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Illustrated Sisir October 1925

1925

What the feast of the Passover was to the ancient Jews what Christmas is to some sects of Christians what the Mohurrum is to half the Muhamadan population of the world that the Durga Puja is I do not say to the Hindus of all India—for the Hindus of northern central southern and western India do not care much for the tehaLled goddess—but to the Hindus of Bengal. [...] It is the season of universal festivity ; the rich And the poor the high and the low raja and raiyat the Brahman and the Chandala alike welcoming it with exultant hearts. [...] The cloth shops of Burra Bazaar are in a state of regular siege all the day and some hours of the night for every Hindu whether rich or poor must put on new clothes during the puja ; the shoe-makers of Lal Bazaar and Mechua Bazaar find it difficult to make the supply equal to the demand for the throng of custmers is endless ; the sale of mala8 — garlands of beads for the neck—and of ghwashi [...] Groups of men women and children may be seen going about the streets any hour of the day and of the night —in the day to make obesande to the goddess and in the night to see dramatic representations and to listen to songs. [...] The filthiest songs are sung in the streets and in the houses before boys and chaste maidens ; the consequence is a general relaxation of manners and a depravtion of the sanctities of life.
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The Darga Puja Vacation
837-840 unknown view
Paxton
841-847 Naresh Sen Gupta view
“Babu”—Bankimchandra
848-863 unknown view
Facts
864-868 unknown view
Expressions
869-878 unknown view
Things That Amuse
879-892 unknown view
The Little Phinga
893-896 unknown view
The Wishing Umbrella
896-903 unknown view
Disposal of the Dead
904-909 Maurich Canney view
Karuna
910-921 Rakhal Banerjee view
Indian Fruit for Germany
922-i unknown view
Pseudonym
925-934 Probhat Mukherjee view
Turkish Vistas
935-948 Abdul Malik view

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