The new year doesn't ask permission — it arrives with the gudi, ready or not.

Some say Ram returned to Ayodhya on this day — every homecoming deserves a flag raised high.

पाडव्याच्या दिवशी केलेली पुरणपोळी जितकी गोड, तितकंच तुझं वर्ष गोड जावो.

गुढीच्या काठीवर हिरवा रेशमी वस्त्र आणि साखरेची माळ — हे दृश्यच मनाला उभारी देतं.

New year, new gudi, same old warmth of family gathered under one roof — that's Padwa for you.