Durgapuja Part-2

You may be thinking why i am calling it part-2(Dont worry there was never any epilogue to this).Actually i thougt of updating my blog yesterday,that is Saptami, but alas. Durgapuja is kind of a break for the festive hungry bengali(I meant break with another festival).We are celebrting hroughout the year and this october gala is the best.Maa Durga comes on her lion with a band of sons and daughters(namely Kartik, Saraswati, Ganesh,Laksmi)leaving her hubby Lord Shiva alone.Shops and markets are full and money is raining(in the true sense of the term),just as christmas in the west.This Kashful(a kind of grass) and Dhak(Amusical instrument which the man on the top right corner is playing)makes it really nostalgic for the common bengali,and why not.I am not much into celebration but it really gets you in the festive mood.Though its a bengali festival but still leaves its mark throughout India and the west as well.So celebrate but dont forget those who cant afford to,with this i end, and happy puja.( I mean i better run before the rassgullas come to a rather sweet end).

"Five Point Someone":Thats "some" book

Some of you may say its to late to read Five point someone(released in 2004). Still i read it and re-read it and it was a total wow!! First time in years have i read such a hilarious,thoughtful,racy & what not book. It deals about the story of three friends at IIT(the best engineering college in the country).What i liked best was the writeup on the first page which said"This is not a book on how to get to IIT, its a book which tells you how screwed up life can be at IIT if you don't think straight".What it really makes you think is, this rat race which we are fighting day after day, is it worthwhile, does it really help,why leave your friends for a couple of marks & make your best days bleak.Well keep thinking,but remember even Chetan Bhagat the author has graduated from IIT and has an MBA from IIM(again the best in the country),so little bit of studies help don't they.

Check out the books website at www.fivepointsomeone.com