Suhasi Dhami – For us Gujaratis, Makar Sankranti holds much significance as it is a festival that celebrates the abundant harvest. The elders in the family would always make it a point to give gifts to the younger members. Of course, the day wasn’t complete without the yummy delicacies prepared for us. I would feel bad for that my mother and aunts would spend hours preparing these mithais that we would finish within a few minutes.

Mitali Nag – I have always been a complete tomboy right from childhood so on every Makar Sankranti, I used to join my cousins on the terrace to fly kites. However being a girl, they would never permit to do anything more then hold the manza so I remember once I got so angry with them that I pulled the string so hard that I ended up cutting my fingers. I was secretly pleased as my cousins got a huge scolding from my Mum.

Usha Nadkarni – Every year I prepare til gud at home to bring in this festival. And usually all of my relatives come home to celebrate it with me! This year, as usual I don’t know what my shooting schedule is like so I cannot make any plans. But, however much til gul you give me I really cannot say – “til-gul ghya, god god bola” …kyunki mujhe baat acchi nahi lag rah hai ki koi tyohaar manaane nahi mil raha hai (I don’t like it that I’m not getting time to celebrate any festivalL).

Krutika Desai – While I’m not very traditional when it comes to celebrating festivals and performing religious rituals, I do like spending at least 2 hours of my time in the kitchen on the eve of Makar Sankrant rolling the traditional til ke laddoo with my sisters. They’re particularly good at making all the typical ‘Til’ delicacies … I’m not much of a cook, so I just help them by rolling the laddoos. I’m not really into kite-flying so Makar Sankrant is all about some quality family time with feasting on all the goodies for me.

Sara Khan – While we don’t celebrate Makar Sankrant or Lohri at home, I am a major kite-flying enthusiast. Unlike most girls my age, I was always really good at it and I took part in a lot of kite-flying competitions. It was always so much fun to bring down your competitor’s kite. It calls for a lot of studied dexterity and I somehow had the knack for it. I’d love to do some kite flying this Sankrant.