Our Indian ministers have a fascination to grow heavy and weighed in silver coins and currency notes garlands and proudly flaunt gold & diamonds crown which they receive from their party people including industrialist.

They don’t mind spending common men’s hard earned money on making huge marble statues of their political leader idols. Forgetting about the need for a bridge or better roads all they want is a sculpture holding a purse! Can you imagine a statue of a politician on a crowded road holding a purse and saying here I keep all you stupid people’s money? What you earned is mine!

One side Mayawati, Uttar Pradesh chief minister is getting decorated with 5 crore garland made of 1K rupees on party’s 25th founding day and on the other side ex Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav & Rabri Devi are organizing their daughter’s wedding in 5 star hotel. On top of that, Delhi’s CM Sheila Dixit is charging extra taxes for upcoming commonwealth games when these ministers are spending OUR money on their own grand birthdays! It’s not acceptable.
And what is Income Tax department doing? Are they are also busy in celebrating own birthdays after taking bribes from riches!
There should be driving license kind of system. After 3 tickets your license to politics is gone!

Apart from beautifully designed pandals or tents for placing Durga idols, Navratri is celebrated differently in different parts of India. In Gujarat and Maharashtra, its celebrated with the famous Garba and Dandiya dance which continue till late night during the period. The festival is known as golu in South India, a Golu or Kolu in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Bommai Kolu display is placed in the homes in Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka, which is an exhibition of dolls. In Bengal, Durga Puja is the most important festival and they rejoice with sound of Dhak, Dhunuchi nachh and mild fragrance of Shiuli (some flowers).

Food, music & dance.
Its either gawking on food after breaking fast in Ramazan month and enjoying the Eid feast with Saviyan,and Biryani along with Sufi music and qawwali. For the music – Coke studio music is liked these days by today’s generation.

In Navratri fast you can eat so many vegetarian items that you will not miss chicken!! The items range from Sighare or Kuttu ke atte ki Puri and Aloo Sabzi and Sabudana (Sago) Khichdi, and Makhane ki kheer in deserts are just a few names. Many restaurants in North India turn vegetarian (in some dishes they don’t even add garlic & onion) and offer navratra special food and you would not mind going specifically to eat it. From five start hotels Taj & Hyatt to Haldiram’s, you can enjoy it anywhere.

‘Su che’ song from “What’s your Rashee” is already tuned in many events and so what if Priyanka Chopra is getting excited to attend a dandiya night in Mumbai and tweeting about same, girls in other cities are not less excited. They are taking out their backless chaniya choli, bandini Ghagra with lots of mirror work & jewelry and boys are dressing up in Kedias (Gujarati dress for men) and dancing out with Dandiya sticks on the music of Dhol.

In food, going vegetarian is the demand of festival and picking rich textures and bright colors with glitter is choice of consumers in dresses.

Sweets pics courtesy- www.trivialmatters.blogspot.com