Welcome Bappa back, the OG way
Updated On: 26 August, 2024 06:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona Fernandez
Our sutradhaars, Sir Pheroze and Lady Flora, hope the city celebrates its favourite God’s arrival by going back to its roots
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During Ganesotsav, in 2018. Pic/Fiona Fernandez
Sir PM was holding a largish waterproof bag that was unlike his usual appearance especially for their Sunday midnight strolls. Lady Flora wondered. Her birthday was some time away, and surely, she had to stop having expectations that there was always a gift meant for her, from her dear friend who was extremely fond of her. “Greetings, Pheroze. May I help you with that bag?” She offered to help her friend as he approached her in awning inside the Cathedral. There was still a bit of pitter-patter, and she didn’t wish to get wet by stepping out immediately. “Oh no no. Not to worry, this isn’t too heavy. Just some things to get me started…” Sir PM shared. “To get started for what, Pheroze? Excuse my curiosity,” Lady Flora smiled.
“I have been doing some reading up, and also discussing this with Viegas. We feel the Ganesha festival is getting further and further diluted with each passing year. I mean to say, it’s getting quite commercialised; the essence of the festival has been going further and further away from what it was conceived to be,” Sir PM began, adding, “And in the course of one of those Sunday morning chats, we met Patkar, my old pal who is a fine hand at pottery. He even has a wheel at home, and practises his craft whenever time permits. My eyes were rivetted when he showed me some of the mini-idols of Ganesha that he had recently created from earth. They were gorgeous. He’s promised to teach me how to make one this year; hence, I had hopped across to Crawford Market to pick these basic materials,” he looked pretty pleased with his purchases, as he gave Lady Flora a sneak peak into his canvas bag.
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