Tag: Durga Puja

By Sahana Ghosh, Kolkata : For over 200 years, the Nandi family in West Bengal's Hooghly has been feeding Muslim fakirs during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja. To the Nandis, this annual ritual has its roots in a family legend that is testimony to the generosity of the local Muslim community. It is also one of the myriad instances of the festival -- the biggest in Bengal -- exemplifying communal harmony at a time when the world grapples with religious animosity and social polarisation. According to 80-year-old Satipati Nandi, the ninth-generation...