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As the rain clouds, which have been persistent with their continual downpour throughout monsoon are banished until the next season only to be replaced by white almost furry bulging floating islands of clouds which leisurely drift across the sky, one gets the feeling fall or autumn is round the corner. The gentle autumn breeze, while sweeping across the landscapes, in its own tender manner ruffles the leaves of the trees which assume a reddish golden hue.
A beautiful photo album containing some of the prominent works of fashion photographer Abhirup Goswami.
The annals of history fail to provide an exact account of the origin of the folk festival of Gajan. Gajan has always been primarily a folk festival celebrated mostly in the rural parts of West Bengal by people belonging to the Hindu community. The festivities and celebrations surrounding Gajan span for a little more than a week starting from the last week of the month of Chaitra according to Bengali calendar continuing till the end of Bengali new year. The auspicious occasion of Charak Puja marks the end of these festivities. The central theme of this festival is deriving satisfaction through pain, devotion and sacrifice. The word Gajan is considered to be a combination of parts of two different words - Ga is derived from the Bengali word “gram” meaning village and “jan” from the word “janasadharan” meaning folk. In this sense Gajan is a festival of village folk. According to some myths Gajan means “Garjan” a Bengali word which reveals the call of the “sannyasis” or “bhokta” to their lord Shiva.
The Maasai Mara National Reserve, known better as the Mara among local people is named in honour of the ethnic group of Maasai people living in the southern part of Kenya. The Maasai Mara game reserve in the Narok County in Kenya is arguably the most widely known and visited game reserve in the world. The plains of the Maara resemble a vast expanse of the iconic African savanna and are home to some of the iconic African wildlife. The Maara for centuries now have been a witness to the long drawn clash between two of its titans, the legendary Maasai lions and the ethnic Maasai people. For long these two apex species have shared these grasslands and are no strangers to confrontations.
