Mela –  The Best Carnival of Childhood

We were inducted into the Indian fairs or carnivals much before Bollywood gave us “Hum dono bachpan mein Kumbh ke Mela mein bichhar gaye they…” ‘Pop!’ As a child, the sound of the colorful balloons popping with the pellet gun always caught my fancy at the neighborhood winter Mela or the winter carnival. The delicate […]