{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"PoohsDen","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden","author_name":"Vinitha","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/author\/pooh_admin\/","title":"Bhogi in 2015 &#8212; PoohsDen","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IzAVbOnGrI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/bhogi-in-2015\/\">Bhogi in 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/bhogi-in-2015\/embed\/#?secret=IzAVbOnGrI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Bhogi in 2015&#8221; &#8212; PoohsDen\" data-secret=\"IzAVbOnGrI\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"I woke up this morning and fell in love with Chennai winter all over again. The nip in the air was perfect. Yes, I know quite a few people complain it was cold but I rejoiced. I was thinking about taking a walk around the neighbourhood to watch the creative and crafty decorate their doorsteps with intricate designs and colours. Maybe I will let kuttyma tag along, I thought with a smile. We seem to bond over such stuff. The smoke in the air made me sneeze and sneeze and sneeze. \u00a0Apparently kuttyma inherited not just my reading genes. She sneezed too. We had a sneezing competition (and I won!!). We spoke about the polluted air around us and Bhogi. &#8220;It&#8217;s Bhogi&#8221;, I told her. &#8220;The day to symbolically dust the cobwebs, burn the frayed ties of the past and embrace the new. A new slate &#8211; gleaming and full of promise. Traditionally bhogi is celebrated by burning the old &#8211; literally everything gets burned.&#8221; She shook her head &#8211; her curls bobbed along as she solemnly declared &#8220;It is not good.&#8221;\u00a0I attempt to raise an environmentally-aware child. We talk pollution, green house warming and endangered species frequently at home [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_1258.jpg"}