someone asked me the other day, if i could eat non-veg khana during durga pooja.

fact is, durga pooja may be about religion, but it is not just about worship. there are no dos and donts, no dictats, few dogmas.

and loads of must haves and some must dos.

must have kobiraji cutlet (a mutton cutlet deep fried in an egg batter which makes it lacy) , moghlai paratha, mutton roll, chingri (prawn) cutlet and mutton chops... and all the rest of the fantastic food that blocks your arteries and hastens a heart attack. and yes, queue up for the amazing khichri bhog...

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As an adult, have you ever accompanied any deity for visarjan? Danced on the streets and threw gulal at each other till you looked like a baboon? It's unlikely you did it as a child either.

Nah, it's too in your face for people like us. Too many people, too much controlled chaos, too much to handle.

But yes, we'll watch it on TV, run to the balcony (if it happens to look on to a visrajan route), but never participate. ...

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I get less than five hours of sleep on weekdays as i have to get to work by 5 am and therefore leave home almost an hour earlier. Yet, i always, always, watch Bigg Boss. vicarious, vicious, funny, i unabashedly enjoy the show... and even though my eyes burn with lack of sleep, i stay put and watch. i just have to know what phisphis (that's a new word in the Oxford dictionary, which loosely means gossipy whisper) rahul and monica or sambhavna and zulfi are on about....

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