Wellington Women Come Together For Karva Chauth
The festivity starts days in advance. From shopping to trip to the parlour, Mehandi, buying bangles, and a lot more.
Diwali Mela at Princeton
by Mythily Govindan Diwali or Deepawali is the biggest festival not only celebrated by Hindus but also by Sikhs, Jain and Buddhist communities of our country. The festival of light symbolises…
Kanya-vivah Blessings for the Needy families
Radhika, orphaned at childhood, lives with her grandparents and is arranged to get married this month. Lack of funds for stree-dhan is becoming a big hurdle in the arrangements for…
The DLF2 Halloween Party
by Hunney Kohli & Nidhi Lamba Come October 31st and with all the spookiness crawling from around the social network, is an invite all kids & moms ardently wait for,…
The Risky Trunk
The late spell of monsoon in September brought heavy rains and bit of chaos and trouble for the residents. Due to continuous and substantial rainfall, a fully grown tree fell…
Bringing Maa Durga Home
My mom was cooking for 40/50 odd people on all four days – saptami ashtmi, navmi n vijaya dashmi. We had footfall of 40-60 each day- family, friends, neighbours and acquaintances, society staff- everyone was invited for darshan and bhog.
Firing Arrows At Effigies In Silver Oak On Dussehra
by Anita Sood Dusshera was celebrated in Silver Oaks after a gap of 12 years. As the three effigies of Ravan, Kumbhkaran and Meghnath were put up, the excitement amongst…
Dandiya Night & Other Developments From Ridgewood
The onset of Navratri on 26 September brought in the festive flavour in Ridgewood. Respite from Covid restrictions everyone was in celebration mood.
Dancing With Dignity @ 60
A sixty something lady, in a full length costume, diffidently entering the pool, was how I first saw Premaji. On striking a conversation, found she had been advised to do water exercises by her doctor, for her arthritic knees.
Sushant Lok Durga Puja
This year’s Durga Pooja Pandaal, at the Community Centre in Sushant Lok C block is set up very colourfully under the aegis of SLDPS and is attracting a huge crowd…
