pujo 2013..reminiscence and realizations #1

19th August,2013.

me-"Ma!! Ma!??....MOOMMM???"

my mother-"what?? why are you screaming like there's a fire?"

me-look at the t.v..the ad..do you see?

ma-what?

me-pujo ad..only 2 months left!! do you see?

ma-OH YES..and plus starts your pujo lunacy...

This conversations takes place every year..that has been my personal custom for almost 6-7 years. Just after the monsoon ends, when the sky is done with the gloom and dark clouds, the sun shines to its fullest, like it has been longing to do that for a long time. The clouds which has been wrapped in a torpor, suddenly wakes up, all bright and shaped like perfect balls of cotton as we were taught in our childhood just to quench our queries. Autumn arrives. Leaves start to turn yellow and red, like all the trees are on fire, screaming for some attention from the passerby, like the rains has washed all the green out of them, giving them an exotic color of  calm flames. Heaps of decayed leaves can be seen on roadside and sometimes the suppressed yet unquenchable temptation kicking the heap comes out. Mood swings, from despondence to a strange, mixed emotion of both sadness and exuberance.

For me, autumn is something else entirely.. as mentioned, the month of durga pujo arrives this month..Suddenly the uneventful, stagnant life turns as extreme as it can be. The whole year, as it goes, is typically boring, with some touch of happiness, so the 4 days of pujo becomes..good.. last year I realized that pujo, for me, means something else entirely. All these years, I have looking it from a straight, confined point of view. Only thing I knew back then had became meaningless now. It took me almost 4-5 years to change my perspective.. but then, all the good things are for those who are patient enough. Last year’s pujo was somewhat conscience altering, for it made me realize that life is not only about serious things, now and then, I, we, should do mindless silly bat crap crazy things once in a while.. and, if anything, people around you do matter, no matter how hard you try to deny this simple fact..

Heh ! Realizations are hard hitting, especially when it comes unexpected..

That’s all for now, I guess.. hope to be realize more..