With Durga Puja celebrations being low-key this year due to the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, Bipasha Basu has opened up about her way of celebration. She celebrated the festival at her residence with her husband, Karan Singh Grover. In a conversation with Bombay Times, she spoke about how she celebrated it and was quoted saying, “Karan has been doing the puja, while I take care of other things. We have made bhog at home with dishes like khichuri, alur dom and bhaja. The celebration this year is nothing like it was last year. I am going to miss sindoor khela, which I celebrated last year with my two sisters.”
Each year, Bipasha celebrates the festival with full spirit in Mumbai even though she has shared a lot of her time as a child in Kolkata. She took a moment to speak about it as well and she was quoted saying, “As kids, we used to wear two new outfits every day — the morning look and the evening look (laughs!). We would get pocket money from our parents and relatives. We would save it only to binge on Chinese food and Calcutta rolls. My friends and I would visit different pandals and see the different protimas there. At padar pujo (pandal in the locality), we were given different responsibilities. Our job was to cut fruits, make chandan, look after the flowers, etc. On the day of the visarjan, we would have coconut laddoos from around the idol.”
She further spoke about the time when she last went to Kolkata for Durga Puja in 2016. “That’s the year Karan and I got married. So, we went there to seek blessings on Ashtami. Karan enjoys celebrating Durga Puja with my family. He knows that I feel a strong connection with Maa Durga since childhood. I have always felt like she is next to me”, she added.
