KARTIKA PURNIMA TOMORROW

                                                           Bikash Choudhry

Tomorrow, we have Kartika Purnima at Bhubaneswar; the most auspicious day as per Hindu Mythology. It is 11 on the wall clock with clear sky and moon lit night, after a sumptuous vegetarian dinner went up to the 7^th floor Pent House of my apartment in the elevator. The creamy white light bathed terrace welcomed me with moon right over the head, tilted the head little back to have a clear glimpse of the moon and it was just as beautiful as the brides penultimate day of the wedding dressed up and fully scavenged in the nearest Spa in pure white but only some thing left for the D day when it will swell into its full size and beauty with all the embellishment. In the eastern sky 7 stars I noticed twinkling as if they were happy as the family members of house in a wedding celebration mood and in the distance horizon where the sky meets the ground, house tops lights were glowing intermittently while sounds of automobiles still visible as Bhubaneswar city yet to go to sleep and the flower plants were gleaming in the moon light making the ambience just right for the wedding of tomorrow, the Kartika Purnima. A small boat is decked up with betel and betel nut and diya to make the journey at Bindu Sagar.