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For any Bengali child growing up in the 1990s and 2000s, the arrival of autumn wasn’t just marked by the scent of shiuli flowers or the rhythm of dhak . The true, official announcement of the Pujas came with a crinkling sound—the sound of a newly purchased being unwrapped.
Today, those 2013 copies are probably yellowed, dog-eared, and sitting in a steel almirah in a family home. But for anyone who read it, the stories are still fresh—and the memory of that first read, just before Maa started making the khichuri for Ashtami, is a festival in itself. anandamela pujabarshiki 2013
Anandamela was famous for its comic strips. In 2013, Handa Bhonda (by Narayan Debnath) was still running strong, though Narayan Debnath was aging. The comics in the 2013 Pujabarshiki captured the transition of Kolkata—trams vs. Uber (then just "radio taxis"). For any Bengali child growing up in the