The day started with my brass hats nagging me to get up; it was already nine when I got up. A "Panjabi" and a "Pyjama" were all that were needed to gather at the Mandap just to deliver the so-called "Pushpanjali". A lousy job for an atheist! The night saw nothing very "isspecial" at the marquee but only the moppets' boogeying at the music being played and cracking the crackers; without much interference of the "gun-powdered cap roll" guns the night spelt serenity.
Nothing much to speak about but "Something" wishes its readers a very happy "Mahashtami"!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Maha Astami
Subho Bijoya
Subho Bijaya everyone! I earnestly apologize for the post being published quite late on the 3rd day after Bijoya Dashami. The day seemed lachrymose for our fervent believers who could not contain the rolling of tears down their saddened cheeks and had to wipe them off every moment. But they comfort themselves with the thought of the return of Goddess Durga every year, the mother of all Hindu Goddesses. The people, mostly youngsters, accompany Goddess Durga to the immersion site with boisterous celebrations and incessant beating of drums and submerse her with shouts of "Durgs Maiki - Jay" which still keep reverberating through our ears. Atheists too, devote their time to experience the divine delight behind watching the "aratis" and observing all the pertinent décors of the Puja Pandals with their respective families and above all, the statue of Maa Durga. Doing "pranam" to our brass hats and "kolakuli" with our middlings are sine qua nons to Bijoya; fulfilling them is a bit tedious (frankly speaking!). ADIEU Maa Durga and sayonara everyone!
Maha Navami
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Maha Saptami
Yes, it's the 1st day of the Durga Puja '09! A dreary morning it was with only a few people occupying the Puja marquee. With my friend, I reported there by noon; only to see ten or eleven people lazily occupying the chairs and chatting with each other. Competitions and programmes were conducted at night (although I could not devote much time to watch all those "spectacles"). At night I went to see the "pujas" at Mahananda, Sanhati More and many others. Unlike all other years, this year's Saptami was not that interesting; moreover, I was amazed to see the Puja Mandap having a paucity of "devotees" on which day? That too the25th of September, Saptami! This post didn't flow swiftly as such, isn't it? Yes, I could not acquire much things to tell you but I indited what struck my mind. Waiting to see the Mandap teeming with people on the 26th, Mahastami or Maha Astami.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Wallowing in Nonchalance
The Half Yearly exams have finally ended! What a relief! I still have my books piled up on my study table that are recently necessitating proper care. So what? It’s the Puja Holidays man! Just relax yourself on the couch and have a “bindaas” enjoyment of the boob tube. Anything else? I have been loath to read books containing delightful stories until today; this might be the first time I have borrowed a book from my friend; and it is “The Alchemist”. I was so interested in reading the book that I already finished an unprecedented thirty-two pages in half-an-hour and I am proud of myself having read (not completely) an International Bestseller; although I have the unabridged Sherlock Holmes tome, I have only read the “Hound Of The Baskervilles” and have greatly enjoyed it. In class V or something, of Sherlock Holmes (abridged), I had read “The Red-Headed League”, “The Speckled-Band” (the best rated story of Sherlock Holmes which I too have rated the best) and “The Copper Beeches”. I have no personal gizmos to spend time with but I have my faithful companion, my computer, who never leaves me. Surfing the internet might be a good pastime. I have not yet started the Puja shopping but plan to start in a few days.
To aestivate the summertime during Autumn annoys all. Going out under this scorching heat is truly tiring. I would rather stay nocturnal, brother; I would prefer to not come out of my house during the matutinal hours.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Superstitions….The Iniquities Of Our Society….
Superstition, as looked at by different personalities, might be regarded as a diablerie that is prevalent even till now. This is the noughties and superstitious beliefs are still mesmerizing the hoi polloi like they did in the bygone centuries. Is this a true picture of the so-called “modern” society? What will the moppets learn? To wait for some time after a sable feline crosses the road? Or to procrastinate after a strong sternutation? So murky is our present day world. Amigos, have you ever indulged in some superstition? I guess you have unknowingly committed one at least once. Sometimes we are so much carried away by these beliefs that we unconsciously follow them. Even if the young are reluctant to follow them, their elders make them do it perforce. They are like fagins inserting delinquency into the minds of the tots. What do they want? To develop them into stalwart cohorts of this kind of an illogical credence? Can you imagine mates what can be the condition when these young ones grow up to become a successful person? If you are fallacious, be able to understand your own self; think logically.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
The Master Blaster
Back in the 90s when the Little Master used to vanquish the adversaries of India severely; myriad plaudits embraced him with all their might. Yes, such was the efficacy of the cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar; they are all bygones, never to return. The present form of Sachin has too many ups and downs to be praised of. This is likely to happen with age — dream of those times when the abilities of the precocious youth had dominated the cricketing world— Oh! What a form he had acquired! But now they have gone into the depths of time. Sourav Ganguly, another master blaster, had recently retired from International Cricket. Sachin should learn from his this very intimate friend. He should not be dogged in his career; one has to retire at some time or the other and now, the time for Sachin has ultimately come. He should think about donating his place to the youth generation that is increasingly becoming substantial in every field of work. After all, "Youths should be developed to build peace and prosperity for the nation." *****Comments are anticipated*****
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