A long time ago I'd read a wonderful article by Pico Iyer on celebrating the different seasons. I thought that was a lovely way of celebrating life as it were. Instead of celebrating the various festivals - mainly religious - (though in all fairness, Indians by and large celebrate all festivals regardless of their religious affiliations), wouldn't it be better to celebrate the different seasons. So, we would have spring, in the month of March-April, the rains in July-August, fall in September, and of course winter in December-January. It would be celebration through the year......We do need celebrations in our lives to add that extra zing to our daily round of duties. We need to pause and appreciate Nature with all its colours and moods. We need to reaffirm ourselves and all that we are....