As
a child something about the word “holiday” used to confuse me. Whenever I saw
“holiday season is here, time for some cheer” line of advertising I often
wondered is holiday a season or a place ? Christmas , Diwali break, dussehra
break , winter break and summer vacation were all “holiday seasons”. Then going
to Manali, Dubai or your grandparents’ place was perhaps the real part of those
“holidays”. Then there were the much awaited public
holidays during “non-holiday season” or school months. Of course, all this
thinking was triggered by the very
predictable “holiday homework” which often had an assignment for writing about
the place you went to in your summer break. What if you didn’t go anywhere in
that set of summer holidays ? Would it not count as a holiday if you relax at
home or learnt something new pursuing a hobby in the summer ?
