I agree that we need to be careful whom we are directing our anger against.
While smaller pandals run by children and in villages around Bangalore have just been that - small, am seeing a larger face showing up - large pandals, speakers and crackers through the night, processions that linger in front of mosques for no good reason. There has been a weaponisation of Ganesha this time, at least in Karnataka. I do long for the smaller festivals from decades ago. Hopefully we can get to a stage where we can share the prasad and the festival with people of other faiths instead of using it as an occassion to provoke them.
Well nuanced, thank you!
I agree that we need to be careful whom we are directing our anger against.
While smaller pandals run by children and in villages around Bangalore have just been that - small, am seeing a larger face showing up - large pandals, speakers and crackers through the night, processions that linger in front of mosques for no good reason. There has been a weaponisation of Ganesha this time, at least in Karnataka. I do long for the smaller festivals from decades ago. Hopefully we can get to a stage where we can share the prasad and the festival with people of other faiths instead of using it as an occassion to provoke them.