WB: Durga Pooja Pandal that showcases life on India-Bangladesh border

A committee in West Bengal has built a Pandal that showcases life of Indo-Bangladesh border enclaves. houses modelled in Pandal showcase bullet marks on walls and houses are made of hay and thatched roofs. pandal is designed to give a feel of small vills on border. 

'Child of same soil'

" name of this me is "child of same soil". We human beings are creating boundaries and wall for each and every country. Whenever an initiative to divide soil is taken, opinion of people is t considered. Across world, people are suffering just because of se partitions that we have created," said a committee member while speaking to ANI. He also said that committee is trying to portray is that even if re is some demarcation between countries re should be rivalries between people. He also said that committee's mess to people is "Just make peace and t war." India and Bangladesh share a 4,156 km long border which happens to be fifth-largest in world.

Enclaves

India and Bangladesh share a 4,156 km long border which happens to be fifth-largest in world.  enclaves between India and Bangladesh border in Indian state of West Bengal were a long-standing issue between countries.   enclaves were reputedly part of a high-stakes card game or chess games centuries ago between two regional kings and also result of confused outcome of a treaty between Kingdom of Koch Bihar and  Mughal Empire. After  partition of India in 1947, Cooch Behar district merged with India and Rangpur went to n-East Pakistan, which became Bangladesh in 1971. 

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Or creative Pandals

Organisers in Varanasi recently designed a Pandal with 'Chandrayaan-2' as ir concept. pandal, which is around 100-feet in height, was completed in two months. Along with installation of idols of goddesses.

'letterbox Pandal'

pandal also has installations of ISRO chief K.Sivan.Ar Pandal designed by Kolkata's Chetla Agrani Club designed a 'Letterbox' pandal. Pandal has been decorated with 4000 old letterboxes and Typewriters, phones, radios, clocks. 

(With ANI inputs)

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