Society Talk

I grew up going to pandals. This one hurts.

Usually I'm the guy making jokes here. Not today.

I grew up in Kolkata. Puja was the best week of the year. You walked all night, pandal to pandal, with your friends and your cousins, eating everything. The crowds were part of the joy.

The GONOM post says a sudden downpour sent people inside for shelter and an announcement caused confusion, in lanes too narrow. I know lanes like that. Every Bengali knows lanes like that.

Rest in peace to those who died at Chorbagan. I hope someone looks seriously at crowd control, not just says sorry.