dull and black colour and when we are happy we like to see, bright, florescent colors.

 Here the nature is at its best. Two birds on a tree. This speaks a lot. Two friends, two lovers, having fun in this nature.

Nature is the place where we need to be today. Today in the city life, where we face the cement jungle, the pollution of the fuels and other checmicals, where we cant see any green open space, its high time we should take nature seriously and protect it.

 The Elephant, who lives along with all the small and big animals, and enjoys its herbivorous status .

If animals, birds, and the sea life is not existing with each other, its hard to believe if we can either live and survive without them. If we are killing them we are actually killing ourselves and our lives. Imagine can we live and survive if no animal exists. Think:)

 This is a rangoli at its best. The round shape, the colourful, its design is great. The peacock based mehendi design shapes are used in this to give it a rich look.

The Green is for Peace, White is for unity and the other bright colours are for joy and the love we share with each other during the seasons and the festivals like diwali, by sharing sweets and blessings with each other.

This is depicting what India is going through at present. The sad but the real true topic, the rape that has increased . We surely should take some strict steps to stop this rapists.

Rape is the heinous crime that should never be done on any women, or girl. It is just like killing the virginity, that means killing the girl. So if you kill anyone, then the punishment of that is death penalty nothing less.

 A lamp was lit in midst of all the rangolis'. The lighting of the lamp is most auspicious and the sign of growth and light. And where there is light the darkness disappears. The sad, agony and pain are no more existing and the happiness comes in and makes every life more sweeter and brighter.

And finally the sweets were distributed by our company Atos, as Diwali is the festival when everyone eats lot of sweets and welcome the New year. Everyone had different styles of preparing sweets. Some people prepare at home, some purchase it from outside.

This is myself, dressed in a traditional dress. This is the tradition of India. We all love our country and this is the time when we get chance to express our feelings by dressing it in our traditional dresses. This shows exactly what unity in diversity is.

Some have dressed in Gujrati dresses, some in south Indian lungis and dhotis of Calcutta, the salwar and the pataloon of Sindhis in sindhi style, or a Maharashtrian Topis and dhotis, and the bhangra style punjabu traditional dresses. From North to south it was a wonderful cosmopolitan dress code to view in Mumbai office.

 Here is my friend Siddeshwar Pawar who was very enthusiastic to wear his traditional kurta, over a jean. That is the great combination of the traditional cum modern look. This type of dress suits him a lot.

His love and affection for his country and the traditional values is very appreciable. He always speaks about the Indian style of living. The food , the travel experiences and the most importantly his own customs and views.

He tells me about how he enjoys cooking and eating different delicious foods. He is also a fan of his mother's cooked meals, and he never likes to miss it.

He is also a thorough IT professional and is expert in his field of SAP.

He also has many other qualities apart from being a sport and taking life joyfully.

This is my working area. My computer and my self we are true friends for 9 hours that i spend in office. I always remember one line from a famous poem,
"My never failing friends are they, with whom i converse day by day". So its my computer with whom i converse till i am in office. I love my computer the most.




And yes this is a standing pose for i was extremely charged up and happy for showing off my traditional dress and the rangoli event that was going on.

I had a wonderful time and i think i celebrated my Diwali now itself.

I wish you all a very Happy Diwali and a prosperous New year ahead.