Raja Mum’s Way Its 5 o’clock and I am literally dragged out of the bed. Half dazed and have to get fresh. Getting smeared with fresh yellow turmeric at that hour I can only think of my collars. Carefully my mum makes floral motifs on my forehead with a matchstick smeared in sandalwood paste. While the […]
I don’t know why every time of this year I feel so joyous. It is Raja, a festival which celebrates the Goddess Earth. All young girls on these few days are considered incarnation of the Goddess. You suddenly seems to have graduated to a pedestal next to god. People of Odisha prayer to the goddess for […]