minutes friend mine called upcoming durga puja festivals mahasasthi kolkata today wished back occurred mahasashti kolkata reminded laughed sasthi starts coming friday absolutely pujo jersey referring kallol durga pujo attend starts october friday evening mahasasthi thought give consolation pujo start days forward friends family kolkata started enjoying pujo started posting photos favorite idols facebook orkut sending pujo emails expressing merriment bangla taking streets kolkata online newspapers magazines giving commentary pujo happenings deny tinge hearts grow kolkata miss city festivities fact times kolkata pujo enjoy crowd hustle bustle inconveniences daily civic life excitement drifting puja pandal pandal watching pratima pleasant visuals opposite grew hijli kharagpur campus homely puja's spent days puja hanging pandals tasting savory snacks make shift food stalls participated events evenings gathered pratima priest performed arati dhakis dhunuchi dancers danced intoxicating beats perfumed smoke dhunuchis remember favorite dari kaku standing side picture bearded compounder campus hospital drumming hearts glee pulling kids play kashar ghonta arati prasad waited evening cultural programs plays music dance livened pandal favorite movie shows black white bengali movies dhuli ashite ashiona neel akasher niche frequent breaks changing film spools singe projector late night movie concluded grounds looked battled field strewn bodies children grown sleeping happily open attraction campus puja burning ravan effigy ravan dahan puja afternoons friends assigned task building ravan huge bamboo baskets colored papers dashami afternoon feet high ravan effigy installed island campus lake pyro-technicians kharagpur town installed bombs fire works inside heads torso evening idol truck campus immersion ceremony dari-kaku pull truck accompanied durga dancing drum beats yelling bolo bolo durga ashchhe bochhor aabaar hobe immersion durga idol lake glorious display fireworks arrow mounted wire-guided missile launched banks lake arrow flew target heart ravan series controlled explosions brought effigy pile ashes pujas bijoya celebration great attraction kids door door touched elders feet waited plates kitchen filled sweet salty treats continued till kali puja knocking doors puja's resemble campus days meeting place friends share laugh happiness enjoy kids running beautiful ladies wonderful saris enjoy not-too-perfect presentations stage reminisce good days happy puja friends durga fill lives happiness 