Met Kali didi (didi = elder sister) while staying at our uncle house in Andharmanick. Met her after a long time - around 10 years. She lives in Hakimpur - the river Sonai flows in front of their house - it's the border of Bangladesh. She talked about things that is happening at the border and also about her struggling…
Month: October 2009
My trip to kolkata …
Yesterday we (me n my mother) came back from Kolkata .... we exactly don't live in Kolkata but on the outskirt of it. Barasat - where my 4th mama (maternal uncle) and my choto mashima (younger maternal aunty) lives. Andhermanick ... our maternal ancestral grandfather's house but he died long ago ... my grandmother still lives there with elder uncle…
The day before Deepawali …
p.s. Wrote this article weeks back ... went to Kolkata n so posting it now :) In Bengali tradition or say culture - we eat 14 different types of leafy vegetable (mixed together) n we lit 14 "prodeep" (diyas) to our fore fathers. It's a beautiful feeling as we remember our ancestors n pray that their soul may rest in…
Kojagori Lakkhi puja …
We celebrated"Kojagori Lakkhi puja" on 3rd oct. on a full moon night. Goddess Lakkhi is the Goddess of wealth. We celebrate this puja on the first full moon after "Durga puja" .... there is a story about why to celebrate this puja .. There was a kind Raja (king) - at his kingdom everybody was happy ... he had told…