Today is the Mahashashti.
Another Sharad Utsav
comes round in my life and I again find myself
wondering what it is all about Durga Puja.
Being a Bengali Durga Puja definitely means lots of
pandal hopping, wearing new clothes and having
nothing to do with the daily chores of life.
It means offering prayers in front of the Goddess
but a sense of incompleteness pervades.
That is not all if at all it is anything.
And as I continued to wonder, God dropped in a
message through a friend, philosopher and
guide,who mailed me a beautiful lyric, which I share
with you here -
“Christmas isn't Christmas...
Till it happens in your heart...
Somewhere deep inside you...
Is where Christmas really starts...
So bring your heart to Jesus...
And remember when you do...
That its Christmas... really Christmas...
For you......”
So as I embark on my voyage to internalise the
Durga Puja,
to free myself of the anxiety of knowing what it
signifies,
and to adore with love and simplicity all that this
festival has in store for me,
my wishes for a joyful Sharadotsav are here for you.
Shubho Sharadotsav!
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