Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

Kakurgachhi Progressive Youth Association is busy to create the puja pandal where the idol of goddess Durga would be established inside a burning fireball. The 21 feet long flames of this fireball would be there at the top of pandal. And the most amazing part of this puja is that, various utensils ate being used to create the theme. Theme-maker Anirban Das. Ma Durga is the symbol of woman power, so, common household utensils are being used here. Even, the idols of various gods would be made of utensils . The pandal will be of two storied. Water and lotus forest would be at first floor. Eight nos of snakes will decorate the railings of staircases, all of them are of 30-35 feet long. The goddess Durga is 'Ranachandi' here, because, this image was depicted as 'Mahisasurmardini'. The puja is 48 year's old. A. B.

Uttam Kumar was fond of delicious spicy foods like prawn malaikari, kaju chicken, chingri macher paturi, palang paneer kofta, bhetkir kanta chachari, mangser do-peaji, sagar doi, doi ilish... Chef Sushanta Sengupta is there at 6 Ballygunge Place till 16 September with these favourite dishes of Uttam Kumar for you. Price Rs 20/- to 750/-. -- A. B.

At last, Tolge in Mohun Bagan and Mohun Bagan defeated George Telegraph. Bagan 3, George 0 and the Mohun Bagan supporters witnessed football of pace, strikes and blend of intelligence in Tolge's play. Odafa has also played very well yesterday. -- A. B.

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Yesterday, 'Kavi Milan Utsav' was celebrated at Ranaghat of Bengal, as usual, gorgeously. It was observed at the office of SDO, Ranaghat. On 4 September, 1894 Rabindranath Tagore came to Ranaghat on request of another poet Nabin Chandra Sen who was the then SDO of Ranaghat. Tagore was going to Kusthia (now in Bangladesh), so he halted at Ranaghat on the way. On this day, Rabindranath came to the office of SDO, Ranaghat. Since then, the day is being observed by the residents of Ranaghat at the same place, where the two poets met. Here in this picture, the statues of two poets are seen garlanded at the office premises. A literary function was also held on this occasion. -- A. B.

An exhibition on Rabindranath Tagore and his thoughts about environment is being held at Muktodhara (near Goal Market) of New Delhi. It will run till 7 September. -- A. B.