I know it’s a tad too late to be posting about Pongal, but then hey there are no rules against posting about things and events which have gone by, are there. So, here goes.
To me the most memories I have of this particular festival is that of Ajji, my maternal grandmother ensuring that we actually had at least some sugarcane for the puja, some sakkarai pongal and some venn pongal for the naivedyam. And for some endearingly funny reason (at least it seems funny now) Ajji always insisted that all of us say “Pongalo Pongal!!!” right after the puja was done. Oh, Pongal is the one festival when I miss Ajji the most.
In any case, as time went by, as I grew older and I moved out of Bangalore post marriage. the Missus and me have kinda developed smaller ‘traditions’ of our own for various festivals. Of course, the second half of 2011 starting August till now have been quieter celebrations with the lil one Raksha taking up most of our time and attention, and sadly this Pongal was a victim of this quieter phase in the celebrations.
This time around I was at Thrissur, at the in-laws’ place, where the sweets made by my mother-in-law were out of this world (as is the norm with all her cooking) but the festival itself was more subdued and sadly the sugarcane was missing. Guess it is time the Missus and I put in more time and effort and thought into developing traditions of our own so that lil Raksha gets to know the significance of each one of these small celebrations that we have every 50 days or so 
Happy belated Pongal everyone!!!
PS: This post was inspired by this other post which I happened to come across when I was blog hopping. So, thanks Ash for bringing back some good old memories.
belated pongal wishes to you and your family!