‘What are all those packets you have brought home?’

Asked my husband seeing me returning home stacked with parcels. ‘How was the cultural programme in the Park?’ he asked even before I could answer.

‘What cultural programme are you talking about?’ I inquired.

‘I thought you wanted to see the ongoing event at the Park?’ He said.

‘Well, yes, but I found people going into a frenzy about something else.

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In fact I had to wade through those milling crowds to have a glimpse of what their object of attraction was’, I replied.

“Was it a movie star?” my husband sounded curious.

‘No, I don’t think even the reigning actors would attract such large crowds, especially from the higher echelons of society as those that have clustered at this place’, I said.

‘Thank God, I had better sense and decided to stay at home and complete reading my book’, he chuckled (he was averse to crowds).

‘By the way, from which restaurant have you bought food’, he asked seeing me unwrap the parcels and lay them on the table. Probably the tantalizing aroma of Biryani and the sight of crisp pakodas was too much for him to resist because he suggested we have a go at the food right away.

‘Aye, its delicious, still you haven’t told me from where you have picked up the food’, he said relishing every spoonful. ‘We should frequent this Restaurant in future’, he added.

‘We can’t do that because it’s not a restaurant and if you wish we can go tomorrow to the Park ,as it is the concluding day of the festival and eat the stuff piping hot’, I tempted.

‘Did you find what the menu is for tomorrow?’ He asked eagerly.

Festive ‘Fervour ’indeed, I thought with a sense of guilt.