I spent all of the last week thinking about mobile phone. I was trying to find out solution for being away from phone calls and text messages. Every minute the red light on my cell use to flash and it is enough to irritate me.

The rise of ‘nomophobia’- a fear being without mobile phone does not let me sleep at night as well. Despite being aware of this disease, I can’t sleep without mobile set under my pillow. While thinking about idea to get rid of mobile phone, I sipped dozen cup of coffee and earned wrinkles over forehead. I bit my nails, cracked fingers, sipped dozen cup of coffee and swim over chair but after all, does I get solution? Of course not!

It was my week off and I wanted to get relax and be away from phone calls, what’s app messages, videos, pictures etc. I switched off my phone and tried to enjoy the day. But even after that, I frequently checked my cell for messages or any call.

Finally, at night I could not control myself and switched on the mobile phone. Almost 28 messages suddenly flashed in which half of them were from my family and relatives. Oh! God, what is this? Login to facebook, there was too dozens of messages from my sister and relative, “talk to mummy as soon as possible”.

Soon after I called my mother, she started screaming, “u careless, u never care, where was you, I was trying to call you from morning hours etc… etc…”. Even my sister was about to call the police that Ankita is lost somewhere! OMG.

Yes, it is Ganeshotsav!

The city thoroughfares were agog with sounds of conch-shells, drum beats and ‘Ganpatti Bappa Maurya…’ Yes it is one of the great Hindu festivals, Ganeshotsav.

The huge, beautiful and well decked up idols of Lord Ganesha along with Riddhi and Siddhi have been brought to various pandals where those idols were installed amid chanting of slokas from various Purans. Besides, some people like to keep up idols made up of expensive material like Gold and Silver to their homes.

 The festival is being celebrated at various homes, hostels, colleges and city corners with great enthusiasm. Sounds of conch-shells, aarti, flowers too spread its hues at temples. 

However, children at few schools did it in different way. They installed the idols in school campuses and sang, “Twinkle Twinkle little star, my Ganesha super star.” Even hostel inmates too observed the festival by installing idols to their hostel room and performed all the rituals.

If you speak about Ganesh Chaturthi, you can’t afford to set aside the Modak. 

Well decorated and mouthwatering laddoos and other sweets are decorated at many shops. The ongoing celebration of Ganeshotsav leads to illuminating temples and markets are chocked with festival shoppers.