Bipasha Basu Missed Durga Puja

It is once again that time of the year when Bengalis of the world yearn for the Durga Puja celebrations back home. For some it is work, for some it is the distance that keeps them away from the para (neighbourhood) puja in Kolkata. And same is the case for our Bong babe Bipasha Basu.

Bengali beauty Bipasha Basu is depressed because she couldn't head back home to Kolkata to celebrate Durga Puja with her family and, to top it, beau John Abraham is also not in town.

Bengali beauty Bipasha Basu is depressed because she couldn't head back home to Kolkata to celebrate Durga Puja with her family and, to top it, beau John Abraham is also not in town.

"I wanted to go to Kolkata for Durga Puja. It's a family puja started by my grandfather and we've kept up the tradition every year. The whole family makes it a point to be in Kolkata for the family puja. But I can't!"

The last time Bipasha attended the puja it was five years ago.

"We always wore ten new clothes for Durga Puja. My parents would buy them for me and even today the custom remains the same," said the actress reminiscing about the good old childhood days when she wasn't tied down with her hectic work schedules.

And does the Kolkata girl yearns to be home? "Definitely. Diwali is also coming up so I do miss Kolkata. But due to work I was not able to go there this year."

But Bipasha won't miss out on offering her puja. She has been staying in Mumbai for some years now and the many pandals in and around the city will serve her purpose. And she will also have the company of the many Bengalis in Bollywood who celebrate the festival in grandeur every year.

Bipasha describes her relationship with god as conversational.

"My everyday interaction with god is one-to-one. I don't know any religious mantras though I love to hear my mom when she chants the shlokas and mantras during any puja in my house."