Durga Puja 2024: “Durga Pujo for me is the celebration of womanhood in every way,” confessed actress Mumtaz Sorcar, as she sat down for a candid chat with Zoom ahead of the Duga Puja festival. Kolkata is decking up in splendid hues, colours and incandescence for the upcoming festivities. There is a general buzz of excitement, and in this edition of Durga To You, Mumtaz Sorcar shares what the Goddess really means to her and her favourite memories of pujo.
“Ma Durga is the ultimate Mother,” Mumtaz continued, a tinge of reverence in her voice. “She loves, takes care and disciplines just like a ‘mother’. She is the perfect definition of a woman according to me.
” Mumtaz believes that women “strive to be like Her,” continuing, “Women physically have two hands but manage to work as if with ten. We create and also keep the power to destroy when required,” she explained, adding, “The very essence , power, strength, sex etc of being a woman was utilised to eradicate asura/ evil.” Also Read: Durga To You: ‘She Is Motherhood And Embodiment Of All Women’ Says Raima Sen - EXCLUSIVE According to the actress, “That holistic power is something to pray to and for.
Durga Puja is that time when we pray and give our sincere gratitude to Ma Durga for all she has done for us...
a time when we take pride in welcoming Her (our mother and our daughter) back home (baaper bari)...
and celebrate her for who She is.” Mumtaz believes that while Durga Pujo is like any othe.