behala notun dal 2023 – Lilmagician

behala notun dal

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so, it’s finally phuchka(water ball)?well, where’s the problem? say, who doesn’t have some phuchka when they’re out for pandal-hopping? it’s mighty strange that the ever-popular phuchka remains a perennial outsider in our food menus. we might make fun of it in the name of health and nutrition, but has anything, from shahi delicacies to fancy mock tails, ever topped its evergreen appeal? so at nutandal, we’ve set our sights on phuchka this time. a psychic state, the spirit of a tradition, an all-encompassing feeling — this is what we’re seeking, in our body and mind. let’s think of them who stand in puja queues for hours to complete this festival a success. it’s their footfall that inspires the puja organizers. it’s their blood, sweat and tears that validate such a huge enterprise. let this puja acknowledge them before all others. alongside our taste for purity and prosperity, let delicious contentment too be a right of the people. to that right, let us pay our obeisance. in our marketplace ruled by the sweet Arts of the flashy rajbhog and rabri, let phuchka in behalanutandal, come as a fresh breath of truth. a contentment of our hearts.

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