Happy Onam to all :)

Since the initial 16 yrs of my life were spent outside Gods own Country, all the knowledge I cud say i had about onam was limited to just having veg food n payasam.. which in those days was not something me n my brother used to look forward to…
Coming back to India changed me in many ways, for one I become more acquainted with how people in Kerala actually celebrate onam n other festivals. I still remembering all us cousins getting together in our maternal home n wearing set sari n mullapoo, n laying out the ‘attapoovu’ , after lots of pics n fun, eating a grand sadya together from a banana leaf.. mmm… I still get the aroma n taste of my grandmas cooking at the tip of my tongue…
Of course after coming to Bangalore, onam has not been the same, sadly.
My first 2 onams here, I went out with my friends for lunch to one of the restaurants serving naandan sadya,n last onam I went out wit hubs for a malu move.. this onam ,im still wondering what to do….hubby wants to eat sadya , unfortunately I do not have the time or necessary resources/knowledge for it :(
My plan is to leave early from office at 5 :) .. yes this is early for me considering that my project is in critical state n I ve been reaching at home at 10 daily for past 1 month….n maybe make atleast 2-3 curries like the essential sambhar, pachadi , parippu and some veg thoran. And of course a payasam.
Last evening hubs was drooling seeing a sadya image on TV , n then he pondered aloud in midst all this drooling wit ‘wonder how our kids will celebrate onam? They ll never know how much fun it is’.
That made me think n feel bad for our future generation. Hopefully I can try to make the onam as spectacular as possible but of course it will never match up to what we have known in our younger days. Everyone has become too busy n involved with their lives. And of course distance is also a factor. All those cousins who I celebrated my past onams with are all scattered in diff parts of the world. The only thing we do now is relive those earlier memories in our minds n through orkut scraps..What do you guys think?
Will we ever be able to pass on the complete joy that Onam gives us, to our kids?