Friday night lights, sights and sounds

       Diwali firecrackers and glittering fireworks exploding across the city, next door, down the street. Snap! Crackle! Pop, pop, pop! It's getting personal. A school colleague said she had to stuff cotton in her Golden Retriever's ears and wrap a scarf around his head so he could chill out and sleep during the blitz. "He looked like an idiot," she said. In the morning, he shook it all off.

I'm not stuffing my ears with cotton. Instead, nibbling on sweets gifted by my school colleagues (from Grand Sweets of course) and sketching the mini jungle outside my window unfazed that it's now hidden by the dark.