Today is Dashami the last day of Durga puja when Ma Durga is immersed into the Ganges..And like every bengali I too have a heavy heart on this day.. When I was small I used to go to see the Bisarjan (or the immersing of the idol of Ma Durga) in a lake in Behala with my cousins in the evening...Wide eyed with wonder i would watch as scores of idols from tiny to tall made their way on the shoulders of devotees down to the final immersion place.. The immersion place would be filled by devotees dancing to the dhaak beats and the smoke from the dhunuchi... And I would silently shed tears (like a silly girl) seeing Ma Durga gradually sink into the water ..And if anybody noticed(which they hardly did) I would say uff eto dhoa (The smoke of the dhunuchi is unbearable)!! My cousins would happily witness the noise,the colour and the grandeur with our newly bought balloons and ice creams as I kept getting sadder and sadder.. And while walking back home from there(the lake is at walking distanc...
I am trying not to sound worried or sad about my present situation..But the truth is I am doing both.. Anyway I have been spending quite a lot of time with myself lately which I dint get to do earlier because of my series of exams and their horrifying results...But I've understood quite a lot about myself in the process... I have often had friends(the committed ones..!) try to convince me about how superior love actually is and how beautiful life becomes when you are committed but none have been able to convince me about the beauty of committed life..And trust me i actually thank god each time i see them fight that atleast i don't have 'that' kind of a menace in life..! A few months back it seemed as if it was the "breakup" season for some of my friends(who were keen on convincing me to get committed and proving the invincibility of their one of a kind true love with their bf!!) as they got cheated in their invincible relationships... Now they've lear...
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