Baalpan...

Diwali che diwas…
Amhi saare aji chya ghari sutti sathi allele… Saare kaake, atyaa wagaire…
Diwali mhanaje phatake, nawe kapade, ani mukhya mhanaje sagalya chulat-ate bhawandana bhetun khelane masti karane.
Diwali chi ratr ajun hi lakshat aahe…
Thandi che diwas… Aji che ghar mhanaje juna prachand motha wada hotaa… moth mothe teen chauk, 15-20 poranna pala-pali khelata yeil ewadhe patangan ch hotaa eke k chauk mhanaje!! Tyachya bhowati owaryaa, ani mag kholyaa…
Saha kholyanche ghar ajiche hote… samorchya prachand chaukaat eka bajula keli che ek bet asalya sarakhe… mhatari rakhmabai tithe bhandi ghasat ase.
Diwas bhar danga karun amhi pore damun jaat asu. Jewun zale ki dolyawar peng yei.

Ghara samor chya chaukat lya anganaat ata sandhyakali kadhaleli rangoli poranchya khelanyaane pusat aleli… akash kandilaa-cha mand rangit prakaash angan bhar pasarlela. Daara shejar chya peruchya zadaachya paanan war tyacha ardha ardha rangit prakash padalela ratri wegalach dise.
Samor anganaat ek lakadi khat takaleli, tyat dupari unhaala takalelya gadya, chadari asat. Jewun zale ki tithe basalelya motha lokan madhye amhi ghusat asu. Tya gadyana anu chadari na dupar chya unhacha kharapus waas yet ase. Angana chya olasar jamineet halu halu murat chalalelya dhukaal thandit to waas bhaltaach ubdaar wataychaa. Mothyanchya kahi mothya goshti ani hasya winod chalalele asat.. payariwar ekhad don kakwa- atya basalelya asat, gappa rangalelya asat.
Diwali cha diwas mhanun jarichi saadi wagaire nesun agadi dew-gharatalya photot-lyaa lakshmi sarakhi disanari aai, ata gharchya sadhya suti saadit cot war basaleli disali ki lagech amhi tichya kushit shirat asu. To aichya sadi cha gharguti mau waaas, unh khallelya chadaricha kharpus was, olasar zalelya gawataacha was ani phatakyancha ek wegalacha was milun ek diwali cha waas tayaar hot aase. Tya waasat chi ek dhundi ase.

“aai kunachi” yawar ekhade lutu putiche bhandan bhawashi karun mag eka eka mandi war doke thewun tyanchya na kalanarya gappa ani door shaharaat ajun hi wajt asalelya phatakyancha dab-lelaa ‘put-put-put-put’ awaaj aikata aikataa dole mitu mitu hot. War akashat le tare, akash-kandil, doorcha dusrya chaukaat janyacha andharat bhayanak watnara darwaja, ya goshtin kade baghata baghataa dolyat utarun zop poorna taaba gheun take.
Thodya welane koni halawatey ase wate, to baba uchalun aat net asat. Tasech neun baithakichya kholit, gharat lya 12-15 pora-toran sathi ghatalelya gadhyan war kuthetari thewun chaan shi ek chadar pangharli jaai. Tewadhyat zop chalawali jaai, tyaat ajichya gharaachya shenaa-ne sarawalelya jaminicha mayaalu waas lakshat rahi tar kadhi ajobanche “nijalaat ka re balaanno?” ha parashn kanaawar pade. Uttar wagaire denya adhich zop patkan kushit gheun take. Damalele amhi tichya kushit nishchint houn dusarya diwasachi swapne pahanyaat magn hot asu.