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  Reminiscing Deepawali of our Childhood While I settled down in front of TV sipping my tea post the Deepawali ritual of oil bath and prayers. I was reminiscing of the Deepawali during my childhood days vis a vis the current scene of our festivals.      No I don’t want to get in to a debate on whether our times were great and current times are not so, etc..    I believe in the notion that all times are relevant and for all ages of people and they have their own blissful moments, struggles and stories to tell later.   I was just reminiscing about our childhood Deepwali without any judgement on what was good or what is bad (am I in that mode already  😊 ).    Those days Deepawali festival marked three major aspects for us:   1)    Visiting a tailor (Decent Tailors was the name of the shop where we used to get our clothes stitched. Yes, he did a decent job), back then it wasn’t about visiting malls/ brand outlets or going cli...