Festive season yet again.. In a so-to-be secular country of ours, its festive season all round the year but if one s in the northern region of our country this time of the year is the most celebrated. With Rama killing Ravana, preparing to get back from the exile and Durga being honoured the capital city is full of thrills.
It's been a while I ve seen Delhi celebrate these occasions, 3yrs of college kept me away. It was after school days I visited the pandals of CR park, the bengali dominated residential area in the city, to see the grand idols of Durga. I was awe-struck as the yrs before, apart from the idols getting more decorated and growing bigger there was not much of a change. Ofcourse the mulla spent would ve quadrupled to arrange such a big show. Only if Durga would be pleased proportionally to the money spent, CR park would be Heaven on Earth.
After the grand nine days of prayers, celebrations and joy the idols would be floated in the holy waters of Yamuna. Holy or not, m not sure but filthy( in the literal sense) for sure. The Yamuna and Ganga would curse their holistic existence, keeping in mind the amount they are polluted every day on that account. The huge idols with the holy powders smashed all over them definitely help increase the level of the river bed if not shower blessings. No offence to the traditions of a particular clan, all ancient traditions of every clan in our country are no better. If all the money floated in a river or burnt to celebrate the festival of light could be used to uplift the not-so-blessed sections of the society the economic gap in our country would be far less.
It's been a while I ve seen Delhi celebrate these occasions, 3yrs of college kept me away. It was after school days I visited the pandals of CR park, the bengali dominated residential area in the city, to see the grand idols of Durga. I was awe-struck as the yrs before, apart from the idols getting more decorated and growing bigger there was not much of a change. Ofcourse the mulla spent would ve quadrupled to arrange such a big show. Only if Durga would be pleased proportionally to the money spent, CR park would be Heaven on Earth.
After the grand nine days of prayers, celebrations and joy the idols would be floated in the holy waters of Yamuna. Holy or not, m not sure but filthy( in the literal sense) for sure. The Yamuna and Ganga would curse their holistic existence, keeping in mind the amount they are polluted every day on that account. The huge idols with the holy powders smashed all over them definitely help increase the level of the river bed if not shower blessings. No offence to the traditions of a particular clan, all ancient traditions of every clan in our country are no better. If all the money floated in a river or burnt to celebrate the festival of light could be used to uplift the not-so-blessed sections of the society the economic gap in our country would be far less.
3 comments:
mulla huh? reminds me of a big goof up in coll.
goof up in col?? may I ve the honour to know wat u are referring to??
The Yamuna and Ganga would curse their holistic existence, keeping in mind the amount they are polluted every day on that account.
Lovely line.
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