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Same with my parents too . I grew up in a big joint family so house is always like BB and my paatti is Bigboss . I still remember how my mom and thithi used to complain about my paatti . She was very strict bb . Btw I don’t remember my mom crying being away from my dad and viceversa . I think it was kind of normal back then . Now we have nuclear families it is really hard . I miss celebrating Diwali with my family . In joint families Diwali bhakshanam prep starts 5 days before Diwali . One of my jobs used to be to deliver palagaaram to pakkathu veetu maama and maami’s . We had a Christian and Muslim neighbors too . I always make sure I was very generous toward them since I wanted Christmas cake and bai veetu biryani . our family is strictly vegetarian so I mostly ate those biryani without my parents knowledge . I used to feel so guilty so just ate the rice and half heatedly threw away chicken . This continued till ( let us not go there )Now I’m older I have become vegetarian but I never restrict my kids from eating food they want . I miss the smell of freshly cooked biryani .
Nothing can beat thiruttu biryani taste
we get briyani even now from dad's friends ,diwali mittai from neighbours and i give cake to my close friends on christmas(veg cake,they're vegetarians) and to our neighours
There's some joy in celebrating and sharing with neighbours and friends