DURGA PUJA FOR US BUT NOT FOR THEM

Durga Puja for us but not for them’
Only 65 days are left. Celebration has already started. People are buying clothes, shoes, cosmetics etc. Because everyone wants to look good on those four days. There are many who starts their shopping plan immediately after Vijaya Dashami. Bengalis have waited for one year for only those four days – Saptami, Ashtami, Navami, Dashami. Not only Bengalis, you can say the entire world has waited for this special occasion. Pandals hopping is one of the best activities during this celebration. It is very enjoyable to see such decorated “pandals” which is made with Bamboo, colorful clothes and canvas and beautiful goddess of Ma Durga. Where the eyes can go only crowd and crowd. Lights are glittering all around the streets. People are busy to eat street foods like” Fuchka”, Egg role, chowmin etc. Restaurants are full of crowd. Streets are busy with cars and vehicles. This type of scenario is always seen during this festival. Although there are many, for those this festival is a like any other season of the year. Wearing torn clothes, with empty stomach and living under the sky watching people buying their new clothes and eating pizza and burgers, they only imagine that how to live with this empty stomach. For those people Durga puja is like spreading salts on their wounds. It is very heart rending to see puny children with empty stomach watching every other people enjoying their expensive foods. Standing in front of the glass doors watching people celebrating their big celebration. But for them it is like a real reality show of life. Though in these anguishes they have learned how to live with empty stomach, how to live this grievous, oppressive life and how to smile. They have learned how to celebrate their own festivals.
Image : collected from Google. Writer: Priyanka Biswas.