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Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic What Durga Pujo Can Teach India About Communal Harmony.
Getting to eat 'bhog' is really special. That is considered to be the real 'prasad' and wherever you eat bhog, it tastes awesome. It seems Maa Durga's blessings make it taste so wonderful.
10 years ago
Lopamudra replied to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Happy Navratri and Durga Puja to everyone. I am in Kolkata and it is a beautiful time to be here. Pandals are almost ready and streets abuzz with enthusiasm, there's this amazing feel of festivities in the air !
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Hello @Kalyani, I am a Bengali but born and brought up in Bihar. I got married to a Bengali of Kolkata and my base shifted there from Patna. At present or to be specific for the last thirteen years I am in Delhi due to my husband's posting. I do enjoy Durga Puja here and within the pandal it is similar to the pujas of Bengal. The same was the case in Patna. Now, I miss the rest of the family, friends and that special feeling of the festival available at every corner of Bengal. I once attended Durga Puja in Mumbai and you know, once you step inside the pandal, the fervour is same. Though I don't love pandal hopping, I enjoy sitting and chatting with dear ones at any pandal. In Bengal there is a lot of variety in idols, pandals and lighting which are the x-factors of Durga Puja. Loved to know about you from your post. I too very particularly attend Ashtami puja in the morning and offer pushpanjali to Maa Durga. May the Goddess shower her blessings on you and your loved ones!
10 years ago
Lopamudra liked the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Dusserah or Navratri is a festival celebrated across India in different ways.Here in Karnataka Dassarah is celebrated for nine days when schools have holidays on the beginning day ( today ) and the last two days when Ayuda Pooja and Vijaya Dashami are celebrated. In Bengal it is The festival when Durga Pooja is celebrated with a lot of pomp and is the time when families get together from what I have been told by my Bengali friends..
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya said thank you to Kalyani Nandurkar for his/her reply to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Shampa Sadhya wrote:
@usha manohar and all the other forum members, kindly accept my greetings on Durga Puja. It is indeed a great time for Bengalis and the Bengalis like me who stay outside Bengal miss a lot. Though in Delhi, Bihar and other cities where Bengali community is in huge number, they do celebrate the festival quite pompously. The intensity of the festive spirit is undoubtedly less than Bengal but still it is worth visiting the puja pandals.
Durga Puja greetings to you too Shampa. Which city do you live in>? Because I live in Pune and there are several places where Bengalis of Pune come together and celebrate Durja Puja exactly the way they do in WB. I have several Bengali friends, grown up with many in fact and since my father is IAF retiree, during my growing up school years we used to participate in Durga Puja celebrations each year in Pune Air Force Station. Although I do not get to participate now, I at least try to go to Durga Puja during Ashtami!
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic What Durga Pujo Can Teach India About Communal Harmony.
Exactly. Dhak and Dhunuchi dances are not religious but Bengali cultural symbols. Another aspect is Bhog.. The first offering is made to Durga and then to the people who come in rows and rows. This communal feast is certainly says that all people are equal.
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya said thank you to rambabu for his/her reply to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
I wish you a Happy Durga puja to you and your family members.
I am well conversant with Bengal culture because most of my friends are Bengalis. Durga Puja cannot be celebrated with the same intensity by those Bengalis who live outside Bengal because of many reasons. The major reason is all the material required for the Puja especially the Murti or the idol and Dhak players. Owing to these reasons, Bengalis who live i Outside Bengal. Of course the devotion remains the same.
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic What Durga Pujo Can Teach India About Communal Harmony.
The link definitely focuses on the spirit of the pujo very nicely. A comment posted on the article has also reflected the secular trend of this festival. Durga Pujo will miss its fervour the day there will be no dhak players playing it and it charms more when there is dhunuchi dance too.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Shampa Sadhya wrote:
@usha manohar and all the other forum members, kindly accept my greetings on Durga Puja. It is indeed a great time for Bengalis and the Bengalis like me who stay outside Bengal miss a lot. Though in Delhi, Bihar and other cities where Bengali community is in huge number, they do celebrate the festival quite pompously. The intensity of the festive spirit is undoubtedly less than Bengal but still it is worth visiting the puja pandals.
Durga Puja greetings to you too Shampa. Which city do you live in>? Because I live in Pune and there are several places where Bengalis of Pune come together and celebrate Durja Puja exactly the way they do in WB. I have several Bengali friends, grown up with many in fact and since my father is IAF retiree, during my growing up school years we used to participate in Durga Puja celebrations each year in Pune Air Force Station. Although I do not get to participate now, I at least try to go to Durga Puja during Ashtami!
10 years ago
rambabu created new topic What Durga Pujo Can Teach India About Communal Harmony.
Durga Piuja is more or less is a secular festival.
Anthropologist Jack Goody remarks that while all Indian religious ceremonies come with "large-scale feasting", the "Durga pujo bhog forms part of a silken cultural continuum".
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/dhrubaa-mukherjee/what-can-durga-pujo-teach_b_8277332.html
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic It is very Punny!.
Marvelous contribution. Here is one more.
Q : What an undisciplined student deserves ?
A : Punishment of the highest Odor.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic The most corrupt Chief Minister of Karnataka ...
There is a scarcity for food. There is a scarcity for essential commodities. There is a scarcity for Honesty. But is there a scarcity for corruption and its Pujaris whom we call fondly "Politicians."?
Siddaramiah has a six room 4000 Sq. feet in a Prime locality in the city. Now because the CM has no designated office for the CM. hence PWD department has decided to build residence with a cost of Rs.25 Crores.However, the plan to build an official residence at Carlton house has been dropped due to public protests
But Siddaramiah is not alone. There are many efficient corrupt CMs all over India
10 years ago
chinmoymukherjee replied to the topic It is very Punny!.
Wow! It would be puntastic,Swetha!
Here I go with two of mine!
I am no part of any religiose procession,nor a crew member of any "warship"!
You fled to safety leaving me to a field of mine (!) because you are a true friend!!
10 years ago
chinmoymukherjee liked the topic It is very Punny!.
Hello friends!
I want to share with you some English Puns, which are quite funny. I request you all to keep adding if you find some, let us build a dictionary of puns!
Rambabu, Chinmoy, Usha, Kalyani, Sunil......lets exploit our brains for Puns!
Pun: meaning -The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
Pun 1
Donot give a hi-5 to a snake, woh tumhe dus dega!
Pun 2
Employee to Boss: Boss, I need hike
Boss: ok download from google play
Pun 3
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic 4th death anniversary of Jagjit Singh.
There are many Ghazal singers who sang in Movies too They did not consider themselves as a special breed.
Talat Mehmood , Ustad Barkhat Ali Khan Chandan Das, K.L. Sagal are some of the famous Ghazal singers who sang in Movies too.
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic What Durga Pujo Can Teach India About Communal Harmony.
Getting to eat 'bhog' is really special. That is considered to be the real 'prasad' and wherever you eat bhog, it tastes awesome. It seems Maa Durga's blessings make it taste so wonderful.
10 years ago
Lopamudra replied to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Happy Navratri and Durga Puja to everyone. I am in Kolkata and it is a beautiful time to be here. Pandals are almost ready and streets abuzz with enthusiasm, there's this amazing feel of festivities in the air !
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Hello @Kalyani, I am a Bengali but born and brought up in Bihar. I got married to a Bengali of Kolkata and my base shifted there from Patna. At present or to be specific for the last thirteen years I am in Delhi due to my husband's posting. I do enjoy Durga Puja here and within the pandal it is similar to the pujas of Bengal. The same was the case in Patna. Now, I miss the rest of the family, friends and that special feeling of the festival available at every corner of Bengal. I once attended Durga Puja in Mumbai and you know, once you step inside the pandal, the fervour is same. Though I don't love pandal hopping, I enjoy sitting and chatting with dear ones at any pandal. In Bengal there is a lot of variety in idols, pandals and lighting which are the x-factors of Durga Puja. Loved to know about you from your post. I too very particularly attend Ashtami puja in the morning and offer pushpanjali to Maa Durga. May the Goddess shower her blessings on you and your loved ones!
10 years ago
Lopamudra liked the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Dusserah or Navratri is a festival celebrated across India in different ways.Here in Karnataka Dassarah is celebrated for nine days when schools have holidays on the beginning day ( today ) and the last two days when Ayuda Pooja and Vijaya Dashami are celebrated. In Bengal it is The festival when Durga Pooja is celebrated with a lot of pomp and is the time when families get together from what I have been told by my Bengali friends..
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya said thank you to Kalyani Nandurkar for his/her reply to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Shampa Sadhya wrote:
@usha manohar and all the other forum members, kindly accept my greetings on Durga Puja. It is indeed a great time for Bengalis and the Bengalis like me who stay outside Bengal miss a lot. Though in Delhi, Bihar and other cities where Bengali community is in huge number, they do celebrate the festival quite pompously. The intensity of the festive spirit is undoubtedly less than Bengal but still it is worth visiting the puja pandals.
Durga Puja greetings to you too Shampa. Which city do you live in>? Because I live in Pune and there are several places where Bengalis of Pune come together and celebrate Durja Puja exactly the way they do in WB. I have several Bengali friends, grown up with many in fact and since my father is IAF retiree, during my growing up school years we used to participate in Durga Puja celebrations each year in Pune Air Force Station. Although I do not get to participate now, I at least try to go to Durga Puja during Ashtami!
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic What Durga Pujo Can Teach India About Communal Harmony.
Exactly. Dhak and Dhunuchi dances are not religious but Bengali cultural symbols. Another aspect is Bhog.. The first offering is made to Durga and then to the people who come in rows and rows. This communal feast is certainly says that all people are equal.
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya said thank you to rambabu for his/her reply to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
I wish you a Happy Durga puja to you and your family members.
I am well conversant with Bengal culture because most of my friends are Bengalis. Durga Puja cannot be celebrated with the same intensity by those Bengalis who live outside Bengal because of many reasons. The major reason is all the material required for the Puja especially the Murti or the idol and Dhak players. Owing to these reasons, Bengalis who live i Outside Bengal. Of course the devotion remains the same.
10 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic What Durga Pujo Can Teach India About Communal Harmony.
The link definitely focuses on the spirit of the pujo very nicely. A comment posted on the article has also reflected the secular trend of this festival. Durga Pujo will miss its fervour the day there will be no dhak players playing it and it charms more when there is dhunuchi dance too.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Navratri ( Dusserah) begins today ...
Shampa Sadhya wrote:
@usha manohar and all the other forum members, kindly accept my greetings on Durga Puja. It is indeed a great time for Bengalis and the Bengalis like me who stay outside Bengal miss a lot. Though in Delhi, Bihar and other cities where Bengali community is in huge number, they do celebrate the festival quite pompously. The intensity of the festive spirit is undoubtedly less than Bengal but still it is worth visiting the puja pandals.
Durga Puja greetings to you too Shampa. Which city do you live in>? Because I live in Pune and there are several places where Bengalis of Pune come together and celebrate Durja Puja exactly the way they do in WB. I have several Bengali friends, grown up with many in fact and since my father is IAF retiree, during my growing up school years we used to participate in Durga Puja celebrations each year in Pune Air Force Station. Although I do not get to participate now, I at least try to go to Durga Puja during Ashtami!
10 years ago
rambabu created new topic What Durga Pujo Can Teach India About Communal Harmony.
Durga Piuja is more or less is a secular festival.
Anthropologist Jack Goody remarks that while all Indian religious ceremonies come with "large-scale feasting", the "Durga pujo bhog forms part of a silken cultural continuum".
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/dhrubaa-mukherjee/what-can-durga-pujo-teach_b_8277332.html
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic It is very Punny!.
Marvelous contribution. Here is one more.
Q : What an undisciplined student deserves ?
A : Punishment of the highest Odor.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic The most corrupt Chief Minister of Karnataka ...
There is a scarcity for food. There is a scarcity for essential commodities. There is a scarcity for Honesty. But is there a scarcity for corruption and its Pujaris whom we call fondly "Politicians."?
Siddaramiah has a six room 4000 Sq. feet in a Prime locality in the city. Now because the CM has no designated office for the CM. hence PWD department has decided to build residence with a cost of Rs.25 Crores.However, the plan to build an official residence at Carlton house has been dropped due to public protests
But Siddaramiah is not alone. There are many efficient corrupt CMs all over India
10 years ago
chinmoymukherjee replied to the topic It is very Punny!.
Wow! It would be puntastic,Swetha!
Here I go with two of mine!
I am no part of any religiose procession,nor a crew member of any "warship"!
You fled to safety leaving me to a field of mine (!) because you are a true friend!!
10 years ago
chinmoymukherjee liked the topic It is very Punny!.
Hello friends!
I want to share with you some English Puns, which are quite funny. I request you all to keep adding if you find some, let us build a dictionary of puns!
Rambabu, Chinmoy, Usha, Kalyani, Sunil......lets exploit our brains for Puns!
Pun: meaning -The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
Pun 1
Donot give a hi-5 to a snake, woh tumhe dus dega!
Pun 2
Employee to Boss: Boss, I need hike
Boss: ok download from google play
Pun 3
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic 4th death anniversary of Jagjit Singh.
There are many Ghazal singers who sang in Movies too They did not consider themselves as a special breed.
Talat Mehmood , Ustad Barkhat Ali Khan Chandan Das, K.L. Sagal are some of the famous Ghazal singers who sang in Movies too.
10 years ago