Durga Puja overseas: Durga Puja is celebrated all over India zealously. Traditionally it is celebrated in the seventh month of the Hindu calendar(Ashvina). The 10 days celebration is observed in the country differently. The eastern part of India marks it as Durga puja, where the northern part defines it as Navratri. But the entire meaning of this festival is the …
Happy Eid-ul-Adha! Asia usually celebrates both the festivals of Eid-ul-Fitra and Eid-ul-Adha, a day after Saudi Arabia. According to Islamic belief, Eid-ul-Adha is celebrated after ten days of moon sighting in the month of Zul Hajj, which is the twelfth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Muslims around the world offer Namaz early in the morning. The prayer is followed …
Dance isn’t discriminatory, It doesn’t matter if you’re young or old, male or female, what tribe or nationality you’re from, anyone can dance. First of all, dance is art. Dance is a means of expressing one’s self through rhythmic movement. Different cultures produce different dance moves, from the African dance steps to the popular Bollywood type of dance moves, to …
When the festival of lights was masked due to pandemic and its strict rules, and the City of Joy started unlearning the meaning of flame, it was important to light a candle. Darkness is lame without light, evil is lame without virtue and so too for defeat and victory. Keeping this in mind, and considering the restrictions by the government, …
Most of you know, that Bengalis celebrate numerous festivals throughout their year. Thus, people from other communities’ call Bengalis ‘festive favourites.’ Just after Goddess Durga leaves for her husband’s home, it is time for the Kali puja and Diwali celebrations. And, just when you thought that the celebrations are all over, its time for another Puja, Jagadhatri Puja. Till date, …
19th January 2020, Woman Times Desk – The city of Joy is always blessed with musical performances but when maestros join hands to aware people about paediatric cancer the evening turns into a positive message. The event was conducted at Calcutta Rowing Club late evening. This has been one of the best production of the three – Pt. Tarun Bhattacharyya, Rasika …
4 minutes read India had been a nation of values, tradition and love where mythology speaks of Shravan, Ram and Lord Ganesha – famously known for caring and loving the elders. According to Population Census 2011, there are nearly 104 million elderly persons in India which are likely to increase in days to come. The number speaks of the responsibility …
One of the best way to understand the spirit of civilization and to appreciate its excellence and to realize its limitations is to study the history of the position and status of women in it. A debate is going on regarding the status of women in primitive communities. The ideas that the primitive people were barbaric, had led some to …
Durga, the symbolic powerful deity for the Hindus, which also appears in nine different forms, each of which is endowed with unique powers and traits is a mark of mythological history. Together these nine manifestations are called Navadurga or nine Durga. Hindus believe that worshipping fervour will lift the divine spirit and fill them with renewed happiness. Let us look …
A rainy afternoon, the roads glittering silver with the droplets of water and as I pass the security check of the Ajanta Apartment, the staircases greeted me well till the doorstep of the Kichlu family, and there was the elder daughter-in-law of the family to greet me. Candy, the female pet dog, though was annoyed with my presence but …
