

Party Time in Saki Naka
The kids kept adding names to the list while they sat knee-to-knee in Indu’s one-room home drawing Christmas trees, adding sparkles and stars and strings of bright lights rendered in crayon. They made Santa Claus masks that looked more scary than sweet and wore them as they ran through the laneways shouting and singing their version of jingle bells. Hindu and Muslim kids in the community love the notion of Christmas. Religion aside, it’s a reason to celebrate and be festive,