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I used to hear this a lot - for Bengalis (Bengali Hindus), Saraswati Pujo is equivalent to the Valentine's Day . Girls would wear yellow sarees and braid their hair, while guys will be wearing yellow punjabees and white dhoti or pajama.  This time on Feb 14, 2024, they fell on the same day. Woke up pretty early in the morning, showered, wore the dhuti and uttiyo and did Saraswati Puja. Most of the mantras I have got by heart now. After the pushpanjali , I was done and we (my mother and I) could then break our fast with the Mahaprasad . Took a day off for the day, but still joined for a quick catchup call.  This is how she looks like. There is a bit of a history here. Usually, Hindus get the vigraha from the shop every year, worship and then do visarjan (immersion) in a river or pond. However, she is with us since I was in class IX. When I was in Standard X, my grandmother had died. As part of the souch (relatively inauspicious greiving period), we could not get a new vigra...

Introduction I have never seen Zaira Wasim act. Never got myself to see Dangal. There was a lot of outcry when she left Bollywood for Islam (in her words, not mine).  Outraged Hindus generally said stuff like this was obvious and had to happen. The folks in the media and the film industry were saddened, some called her an ingrate while Muslims mostly celebrated her. To be entirely honest, regardless of her motives for leaving the industry, I applaud her determination. Not many can do that despite being successful. Had it been Tusshar Kapoor (I am not aware of his present name spelling) leaving the moh maya and going to the Himalayas, I would have understood. In any case, the 'return to Islam' or the 'Right Path' as she called in her original tweet was genuine. Yesterday, I saw her trending on Twitter India! Zaira trends on Twitter. Again! This is what she wrote. She faced a LOT of flak from others - stick whatever labels you wish on them. But she swiftly deactivated her...