Panchami

Durga Pujo's here. Every Bangali blogger's blogging about it but HEY! I happen to be an Atheist. This time every year is my dark-night-of-faith or whatsit... blah.. meaning, every year this time I wonder why I don't believe and every year this time I wish I were a devout Hindu. Durga is a cute, mommy goddess. Praying to her felt good when I was a kid. Then I knew what I'd known as God is nonexistent/malicious/a retard.

Every year, on Panchami, I tell myself no one would be happier than me if I were proven wrong.
Proven wrong, that is to say, in a good way of course, or the 'malicious' bit would stick.
:)

Here's to the festival Atheists and Believers enjoy alike.
Cheers.

Pujo for us of course, means ALOTLOTLOT of new clothes, new shoes, new bags, FASHION, fun, frolic, coursing all over the city, birdwatching and booze.
Panchami began with beer. At my flat in NewTown. The one with the huge grill-less half-frenchwindows you could sit on. Unlike the concrete jungle the Calcutta heartland is, Newtown is planned and the skies beckon every heart with a fervent 'Cmon!! Get high!!!' The breeze has quite a...how should I put it...character.



Me and as you must have known by now, Ananya. Sisters in Atheism, Feminism, Socialism and Brain-ism.


The window. A lovely barn owl with a smooth face visited me the other day while I was sitting on this sill.


Deba, me, Srooti. Srooti's expression: Don't mind them, they're just kids.


Me and Srooti.



Us on the sill. From left: Devika, me, Anoo, Deba.


And this one, I leave to you to caption.xD


The boyfriend meanwhile, is on his way to Goa for the Searockfest, the BITS Pilani Goa fest. The show starts at 3am on the 15th and goes on till late morning. Should be fun. Here's all the love and luck to Evil Conscience and Yonsample, the two acts from this city participating. :)


PS: I want to break up. :(

C ya folks later. Have fun. And Bangalis, have double the fun others are having. :D