Durga puja- it is an emotion to all the Bengalis. We have a local saying in our culture that Bengalis have 13 festivals in 12 months. And the biggest among them is Durga puja. The uniqueness of this festival is that we don't worship the goddess Durga! I mean yes we do, but this festival is much more than worshipping. To us, Durga is our own daughter, she is coming to her paternal house with her 4 children. We welcome them with all our hearts open. Preparation for the puja, shopping, planning etc. start almost two months prior from her arrival. The festival continues for almost 5 days and ends in ‘Dashami’ with bidding our beloved daughter with teary eyed good bye as she again starts her journey to her in-laws house. Durga puja symbolizes family union- spending time with the near and dear ones all together. We use to get a month long vacation in schools and colleges. So naturally like every 'traveloholic' Bengalis we use to plan tours keeping in mind that we must be presen...
Probably, every one of us, at some point of time or other has thought this question wistfully- What would have happened if I was a Superhero? What kind of ‘Superpower’ would I have? I know I did ponder this for long. And probably not so surprisingly, the answer changed for me with time. We desire the most that we can not achieve in reality. Hence, it is pretty natural that we all have a hidden desire to someday posses a special power that no one has. Or rather posses a power that makes us something special, elevate us from the rest of the people. When I was a child, I was more interested in having the power to facilitate everyday works rather than having super strength or super speed. Really. If you think this through, what exactly can you do with super strength in your daily life rather than save people from overly dramatised situation?👀 Rather, probably having exposed to Harry Potter, I more often than not, wished to possess a spell like-"Accio" (Probably because I kept l...