Durga badnaam hui, Darling! tere lie

Durga with her children

As I approach the puja pandal, I hear "Munni badnaam hui" as if Durga is singing herself. But why not?

Kalighat

She must be ashamed of her enough! From money making to body selling, people take advantage of her in whatever way they can. Be it a small idol on a small railway station or a painted face on a door or a wall, people seem to turn extremely generous when it comes to GOD. 

An idol in a small Railway Station. The donation box is as big as the idol

Attempted painting of Kali on a door with the hope to generate some money

Painting of Kali on the wall

Choose your God and pay him

Faith....

Blind faith is injected into us since childhood

And then we give in to the effective marketing of Religion

Even with 5 pairs of hands, it seems a bit difficult to pay heed to a billion
demands in India itself. May be that's why they need so many idols of Durga

Isn't it better to throw some coins to this man instead, who is spending his
time alone while everyone else is having fun?