It would have been much better to call the 26th of December the ‘Boxes Day’ instead of the ‘Boxing Day’ complained Bingo . Now what difference did it make for Bingo i could not understand for never had i seen Bingo going to church or celebrating Christmas . My curiosity aroused i decided to probe deeper and asked Bingo how did it matter to him ..

Well , Said Bingo its really not ‘ What’s in a name ‘ but its about ‘All in a name ” , just thinking about how people have interpreted the name ‘ Boxing Day’ was a matter of concern ; For many ( according to him ) the boxers day had something to do with boxing , that barbaric sport where people cheered and jeered as one of the competitors was brutalized and bled . Now that being as far from the truth as it could be.. for what the real “Boxers Day” was all about… the day that people offered boxes filled with gifts as charity to the poor and that day was the day after Christmas . So this was not the day when one would have send congratulatory messages to Vijendra Singh , India’s first ever Olympic medallist , nor was it the day when Diggi raja would have don the boxing gloves and spared with annaji .

Yes but it was the day when our cricketing heroes who are down under would be boxing their way to create cricketing history as they take on the Aussies . Then Bingo mused that this was also the day when it was an officially declared public holiday in the UK and Canada and Australia and for few here the unofficial hangover induced holiday . It was also the day when the shops offered great discounts and people queued up from the early hours to pick up the best bargains ..but then our Bayanis and Ambanis were not too excited with that prospect ..not until the flood gates of FDI opened and they could pass on their liabilities elsewhere ..

…until then our neighbourhood Kirana would make the most of it ..boxing day or not !