Durga Puja, is the main and biggest puja of Bengalis, so as mine. We (I) just eagerly wait for these four days of Saptami, Asthami, Navami and Bijaya Dashami. But it seems these 4 days are made of less then 24 hours and speed away very swiftly.

It’s not like that we (I) 30 above kids just thinking of our busy schedule - of home to Pandal, Pandal to home and cracking tin pistols aiming no where, or the young chaps missing the ‘green’ look of our own earthly (rather ‘para’s) God and Goddess. It is just the relief of remembering that, tomorrow too we don’t have to or wouldn’t go to our works and our mobile will not ring for another emergency meeting and no deadline to make ourself dead again and no limitation for junk foods.

But for us (me) the real Puja Holidays starts from Maha Sasthi rather than Maha Saptami and come to an ends at Maha Navami rather than Bijoya Dasami. WHY? Because, only Maha Sasthi to Maha Navami we can enjoy our sleeping/nights thinking of the next off day. But the worst night we spent is the Bijoya Dasami night, one way we miss those 3 glorified days we spent and in other hand hate the very next horrified day to come.

But any way Ma Durga has to go, we have to go to our work; it may be a bit lousy for the first 1/2 days, but we know we will or have to overcome and get engaged ourselves to our life’s conveyer belt. Hope we will be running for another great 4 days. Still then keep healthy and of course wealthy.
Please reply back and let us know about your holidays.