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After Ganesh Chaturthi, a pujari said to me, “Festivals follow, tumbling one after the other.
Friday, October 31, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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After Ganesh Chaturthi, a pujari said to me, “Festivals follow, tumbling one after the other. The Gods don’t give you space to breathe.” He shook his head in mock exasperation.
The last quarter of the year is full of festivals of all the religions: Durga Puja and Diwali, Id, the Jewish New Year and Christmas. It is a time of eating, gifting, dressing, and yes, praying. Wishes and thanksgiving tw
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Bipasha Basu couldn't head back home to Kolkata for Durga Puja along with her family
Thursday, October 09, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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India: No John, no Puja festivities…. Bipasha Basu is depressed. She couldn't head back home to Kolkata for Durga Puja along with her family.
"It's a family puja started by my grandfather and we've kept up the tradition every year. The whole family makes it a point to be in Kolkata for the family puja. But I can't!"
Shifted focus
The last time Bipasha attended the family puja, it
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Durga Puja festivities peaking on Wednesday, many eminent Bengalis feel its essence is being lost in
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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With Durga Puja festivities peaking on Wednesday, many eminent Bengalis feel its essence is being lost in the rush for commercialization and media publicity but nevertheless associate with it "goodness" and "magic" that make it a "larger-than-life" celebration. Durga Puja is like a real life cinema, thinks noted film director Gautam Ghose.
"Durga Puja has everything larger-than-life about it. Ido
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It is that time of the year when the hearts of all Bengali’s yearn for Durga Puja festivities back h
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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But the Bengalis in Bollywood really know how to celebrate it in a grand fashion and one such Bengali is Tanushree Dutta. She says, “I always make sure that I am around with my family to celebrate the Durga Puja. We usually decorate the house with diyas, flowers, incense, etc and loads of Bengali sweets are also made which I love to savour. We also have lots of relatives visiting us from Kolkata a
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The Mukerjis have been performing Durga Puja since six decades. The actor relives her childhood memo
Monday, October 06, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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Since the past 60 years, it’s been a tradition with Rani Mukerji’s family to perform the five-day long Durga Puja during Navratri. The North Bombay Sarbajanin Durga Puja Charitable Trust, which organises the event (this is its 61st year), has Ram Mukerji (Rani’s father) as its president.
Rani’s extended family (the lineage of the late filmmaker S Mukherji) has had a strong presence in Bollywood,
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Kolkata's Durga Puja style quotient
Monday, September 29, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Durga Puja, which starts on October 5, has always been more than a religious and cultural festival for the citizens of Kolkata. It is a festival of bright lights, colours, gaiety and a time when the city puts its best foot forward - and this year is no exception as Kolkata decks up and gets ready to make a style statement.
It has become a custom to wear new clothes on Durga Puja. Initially it was
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