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ECCAGARI 2022
“Mahishasur Mardini”
By
Aninda Biswas
ECCA
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2022
Abhijeet & Paramita Sen Gupta Gaurav & Baishali Roy Saxena
It is ten years since ECCA started celebrating Dusshera which has grown from strength to
strength. It is the Bhakti and passion to continue our tradition that has helped it grow and
bring people together. When I visit the festivities, I really feel proud that I am an Indian and I
am able to enjoy the colourful celebrations.
Covid 19 pandemic dampened the enthusiasm but organisers managed to do the basic pooja
and small-scale celebrations last year. Speaking about the pandemic, we should be grateful to
Devi Durga for giving us strength to tide over the crisis though all of us had our share of
bereavements and calamities.
It is great that a country of this size was able to manage the pandemic and stay focused on
recovery. I sincerely believe that all of us held each other’s hands, supported each other and
with Govt support, India is getting back to normalcy. Each one of us have helped at least one
person and that made India succeed.
ELCIA Trust also pitched in distributing 150,000 food packets and 6500 ration kits to the
needy during the first phase. During the second phase, ELCIA Trust facilitated Rs 5 Cr +
worth donations towards medical equipment to hospitals. It was amazing that individuals to
companies were benevolent to contribute to the cause.
Pandemic was a leveller as everyone, rich or poor underwent the traumatic experience when
testing positive for Covid19 or losing dear ones. Uncertainty was the order of the day and we
had to face reality of life.
We also learnt value of relationships, importance of helping each other and staying alive. We
saw the human side of police, extraordinary service rendered by medical fraternity/volunteers
and depth of our compassion. It was horrible to bid good bye without even seeing them as we
were not allowed to funerals. Recent rains also caused havoc in some parts of the city.
Above all we missed each other in social, cultural events and realised internet world can
never be a substitute for live interactions. I think people are celebrating marriages, birthdays,
anniversaries, and many more with renewed energy and zeal.
This year’s Dussera celebration by ECCA will certainly bring joy and cheer to all of us as
this is the occasion to thank God for being so kind.
Bringing together thousands of people to exhibit their talent, remind us of our rich heritage
and give us good time together with families is an excellent way to remind us about things
beyond corporate world. ECCA is doing this successfully and they deserve all the
appreciation from all of us. I wish the celebrations a grand success and race towards silver
jubilee.
God bless all of you with best of health and peace of mind.
Rama NS
ELCIA
About ECCA
ECCA is the name of universal dynamism, the dynamic being of
cultural emancipation. It has achieved the once impossible, with sheer
strength of determination.
ECCA has transformed Electronic City, literally a village some years ago,
barring its fast-paced corporate culture, into a cultural village.
In this ECCA is both the persona history of its very member, as well as a
collective history of all the visitors and occasional passers-by, during its every
cultural installation, beginning with Durga Puja, 2012.
The steadfast patrons and the diehard fellowship of its volunteers have stood
by it through thick and thin. Together, we have bounced back post the
pandemic and look forward to celebrating our 10th anniversary with renewed
vigour.
Last, but not least, it is your footsteps that we seek, in addition to Maa
Durga’s blessings. Come…celebrate with us!!
Best regards,
ECCA Family
“ECCA & it’s followers”
The ability to lead an association & accommodate a thousand minds is an eminent trait of a well-formed
personality. Team spirit, mutual trust, and cooperation is plays a vital role in ECCA. Everyone can play the
role of a master but it is difficult to be a servant. We always cultivate faith in ourselves. ECCA organizes
“Durga Puja” with a positive attitude & our growth is the result. Our children perform in cultural activities
with the help of our in-house talented personalities.
We know “Sri Ramakrishna “ the spiritual teacher of the world spoke in a language of artless simplicity for
realizing God – “You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the Sun rises. Can you, therefore, say that
there are no stars in the sky during the day!”
“If you enter the world without cultivating a love for God, you will be entangled more. You will be overwhelmed
with its danger, its grief, its sorrows. While cutting the Jackfruit – first, rub your hands with oil and then break
open the Jackfruit, otherwise, they will be smeared with its sticky milk. First source the oil of divine love, and
then set your hands to duties of the world.
Once a tigress attacked a flock of goats. As she sprang on her prey, she gave birth to a cub and died. The cub
grew up in the company of goats. The goats ate grass and the cub followed their example. They bleated; the cub
bleated too. Gradually it grew to be a big tiger. One day another tiger attacked the same flock. It was amazed to
see the grass-eating tiger. Running after it, the wild tiger, at last, seized it, whereupon the grass-eating tiger
began to beat. The wild tiger dragged it to the water and said: ‘Look at your face in the water. It is just like mine.
Here is a little meat. Eat it. Saying this, it thrust some meat into its mouth. But the grass-eating tiger would not
swallow it and began to bleat again. Gradually, however, it got the taste for blood and came to relish the meat.
Then the wild tiger said ‘Now you see there is no difference between you and me. Come along and follow me
into the forest.
So, there can be no fear if the guru's grace descends on one. He will let you know who you are and
what your real nature is. If the devotee practices spiritual discipline a little, the guru explains
everything to him.
ECCA family is bound together by many values especially obedience, readiness and love.
Therefore, nothing can hold us back !! JAI MAA DURGA !!
-Aloke Dutta
Ishika Syam
Grade 5
আগমনী
ননবেদন
Photography by :
Omshree Dey
(13 years)
DEVI DURGA – A SYMBOL OF WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
Although Feminism has existed for hundreds of years, Goddess Durga has
been a champion of women's empowerment even before the formation of the
'Women's Right Movement' in the modern world. She has encouraged and
unshackled women from chains holding them back for centuries and will do so
for years to come.
Goddess Durga is the personification of feminine energy and power. Not only
does Goddess Durga serve as an icon for empowering women, her life
represents many lessons from which we can learn, particularly with reference
to women in society today, whenever she tries to assert herself or raise her
voice against injustice, society finds a way to silence her or cow her down
calling her aggressive in all derogatory terms.
Devi Durga holds the power to create and destroy. A metaphor for power of
womanhood. A woman has the power to create life and bring a living being into
this world, at the same time also possessing the capability to destroy all that
holds her back.
Around this part of the year when we all are celebrating the arrival of the
Mother Goddess Durga on earth perhaps this is the time that reminds us of the
girl child and the values of a woman.
There is really a need to balance both sides of the equation - feminine and
masculine qualities. These are like two sides of a same coin. To make ourselves
whole, complete and balanced we have to empower both the masculine as well
as the feminine traits in us. After all we are women designed to shine in this
world.
-Deepa Mukherjee
“এব োবমব ো”
কযয়ক ন বেযল দুগষাপুয া করযলন - েংস্থা নাে বদযলন ECCA. দুগষাপুয া মতা
একবার হয়?
এোই েূল বিন্তা। আর বকেু েংযযা ন।
বকযশার, মযৌবন যখন বেল তখন স্বীয় ইচ্ছা, শবক্তযত, আযবযগ “আবে করবে,
আবে করবে” োব, এখন বৃে বয়যে েযন হযচ্ছ ঠাকুর রােকৃ ষ্ণ এর কর্া
“ঈশ্বযরর ইযচ্ছ োডা গাযের পাতা একটি ও নযড না” | এখন োববে যা বকেু
কযর এযেবে তা ঈশ্বর এর ইচ্ছা।
শ্রীকৃ যষ্ণর মশর্ উদ্ববযক বাতষ ায় ববল : “আবে স্বয়ং ঈশ্বর হযয়ও গযতর েব
দুুঃখ কষ্ট লােব করযত অক্ষে। েুতরাং, এই গযত আর বকেু
করবার মনই”|
োযে োযে োবব স্বােী ী তাঁর কা কযরযেন, বকন্তু “োনুর্ গডযত ” পাযরন
বন। বার বার শ্রীকৃ ষ্ণ এর “েম্ভবাবে যুযগ যুযগ” কর্া েযন হয়।
স্বােী ী মযন েযন হয় একো পযষায়। বশক্ষা বদযত এযেবেযলন, বশক্ষা বদযয়যেন,
আধার অনুযায়ী বনযয়যেন োনুযর্।
একবদন বেল কৃ চ্ছোধন করাোই পুয ার একো অঙ্গ। শ্রীরােকৃ ষ্ণ বযলযেন “ো
বক মনাংরা মেযল বক মকাযল মনয় না” |
দাঁবডযয়, বযে েব েেযয় বিন্তা ঈশ্বযরর। মযেন অর্ষবলপ্সার োরা বদযনর বিন্তা।
েীবত একো বড উপাদান আযে পূ ার। “ঠাকুর পাপ মদযব” ঠাকুর পাপ
মদয়না। কেষফল। স্বােী ী বযলযেন: বশক্ষা আর েংস্কাযরর নয োনুর্ বেন্ন হয়।
তাই বশক্ষা আর েংস্কার বাবডযয় যাও এ ীবযন। স্বােী ীর উবক্ত বদযয়ই মশর্
কবর :
-প্রদীপ কুোর কর
Story of a Ghost in undivided Bangla
Suddenly, from nowhere a black cat appeared from the bushes and
started following him making a strange growling sound. He hurried
towards the village but had to cross the village cremation ground on
the way. While crossing suddenly he saw a pyre with the body being
cremated sitting in an upright position on the pyre. My father was quite
brave but this sight and the black cat continuously meowing behind
him scared him a lot.
He started running towards his home and the cat kept following
him. When he reached the door step, he took the sacred copper coin
out from his neck chain and threw it behind at the cat. When the coin
landed in front of the cat it suddenly stood still and then spoke in a
mysterious voice, “I am sparing you this time” and then it vanished into
the darkness suddenly just like it had appeared.
- Deepak Kumar Sarkar
েোেো র মমব়ে
Sudatta Banerjee
Shriya Bhattacharya
14 years
Atri Banerjee
MY TRAVEL TO KASHMIR
Once there, we took a shikara ride to the house boat where we stayed for four
nights. That day, in the evening we went for a shikara ride on the beautiful Dal
Lake and saw the floating market.
The next day we went to Pahalgam on a dangerous horse ride to see the Baisaran
valley. Then we went to the beautiful Lidder river. There, when I dipped my foot
into the water, it was so cold that I felt my foot was going to freeze!
We went to Nishat Bagh, Cheshmashahi and Shalimar gardens the next day. They
were full of flowers like Dahlia, Sunflower, Rose and Daisy. There were some
lovely fountains too. After we visited the gardens, we went to Nigeen Lake where
during the shikara ride, we saw many Lotuses and Water Lilies.
Next we visited Sonmarg, the Zero point and Zojila Pass. We rode an ATV [All
Terrain Vehicle] at Zero Point and it was super fun! While returning we stopped at
a children’s park and went Zorbing. It was the best thing in the whole trip! We
laughed hard as we kept falling over each other.
The next day we went to Gulmarg and went for a cable car ride. We also saw the
Buta valley. Our vacation had come to an end. We flew back home on the next
day. I will always cherish my memories of Kashmir!
- Mohona Chatterjee
Hiccups of a working woman
When a new mother joins post maternity leave, only she knows what turmoil goes
on within her. When she leaves her sick child and goes to work, with each breath
she feels her anxiety mounting. The battle of emotions makes her extremely
exhausted and then the societal criticism breaks her.
Before stepping out for work, she does numerous calculations - short break,
long break, husband’s lunch, post school snacks etc. in addition to children’s
studies, their projects, their extra curriculars... she is expected to manage all
these with a topping of work place tension…along with unpleasant surprises on
the personal front. She tries to fit into all these shoes with bittersweet shoe bites.
Today when we worship Maa Durga, I just want to ask… can we not accept a
woman as a woman with all her imperfections…without criticizing, without
judging and without comparing?
Let her be the way she is. If we can’t appreciate let’s not criticize. Let’s not set
any parameters for her to prove herself. She is beautiful, elegant and
magnificent in her own way.
नारी अस्य समाजस्य कुशलवास्तुकारा अस्स्त |
(Woman is the perfect architect of the society)
-Shraboni Kar
Anwesha Banerjee
Grade 9
Tribute to Namma Bengaluru
Ahana Rath
Grade 5
Rainy Night
Mohona Chatterjee
8 years
Ishika Banerjee
Grade 3
Ishaan Banerjee
Grade 4
আেোর আকোশ নী
Kaushik Roy