Today is Maha Saptomi...had gone to the pandal both yesterday and today. Didn't expect this kinda crowd here...so far away from Kolkata. I remember, before cutie came in our lives we hardly made any effort to celebrate Durga Puja in any special way, infact in these 8 long years we have hardly been to pandals. We never even went to Kolkata until last year, that is after cutie came home. Strange, being bengalis....but then WE ARE STRANGE!
Last year cutie had a blast in Kolkata, she pandal hopped with her grandpa, firmly seated on her stroller. She even danced to the magical beats of dhaak....who says she is not a bengali...she has been sent for us, she is a bengali at heart. This year she is really excited...as evening approaches she becomes restless, asks me to dress her up in her new dresses, sits patiently as I tie her unruly curls into disciplined plaits...and she is ready to go.
Somehow her excitement has permeated through us, we are also liking the feel of this years puja...for the first time in many years we are looking forward to each coming day...we are dressing up, we are eating well, more importantly I am cooking everyday(which has become very very rare these days), atleast one special dish for my foodie husband. Something's in the air...some kind of magic.
Now I know....when you have someone really special to share something good with, it is then that you actually feel happy. Cutie has filled up my life, my world. Bless her.
About Me
- Rituparna
- I started writing on an impulse, as my very first post indicates. It was mostly, as an effort to understand myself better. I have graduated from that phase, lately. These days the endeavor is mostly creative. I indulge myself in poetry writing:)! More than often, love pervaded,thus a tad bit embarrassing at times. But how can I help it, being an incurable romantic at heart. Life and literature is meaningless to me, sans romance. I am still extremely self conscious about this, and only very recently have started sharing this link with the world. Inspite of this awkward shyness, like any writer, I too have a strong urge to be read. What can be a better platform than this....thus...I continue writing so! A few lines about the title of my blog...Lais.sez-faire...I don't know french. I came across this phrase in wikipedia....somehow, one day...the very essence of freedom, surrounding this particular phrase appealed to me, though technically it indicates higher forms of political, social and economic ideology. Why should I bother about such lofty, obtuse concepts, I am just an aspiring poet, and absolutely refuse to look beyond the beauty of this phrase!
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