Happy Durga puja! As we celebrate the Maa Durga festival, Bengali homes are decked up with Alpana Designs to welcome the goddess and bring in positive vibes. Although these days easy Alpana stickers ...

I must have been about five when I first realised that one didn’t always need a pencil to draw. I stood at the door of the puja room and watched my great-aunt dip her hand in a bowl of white paste.