Durga pujo 2014

Durga Pujo activities and events of year 2014.

Like all years, pujo arrived with a promise of a few days of fun and adda, food and roaming around anc some good times with friends and family.

This year, there was a new addition: I got an opportunity to adjudicate Kolkata pujos thru Bishwa Bangla. The opportunity came thru Tanmay and it was a lovely experience of moving around visiting pujo pandals and getting a full briefing from the organizers about their theme and presentation etc. It was for two consecutive crunch nights of chaturthi and panchami and i thoroughly enjoyed it. I also got a new set of acquaintances and friends and Chitresh, Badshah are finds. Avijit is a talented and deep person.

The next day, Saptami was outing with Bablu. I picked him up from flat and went to Westside on Camac st. After shopping for jeans and shirts etc, we came to Shibpur and hsd a bit of qualty timr with my parents and son.... the usual affair. Then it was a fab experience to get back to Ichhapur by rickshaw, we bought sweets. I planned to spend the night/pujo there and packed a few essentials. It was initially planned that Sourish and me will go together to Bumba's for the evening adda but he was busy with eork. I reached adda alone pretty late. However, the adda was fantastic.

The next morning started badly as it does with my wife. Ashtami was spent in returning to Shibpur and staying there and resting. Adda was on and friends- cm, bumba, tanmay were calling me repeatedly but i just let the Ashtami pass.

Nabami was spent ar Raju's Barir pujo and the traditional lunch. After the lunch, we had a small adda and after that myself and Tanmay went to have another adda with Chitresh and gang. We planned to meet at a Central Kolkata watering hole but Dashami setting in, all of them had stpped serving alcohol. So, ee ended up st a friend's studio at Keshtopur and had a good session there. From there, Dali picked us up snd we were at Bumba's place for the night. Drinking, adda, gaan, kobita and jokes and leg pulling continued till wee hours in the morning. I returned home at Shibpur and hit the sack.

Dashami was melancholy and slow.

Pujo ended