Lost in translation of Modern World - Lost Durga Puja Fun and Tradition

Traditions and Fun Lost in Modern Durga Puja Celebrations

Much has changed over the years in Durga Puja celebrations - for starters my jeans has, along with the my outlook for the person who used to wear the old jeans (that's me ofcourse)

• The purists grouse about the loss of the dedication for the pious celebrations of the Pujas.
• The early modernists complain about the loss of romance in these times.
• The young and hippy have gripe regarding the lack of more modern touch to Durga Puja celebrations.

What has been lost in translation - Even the Goddess might be puzzled on the number of changes that are coming her way. Check this one out.

Vijay Dashami and the Battle within us!

As the curtains come down on the Durga Puja, 2012 we celebrate the victory of the Goddess over Mahisasur. This event marks the end of the evil forces and fulfillment of the divine intervention for which the Goddess was born.

This  day which is celebrated across India for various customs has a special tone for the Indian society in the present times. As a society we have been fighting a lot of Mahisasur-ian styled evils that have become a bane for the societal and human progress. These seemingly insurmountable issues crop their ugly head every now and then with glaring regularity, threatening to gobble-up our existence. We require something special to get rid of the Mahisasur of the present times. The present evil one does not recide in an individual but in a system - a system where we all are active partners. We require the Divine Goddess in each one of us.

The question is - do we have the will power to allow the Goddess to create an abode in our mind and soul to cleanse the system within us or are we weak and waiting for the never coming divine intervention?

Divinity is within us - The Goddess in within us - What are we waiting for?