Happy Deepavali Folks

Its the festival of lights and I wish everyone a Very Happy Deepavali !!
We miss home a lot during this time because of the mitaies our padosi gave !! And the patakas we used to burst..laksmi bomb under a tin with a timer was our favourite !! Once I burnt my hand burning a laksmi bomb with a very small bathee...so kids take care remain safe...Now we try to keep the same thing going here in finland and had a small kidsclub party last weekend with about 18 lovely kids who played some games...prayed together..listen to the stories...ate some mitai together and had lot of fun..thank you all for making this a wonderful event for the little ones...here are few moments from the event...

1947 A Cricket Story

This is a story of a handful of Indians who had moved to Finland in the early 40's to work in the very first mobile industry in the cold scandic region..the winters were tough -30 C sometimes..but they worked hard and when the summer came they hit this wonderful idea to start playing Cricket in the summer of 1947 in a small ground in a village called karakallio..they were called the Kara Killers and they were the champions of the tournament that year defeating the hugely popular team of Helsinki Konala Kings..it was a moment to cherish but unlike these days there were no digital cameras but an old and rusty fire flash camera and they had to spend 10 Marka equal to about 50 Euros now-a-days, to get this picture done and unfortunately the huge winter storm of the 60s washed away most of the records and trophies .This picture which we accidently found in one of the storeroom in the Karkelo bar the frequented bar in those times and the tradition continues as we represent the kara killers in the year 2008...in search of more..adios