Met Kali didi (didi = elder sister) while staying at our uncle house in Andharmanick. Met her after a long time - around 10 years. She lives in Hakimpur - the river Sonai flows in front of their house - it's the border of Bangladesh. She talked about things that is happening at the border and also about her struggling…
Category: Day To Day Life
The day before Deepawali …
p.s. Wrote this article weeks back ... went to Kolkata n so posting it now :) In Bengali tradition or say culture - we eat 14 different types of leafy vegetable (mixed together) n we lit 14 "prodeep" (diyas) to our fore fathers. It's a beautiful feeling as we remember our ancestors n pray that their soul may rest in…
Kojagori Lakkhi puja …
We celebrated"Kojagori Lakkhi puja" on 3rd oct. on a full moon night. Goddess Lakkhi is the Goddess of wealth. We celebrate this puja on the first full moon after "Durga puja" .... there is a story about why to celebrate this puja .. There was a kind Raja (king) - at his kingdom everybody was happy ... he had told…
Waiting for her … next year !!!
"Maa Dugra" came to her parents house n now gone back to her own house Kailash .... Every Bengali waits for her arrival . . enjoy her stay n later says a sad bye n again wait for her coming next year !!! That's the beauty of Durga puja .... actually beauty of everything .... u wait - enjoy -…
Started morning walk …
As i wrote earlier - i want to lose 7 kgs by 29th August '09 but wasn't doing any exercise. Well from this Sunday i have started my morning walk .... n yes ! evening walk too. I took some photos of my favourite flower. My brother said - "you went for a exercise walk or to take photos". Well…