Durga Puja is just little more than a month away....and I have already started missing it...Not that I am your sitting at the para Puja pandal type but well I am a bengali and that is reason enough.In Kolkata you just cannot get away from it.....
The clear blue sky with the clouds that look like cotton balls floating dreamily...
The "Kaash phool" which grew in abundance in the Dumdum airport grounds...
The sweet smelling " shewli" reminding us that Puja is just around the corner...
and me and my sister hinting indirectly and directly as the situation demanded to our dad to let the shopping begin....It was fun.....and its contagious....
The symptoms grow wilder with each passing day....the local and not so local guys coming to collect the "pujor chanda"Every ad in TV accompanied by the " Dhaker Awaz".Bamboo structures coming up in every corner...
It is followed by the decorations, lights and the blaring music...generally it is so loud that you cannot even think straight...but i still loved it. Maybe for the very fact that it doesn't let you think...Though as selfish as I am ,this music became equivalent to noise as soon as my phone rang or I find my sweet little Genie (my chotta sa cute sa doggie) trying to find a corner where the music doesn't hurt her ears...
And then again you have those particular songs that you associate with only Puja pandals...I do not know much about bengali Film songs....but anywhere i hear " hay re pora baashi" or " aaj milon tithir" I cannot help remembering Durga Puja though I do not like these songs...
It was bad enough when I moved to Hyderabad...They have 3 or 4 pujas there....but its not the same...it cannot be....and its only when you enter the puja premises that you feel it....
And what can I say about now, I am happy to know that bengalis get together for Durga Puja at a nearby city and I am kind of curious to know how they do it here.....but I miss kolkata....
This time the Puja is early....I hope Rain god doesnt dampen the spirits of bargain hunters and pandal hoppers....
I want everyone to have a good Puja so that I can enjoy it through them ( I told you I was selfish)....And guess what ... after writing this ....I am not feeling very left out about the fact that my lil sis and mom are going out Puja shopping today.....
Have fun people...loads of it and send me my share.....
4 comments:
Thanx for visiting my blog..
Infact am looking forward to my own little festival back home in Kerala..Those are times when people are happy even if there is no reason to be happy..
oh..i love the great food during the festival as well..
loved the post... and i know how u r feeling... but even i won't be enjoyimg much..more so..as i 'll be getting only two days holidays for the puja...can u imagine that?
ur lil sis....
That was really a sad post, but very emotinal and beautiful!
Pujas are the true spirit of Calcutta and there's nothing like it outside. But will definitely keep you posted on how its going. And Shakhi is always there!
its really touching to see a home-away wanting to enjoy thru our comments. I really don't know how it feels to stay away from kolkata during the pujas coz as far as my memory stretches, i hardly left the city of joy during the pujas. may be i can't really put myself in your shoes and feel the way you do, but yes i can feel the heat a bit.
hope you like the different kind of puja experience this time in a far away land. best of luc!
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