writer-anjali denandee,mom

i live in new delhi. india. my son RAJAT DE . my husband mr. j.k.de. my father , late mr.debi prasad nandee. my mother , late mrs. sabita nandee.

Jul 9, 2016

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‘A day of my past ‘

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THEN I WAS MISS ANJALI NANDEE;BEFORE MARRIAGE;IN MY TEENAGE;I LIVED IN THE NANDEE BADREE;MY FATHER WAS SHREE DEBI PRASAD NANDEE; NOW HE WAS LATE;IN NANDEE BADREE,THERE WERE MANY NANDEE-FAMILIES;ALL WERE BLOOD-RELATED;THEY WERE ,’GANTEE’;THEY LIVED IN ‘NANDEE-BHITE’;THEY FOLLOWED THE SAME CUSTOMS;ALL WERE SAME CAST,ALSO;’DWADASH-TILI’;MY FAMILY WAS A BIG FAMILY;JOINTFAMILY;THE EARNING PERSION WAS ONLY MY FATHER,ONLY ONE;NOBODY COULD NOT EARN,THEN;MY NAME WAS ANJU ALSO;THEN MY ADDRESS WAS-VILLAGE-CHAITANYABATI;P.O.-BHANGAMORAH;DISTRICT-HOOHGLY;WEST BENGAL;INDIA.

THE DAY WAS ,THE VISWAKARMA PUJA;YESTERDAYI WENT TO OUR KNOWN PERSION’S HOUSES ND INVITED THEM FOR TODAY;I WAS WITH MY GRANDMOTHER;SHE TOLD,’KAAL AANRAADH,PROSAAD KHETE ESO AMAR BAADREE;’I HEARD ALL TALKING THE PEOPLE;THEY SAID,’YES;’THEY THOUGHT THAT THE PROSAAD OF MAA MONSAA WAS TOO-BLISSFUL!YESTERDAY MY MOTHER COOKED MANY…..MANY FOODITEMS ACCORDIN TO THE CUSTOM;,BY HER OWN-HANDS;WHEN SHE COOKEDTHEN SHE WORE A HOLLY DRESS;NOT SPOKE;NOT STOOD;NOT TOOK ANY FOOD,ALSO;SHE STARTED COOKING AT NOON AND COMPLETED AT MIDNIGHT;IT WAS THE BHOG OF MAA MONSAA;AFTER FINISHING OF COOKING,SHE CREATED THE CONCH’S SOUND THAT MEANS HER COOKING WAS COMPLETED;ALL NANDEE FAMILIES COULD UNDERSTOOD IT;EVERY NANDEE FAMILY FOLLOWED THAT RULE,ALSO;ON THE AANRAADH DAY,THE ‘POOJADREE CAME AND PUJA WAS HELD INFRONT OF MAA MONSAA DEBI,THAT WAS THE PLANT OF THE CACTUS WHO WAS THE GODDESS MAA MONSAA;AFTER PUJADREE’S POOJA THEN ALL FAMILIES OF NANDEE BAADREE,OFFERED BHOG TO MAA MONSAA DEBI;IT WAS THE RULE ALSO;MY GRANDMOTHER OFFERED THOSE FOODS TO MAA MONSAA DEBI ON MAMY ‘PAATHORER-THAALAA AND BAATEES’ALSO OFFERDE DRINKING-WATER IN THE’ PAATHORER ‘GLASS;AND THAT DAY NO NANDEE FAMILY COOKED;IT WAS THE CUSTOM;AFTER BHOG OFFERING,WE GAVE FOOD TO INVITED PEOPLE AND ALSO THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT INVITED BUT CAME FOR EATING THE FOODS;WE ATE ALSO THEN;MY BROTHER WENT WITH HIS KITES ON THE FIELD ;ON THE SKY ,THERE WERE SO MANY KITES WERE FLING;AT AFTERNOON WE WENT WITH MY FATHER TO THE COLDSTOREGES WHERE THE IDOLS OF VISWAKARMA WERE FOR PUJA;TOO-NICE LIGHTING WERE SEEN THERE;AFTER EVENING,WE CAME BACK IN OUR OWN HOUSE;THEN ALSO MANY PEOPLE ATE FOODS ON OUR HOUSE;ALL TOOK FOODS ON THE BANANA-LEAVES;DRANK WATER IN ‘MAATEER-BHAANDR’;AT MIDNIGHT THE EATING WAS FINISHED;MANY PEOPLE CARRIED FOOD S FOR THEIR OWN HOUSES,AFTER THEIR EATING,ALSO;MY MOTHER GAVE THEM THE PACKAGES OF THE FOODS, BY HER OWN HANDS TO THEM;THEN ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS TOOK REST;THE DAY WAS ,’BHAADRO-SANGKRAANTEE’.

NOW I REMEMBER……….SO NICE DAYS WERE……. !I FELT THEN THE JOY OF WORK ,IN THE JOINTFAMILY;VERY HAPPY DAYS………………..!THE BENGALI FAMILY;THE ‘BONIDEE FAMILY’…………THE GREAT-BENGALEES………………………….’GHOTEE-BAANGAALEES’……………FAMILIES………..OF OLD HINDUS………………………….

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