Durga Puja- Ashok Nagar, Bhubaneswar

The Temple City of Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha- a state of India, boasts of spectacular Durga Puja celebrations with artistic & beautiful idols & Pandals.

Durga Puja is an important festival of India that is celebrated with much pomp and grandeur, especially in Eastern India.

Sharing some pics of Durga Puja of the Ashok Nagar Puja Samiti Pandal of 2014 that I have clicked in the past couple of days.

Ashok Nagar is an area/locality of Bhubaneswar. Each locality has its own Pandal(s).

The pics tell their own story.

Rath Yatra

Last week, I posted about Ratha Jatra Puri.



 
 Today is "Bahuda Jatra" i.e. Return Journey.

On Pic in Odia Language- "Today the Gods will return"

On Bahuda Yatra, the three Gods return to their abode- the Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri after a nine day long outing.

2 States - Movie Review

The Hindi movie 2 States is about the North-South Chemistry between 2 intelligent IIM Ahmedabad MBA Students- Punjab-da-Puttar- Krish Malhotra (Arjun Kapoor) of Delhi & Ananya Swaminathan (Alia Bhatt), a lover of non-veg food & Beer though belonging to a strictly-vegetarian Tamilian Brahmin family of Chennai.

Winning Means The World To Me!

Winning is optimally balancing life’s equation.
Winning is a huge personal triumph & celebration.

Winning is responsibility & power- like a magic-wand.
Winning is achievement that makes life great & grand!



Winning is getting our PRAYERS answered soon,
Winning is finding what we seek like a boon.

Winning is staying afloat when things are bust.
Winning is pride, earning a place BEING FIRST.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Winning is being faster than everyone else in a race,
Winning is catching up with dreams when we chase…

Winning is getting ahead of ourselves as we compete-
Winning over ourselves than others is a bigger treat!

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World Cancer Day

We hear with extreme shock & alarm-
The tales of cancer’s devastation & harm…
It can target anyone, spares no one…
Widespread across, everywhere under the sun.

What can I say about the deadly disease?
How can the patients’ pains & sufferings cease?
Scientists are sincerely working 24/7,
With cure for Cancer, Earth will be Heaven.

Sad that on February 4^th- the World Cancer Day,
Cancer struck brutally, as always, out to play.
Claimed the life of a pretty young & close friend,
Just 1 amongst several lives, Cancer chose to end…

5,00,000 in India die of Cancer each year,
Their families’ lives are thrown out of gear.
22% of global cancer deaths are due to Tobacco use,
But those without bad habits also get Cancer blues…

Regarding Cancer, one thing is for sure-
That- ‘Prevention is better than the Cure’.
Though totally we may not be able to prevent it,
Yet regular health-checkups will do their bit.

A lifestyle with a good diet & plenty of exercise,
To fight against Cancer, adopting right choices is wise.
Also, always smiling & sporting a positive attitude,
And doing things that make us happy, should be good.

 This is a Post for the World Cancer Day - Write Tribe.