Happy Dusshera

Dusshera time. And end of exam time. Truly a glorious time. The best days are when you have completed a trimester and you are at the beginning of a short (or long) holiday. beginnings are always the best. They make you feel that you have so much time to do all the things you had planned to, but couldn't. They make you feel fresh and joyful. Everybody, including the meanest, crabbiest person is happy.

Dusshera marks a new beginning too. The end of evil and the beginning of a new era. When Lord Rama killed Ravana, and good won over evil. It marked the beginning of hope, happiness and a beautiful life. This festival is to remind us all that good always wins over evil, and no matter how powerful bad times are or how long they seem to be, when we tackle them, victory and light are sure to prevail.

Today was an awesome day. I went out to lokhandwala with my friends and we saw the pooja there. We offerred our prayers through the "pushpanjoli" (a prayer that is offerred through flowers). Then we ate a sumtuous bhog. The pooja was hosted by Abhijeet Bhattacharya, all humble and modest, and being a good host. The idols of the goddess Durga, in her "Mahishaasura mardhini" avataar was stunning. So were the idols of Lord Ganesha, Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Karthik and Goddess Saraswathi. They were beautifully decorated and devotedly garlanded. Durga is the goddess of war. She is the symbol of a woman's power and will. On this day, we worship her for strenght and will. So that we too can stand up to evil and fight for the truth, wisdom and values. So that, in our everday life, when confronted with wrong things and doubts whether to tackle it, we have the strenght to fight.

Then we did some shopping. Overall, other than the dreadful heat, it was an awesome day :)
Dinner time now ....