Last night Lord Ganesha left thousands of
homes in Mumbai on his journey towards the sea only to come back next year. Like last several years my son had gone crazy
from morning itself by just thinking about the evening procession in which our
local Lord, Khernagarcha Raja, would start his journey.
Khernagarcha Raja
I can still recall the year 2006, when my
son, just of three years, suddenly started yelling that he is really
enjoying his life on this earth; while sitting on my
shoulder in a similar procession. The magic of lord has been
overwhelming for both of us and this year he participated in street dance in
the procession and also says that from next year he would be participating
full-fledged in the Ganpati celebrations.
After coming back from the procession of
the immersion of the Lord, I'm still feeling the haze and the thrill and my eye gets
repeatedly moist by just thinking of the spirit and the happiness Lord has
brought to all his devotees. It is true
that Lord comes in each home as a member and while bidding farewell the
celebration is for the happy feeling he brought to each of the homes. While
pessimists could always think of the inflation, current account deficit, costs
of onions and so many other negative things, but tonight was the celebration of
hope and whatever good things we have in our lives. Also it occurred to me, while being in the
procession, that it is a true celebration of youth. Somehow while being there I always felt as if
a celebrations of such this massive scale reflected the channelisation of
energy of youth and above all the freedom; the freedom from all kinds of
bondages.
Thousands of youths, both boys and girls,
dancing on the beats of drums, were fully disciplined. While colours and gulal were flying, crackers
were bursting and sparkles of light were
exploding in air, the trance caused by the music and the drum beats was
overpowering and many a time while being a part of the procession it occurred
to me as if I was ready to bet my life just to enjoy this small moment. This brings me to another proposition which I
keep telling very proudly that Mumbai is the best city in the country for its
ladies and girls. This place has got
respect for the female members of our society and it cares for the privacy and
individualism of each of its residents.
In the procession tonight I asked my wife specifically to record the
dance of girls from our area which would truly reflect the spirit of
celebration and also the happiness Lord brought to the city this year like all
previous years.
Celebration Part-I
Celebration Part-II
Another thing which has been mesmerising me
right from the beginning that for being happy in this place one need to just celebrate the
life and for this one does not need lots of money rather one has just to come
down to street. Secondly, there is
nothing like tomorrow, it is just a hypothesis and celebration is only for tonight;
after all they say that no one can take money out of Mumbai. Are you joining the celebrations?
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