Away From Home

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For Bengalees around the world it is the time of the year when we wake up to the sound of Dhak. Today is Saptami and for the first time I find myself sitting in my office trying to work. It marks a huge shift in my life.

For the past 31 years I have never missed a Puja. Many a times I have been away from Calcutta but never been away from the festivities. Its a feeling of being left out.

It is a reality check. My current stint outside Calcutta is the longest I have ever been. I have been away from home for almost a year, but till this time it never pinched. My entire family is here but I am still feeling away from home.

But its a reality I will have to face every year and like everyone else I will get used to it. Who knows may be some time down the line I might be organising my own puja.

Till then a happy Durga Puja to all.

P.S. - For everyone else who is missing puja like me go to Anandautsav.com