The Secularisation of Durga Puja

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It has degenerated into a week of buffoonery and bacchanalia, in Kolkata at least
The Secularisation of Durga Puja

 SINCE ALMOST everything governing social and cultural life has been politicised in a narrow, mindless way, I will not be surprised if my observations on the Durga Puja festivities of Kolkata are considered treacherous by the self-appointed custodians of Bengali existence—and they have proliferated in the past two decades. That, alas, is an occupational hazard of those who choose to make public their private thoughts. The risk is worth enduring.