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Beyond the typical: Kolkata’s Sarbojanin Nabadurga Durgotsab

In a city where Durga Puja ‘apparently’ means worshipping a grand idol of Goddess Durga along with her children, Garia Mitali Sangha stands apart. Every year, in a distinctive tradition spanning nearly seven decades, nine different forms of Goddess Durga are worshipped under the same roof.

Book Review: Wings to Fly by Deepak Sharma

The life cycle of a child born in a middle-class Indian family is pretty much programmed at birth – education, higher education, a well-paying job, marriage, parenthood, children’s aspirations, retirement, and old age.