I do miss Bangalore sometimes,especially during festivals and most importantly during the time of Ganesh Chathurthi.
Maybe its not anywhere close to the grandness of Mumbai's much talked about celebrations, but we do have our own sweet way of celebrating our favourite festival'Ganesha Habba'.


Although we have our festivities at home,starting from bringing the Idol home,decorating It, mom spending hours in the kitchen preparing a feast fit for a King( who else but Ganesha),then the long and detailed pooja,and finally eating all the different sweets prepared. But after all this comes the heavy feeling with which we would have to take the idol for immersion. After getting back we would feel like a member of our family is missing. Thats the kind of presence Ganesh can bring to our homes.

And more than all this, the festivities and the celebrations by our residential flat association would add to all the excitement. A huge Idol of Ganesha would be kept in the Pandal for 3 days and the entire residents,of all religions would participate, and distribute the yummy Prasad, which all the different blocks would take turns in preparing. There would be a feeling of oneness and joy at the pandal, bringing all the residents closer on those 3 days.
Now, I'm missing Bangalore all the more.