Reflections - Durga Puja

Today is the official beginning of the festivities. let me take this opportunity to wish everytone viewing this post a very happy Durga Puja. May the goddess shower you with blessings this fall.

My plans of going home got cancelled due to some unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances. the pressure to perform has never been more intense and i cant say that am not liking the challenge. but at the same time it's kiling me from inside that i cannot visit my folks this time round...again...back to back years! Oh Kolkata- tilottama...excrutiating i tell you but i guess the show has to go on.
whats really bugging me is that my friends, namely Govind,Aakarsh and Sanjay had to cancel their trip as i let them down.The look in their eyes says it all.i know they are not blaming me and they understand but the frustratuion is clearly evident. Well i have failed my friends again. i have,for the first time in my life put my career in front of every sentiment that maters to me and the feeling cuts like a knife! oh how they wnated to see the cultural capital of India, the city of joy with me in tow but i ruined all the plans. i really wish that i can take all of them with me in december-january when the weather is too good to explore all the exploits of Bong heritage and culture! i hope they tag along.

putting up a few pictures of the festive season. i hope you all like it.

A Pandal

Maa Durga(Mother Goddess) inside a Pandal

Dhaki- the traditional drummer. An intergral part of the ambience.

Hiatus is good!

It feels so good now! Every time i take a break from blogging..forced or unforced..it always feels damn good to start all over again. i can taste the freshness. so many ideas have accumulated over a period of time, life has seen so much in this short span that i really dont know what is worth noting down and what is not!
Sounds odd but been away from the roosters for quite some time...just enjoyed this solitude. enjoyed it very much. no there is no fallout, its just that i have been too lazy to move my butt out of my house. and trust me enjoyed every bit of it! But when i land in college though my unassuming friends are genuinely happy to see me after a long break, the questions in their eyes in very visible. and it gives me the creeps. its a very querr feeling that i get. i am not very good at expresing my feelings, never been. so i cant really tell them that it is just my lazyness that i dont want to come to college. but they will not buy it i guess. It has been so long now...after coming back from Bangalore we have not sat together and spoken about anything.
but today they gave me a surprise. i am goin home to kolkata for the durga pujas...and the roosters want to follow suit. Though venu cannot make it due to personal reasons and sanjay is a bit doubtful, govind and aakarsh are coming for sure. and it is raghava's hometown so he is obviously coming. the tickets have been bookd for the same day same train and i am very excited about it. i just wish sanjay and venu make it! at last i can show them the grandeur and splendor of my city and the bengali culture. not everyday does the city dress up like this. it is like the rio-carnival in terms of magnitude or more than that. when was the last time you have seen 10 millon people on the roads all dressed up and enjoying like crazy? never i believe? thats my city..thats my kolkata!

i hope it is goin to be a fall to remember.