Band in oblivion
First of all this festival was having a political motive to unite people at the time of fighting against British 'Raj' when it was started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak. This was an unique approach started and appriciated by then freedom fighters against the another approach proposed by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Mahatma Gandhi ) , The Salt Movement ( Namak Andolan and Dandi Yatra ). Both movement had deep impact over people of
Although Salt march was more globalised in terms of understanding, emotions and sensibility in comparision to Ganesh Puja, where it was more regional in terms of its understanding in terms of culture, language and identity.
Moreover, Ganesh Puja was the festival of Hindus where 'Salt March' was movement of a common man.
Now we are living in a free nation at least in some senses. We had recovered our freedom from the most aggressive race, which had discovered many nations, which had provided distinct learning processes, a race which is superior in many senses; from them we have snatched our freedom. We have sense of pride for our freedom. Pride which could be uncertain for certain masses, pride which could be politicized and religious in nature but modern
Indeed, the small community organizes their own Puja on such occasions and play musical bands with an unusual cacophony. And such strident and unwanted noise going to distract people always from such spiritual occasion of celebrations.
The mode of celebration has been politicized and contaminated with a mob-psychology where people gather just to mark there presence and hubris of pride that this time they have contributed from their side.
Ganesh Puja and Durga Puja where in the end of this festivals/puja; the statues of their idol have to be drowned in River or pond left some reasonable and hazardous environmental impact. I think, this has more discussion value rather than ‘Ram Sethu controversy points’ or any doomed subject discussion.
Although Ganesh Festival has been over and all Ganesh idols have sink in local ponds or adjoined