Pujo 2020. Shubho Bijoya

 #debsaristories #durgapuja2020 🌺🌺 

|| Shubho Bijoya! ||🌺🌺 

Hmm.. One more year, one more Dussehraand  Bijoya. This year indeed had many questions and what is. Many are unsolved. Many answers pending yet. But occasions like today reassure our faith that good will win over evil and shall prevail. It gives us hope. Thats what Vijaya dashami is about. To keep alive the hope, positivity and faith alive year after year. Wish you all Shubho Bijoya, Happy Dussehra and Vijaya Dashami || Ashche bochor abar hobe, till then Apna khayal khudh rakhna || I saved this gold organza saree with the hand embroidery blouse for today... ❣

Pujo 2020. Shubho Nabami

 #debsaristories #durgapuja2020 

🌺🌺💢💢 who can stop a child from seeing the mom 💢💢🥰🌺🌺 

. . . Where there is a will, there is a way. 

Yeah, I do get criticized often that I am more bangali than most bangalis. Some say it positively, some say it sarcastic, some say it with envy, but I hear it all the time. I don't have any opinion about it. Its just who I am, good, bad, ugly but me. So when there was announcement for only one pujo pandal in bayarea to have in person ceremony, of course I was an early bird to get tickets (yeah we had to purchase but its fine, this year is unlike any other and pujo unlike any other too). Opportunity is all that meant dear to me. Ma and I chose to do pushpanjali. Here we are. Double dose of shakti again. I painted the masks for pujo theme.. 

🌺🌺🌺 bhalo theko 🌺🌺🌺

Pujo 2020. SHUBHO ASHTAMI

 #debsaristories #durgapuja2020 🌺 Durga Mahastami r shubeccha o shubhashish 🌺 . . 

|| Ya devi sarvabhuteshu shaktirupena samsthitha Namastasyay namastasyay, namastasyay namo namaha || 

Once again I don't track or follow

color scheme, so chose multicolored printed silk. I am sucker of vintage, prints and colors and patterns. Especially 70s style sarees. 

 I am not ever'green'. In fact Facebook algorithms are such that if I don't post and make myself heard everyday, they make you forget me. No, seriously. 

I stop showing in your feed and posts, I sort of vanish from your social media life. Completely. Thats how extra-ordinary I am. Meaning Extra....ordinary. very very ordinary. End of day, those that you matter to always find a way to look for you, find you and tell you they missed you. Others... they have moved on to the next post already! If you don't get few hundreds of comments or likes to your posts, don't feel bad. 

 💢You are more powerful than social media algorithms💢 

 💢 True friends and well wishers don't need media reminders 💢 

💢 Your strength doesn't need validation from others💢 

💢believe in yourself and stay the shakti you are always 

💢 Just remember what's "ever"green are people that are core to you. Stay safe, stay shakti! 

Ma and Me in coordinated printed silk sarees. Double shakti dose today 🥰

Pujo 2020. Shubho Shashti

 #debsaristories #durgapuja2020 🌺 Shubho Shashti 🌺  

Its here. Pujo is here. Very different, yet here. Far yet near, its here. Itn our hearts, thoughts and moments. We virtually are recalling the faces we see, the smiles we exchange the catch up after a year meeting in pandal on Shashti. The new faces we see , the old faces we don't see anymore, the kids that grew up in a year, pujo is here. Its far yet near. The smell of incense and Kapoor, the chants and the sound of clinking bells and the drum beats that run goosebumps head to toe. Its here. 

Pujo is here, far yet near. . . As I sit at home missing all those moments, I pull myself up to drape this beautiful handpainted silk saree in a myriad of colors to cheer myself (and also to compensate for all the colors I missed draping per the daily color scheme). . . Pujo is here and shall always remain. Close your eyes, recall the moments, smile. 🌺Shubho Shashti🌺

Home is where the heart ,(oops fart) is

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Whoever said .. . . ❌ Home is where the heart is wrong ✅ HOME IS WHERE THE FART IS!! Truly! Heart jahan kahan bhi nikal sakte ho, but fart ko hum aise hi kaheen pe bhi nikalne nahi dete. In last six months one thing that I had completely enjoyed freedom is to fart, when I wanted, the way I wanted. I dint stop or put restrictions. My family dint care and in fact all of us are in the same boat about it. So think about it, your best friend may watch your back and get your heart, but do you fart? You would want to shut you a*# up right? I think the true test of relationship is when you fart and the other person gets it without saying. 🥰. Thats true soul mate. Why am I talking sh%$ literally? Because I went to a department store yesterday after six months and then the fart-maharaj wanted to give Darshan. I almost let him out phir suddenly yaad aaya, I am actually out and not home so I promptly shut my a$# out. Glad he obeyed. Phew. 

Anyways, chalta rahega udti havaa ki baatein. Coming to the saree, This Dhaka jamdani is a class apart. The tiny buttis and the awesome pallu and of course the gorgeous yellow. We have always considered this taboo.. we broke many so here i am breaking it too... Everyone farts. the supermodels, the actors, actresses, sportsmen, presidents of all countries. Everyone does. 🥳🥳🥳 Vini Tandon Keni you should be proud of me. I drape sarees only to post on Sareespeak.. hows that? Kicking off my weekend with pizza and something to binge on Netflix I must say because I "feel at home" in this group I shared the story else I wouldn't have. 🥰 Oh btw, I loved the 1992 scam harshad Mehta web series. Well directed.

World Mental health day

 #debsaristories 💥Aqsar jo hota hai woh dikhta nahi hai,aur jo dikhta hai woh hota nahi hai.🌟 Situation song: "pagla hawar badol din e pagol amar mon jege uthe" Today was an intentional "get ready and go" day. Matlab its a tougher thing than selling something to a miser 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ than convincing the familyfor this driveand shoot (photo). Finally succeeded and draped this brand new ikat silk, a prized possession- because this was a prize from a very reputable saree organization for my Varalakshmi Vratham story few months ago. After thirty years I got prize for ny story writing skills 😂😂. I wanted to drape it sooner as a way to thank them for considering mine worthy of this beauty. I was excited and imagined how I should complete the look etc. But as I said above, hota kuch aur hai. It was windy, saree abd I went opposite direction. Hair went tangent to my head. My sandal broke as I was crossing the road. And my photos did not turn out anywhere close to what I had imagined. Happens. But luckily I had taken landscape pics of the beautiful location too, so had put my only solo pic taken in a parking lot with the landscape. Both pics are mine, so shayad chalega. Coincidentally in green, mental health is often not talked about and isn't acknowledged. One thing i learned, practice and preaching from last couple of years is to give yourself a day or two to recharge and recover if your mind isn't in right place. Its totally ok to call it a sick day off. It is. And so is menstrual cramps btw. Apna khayal khudh rakhna ❣

Festive season and garba

#debsaristories #gratefulness 

 Dear bettu This month #sareespeak theme is about #gratefulness. grate·ful /ˈɡrātfəl/ adjective - feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful. 

 I know there are many things that life and destiny have been kind with me, but the one I am most grateful is you. No kidding this. You have been my teacher more than I am to you. You keep the child alive in me by showing with your actions how I can be a better me! Anytime you make a mistake, I had raised my voice in authority. For any mistake I make, you smile and say its ok ma, it happens. I am grateful for your understanding. You have been unconditionally forgiving me for my lose of temper and later when I would ask if that makes you hate me, your reply was always the same " you are my mom, I will always love you ". I am grateful for your tolerance When I struggle learning new things or stressed about work you gently pat me and tell me to stop panic and breathe, you want me to take a walk and start over. If it were me, I would have given you an earful on how you have been not focusing and pushing things till last minute . I am grateful for your empathy You don't compare me to others, you haven't complained how someone else's mom was more successful or smarter than me etc. I will try stop taking other kids names too and let you be yourself. I am grateful for your acceptance I am way far from exhibiting the tolerance you have for people and their actions patience dealing with them. But I am grateful to know and learn from you everyday They say mother's love is unconditional for her children. In my case the reciprocal is true (as of today). Things may change as you grew up but I would always hope that you stay who you are at core - a good human. I hope i continue to find reasons to be grateful to you. Today and forever ❤ Love you betz Ma

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I had created an email account for bettu few years ago and no one including him knows about it yet. I send pics of precious moments as they happen, nothing planned all random moments. I sent this to him today. Back to the saree. Its the katori blouse that triggered my enthusiasm. I danced with bettu for garba. You can check #ayushmandebdanceatelier on YouTube. I then decided to redo the blouse with saree. Although apprehensive initially I liked it because of the perfect fit! And yes the kutch fabrics ❣