HOLIDAY MODE

HOLIDAY MODE:
Bhubaneswar the capital of Odisha is an unique place where you will come across beggars to billionaires, pious people to most corrupt ones. This was under Puri district when there were thirteen districts in the state but when Odisha developed to have thirty it came under Khordha district. So it has all the ingredients of Puri people, Tricky, litigant, corrupt, quarrelsome and intelligent. Remembering the Sherlock Holmes dialogue “If an intelligent man turns to crime it’s deadliest of them all.” The increasing crime rate at Bhubaneswar justifies this statement. Basically people are lazy but aggressive and do not like to follow rules and regulations, be it ATM counter or Traffic rules. Like any other place in India this place has many temples, mostly illegal and have puja festivals round the year.
The city is in HOLIDAY MODE most of the time of the year, even the courier people do not come to deliver your items and letters.The “MODE “list is as follows
1: Durga puja: 7days
2: Ratha jatra: 7to 10days
3: Siva Ratri: 7days
4: Holi: 2 to 3 days
5: Dewali + firecrackers: 3 to 5 days
6: Ganesh puja: 3 to 5 days
7: Saraswati puja: 2 days
8: Laxmi puja: 2 to 5 days
9: Kartika purnima: 3 days
10: Nua khaee: 2 days to 5 days.
11: Viswakarma: 3 days
This is just a sample, many more smaller festivals have this mode, actually office may be open but due to holiday mode, most of the office people may be absent or some where but your work will not be done, compelling you to go on holiday mood.
Recently I had a taste of this mode. First due to Ramzan month the car mechanic was on holiday mode for quite some time, on the line was Kartik puja (God of mechanics) followed by Durga puja as a result of which my car remained in the garage for more than a couple of months. When I went to bring back my car I found a huge cobra keeping her eggs warm on the back seat of my car. Puja is now more than few days old but still then my car has not been delivered. My wife says “sell it and do not bring it home as I will never board it again.”When last contacted with my mechanic he said “sir-one more has entered your car”.