Thursday, October 14, 2010

Maa Durga: Playing to the Gallery

This hilarious post is by my dear friend 'Debu' aka Dev of Radio Mirchi fame, now an academic based in Dubai. I can't but marvel at the gay perspective and amusing angle from which he views even such serious things as divinity :-)  

I have been thinking about it for a few years now. About how Maa Durga looks, more often than not, uninterested in slaying Mahishasur!

Bengalis, the world over, celebrate Durga Puja with the idol being the centre of all festivities and attractions. There is a huge art factor in it as well. Special artists are employed to construct the 'perfect' artistic idol of the divinity and the demon. Thrown in is some bit of wildlife as well, for effects.