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‘Happy Thanksgiving! Merry Christmas!’
Or the Indian equivalents for Hindu festivities: ‘Ganpati Bappa, Morya‘
These words spring joy in every Mumbaikar. Mumbai can be associated with many things, but I associate it with the Ganpati Festival.
It is a festival of joy and togetherness which is celebrated in mid-August/September. As a child, I would go visit exhibitions for the holiday. Each year the exhibition would get bigger and more grandeur.
This beauty would become a horrid sight on the day of immersion. The day Ganpati, the deity, is brought, the entire city is celebrating and when it leaves, the entire city is mourning.
