The celebration of the birth of Lord Krishna , the naughty , playful god, was always one of my favorite festivals while growing up in India . I loved the fact that there was total acceptance of many ungodly behaviors of Krishna , those that I could relate to. I was naughty and so was he , I was playful and so was he ...and I would always see a reflection of myself in ‘him’. Every year , my grandmother would prepare an offering to be distributed . It was a very different but t