Among the 'Santas'

"Jingle bells, jingle bells,

Jingle all the way

Santa Claus is coming along

Riding down this way !" Heyyyyyyy!!!!

This is the most nostalgic and exciting song since childhood days announcing the super dramatic entry of Santa on his sleigh bringing fascinating gifts in the red sack. And this fantasy would keep us up the whole night praying to have a glance of his. But never had one!

Yet today, my wish came true. Yes! Yes, I saw Santa .. not one or two but ten in number. No not physically him yet a mindset, an ideology that portrays him.

The love for the unloved, the care for the unknowns, the happiness on those little faces were brightening their souls. How can't they be Santa?

I am thankful to those Santas from Jagaran NGO for organizing such an overwhelming event like 'Winter Dive 2k21' in Sri Ramakrishna Sarada Siksha Niketan, Nazarpur, Bagnan in collaboration with Rotaract Club of Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology, co-hosted by Sri Ramakrishna Sarada Siksha Niketan. It not only distributed academic appetite (that includes school bags, pens, erases, sharper, and also handmade pencils) and blankets and food and a piece of delicious Christmas cake to the people in need, but also some hundreds of precious smiles.

The altruistic act of donations started with the arrival and blessings of Swami Dharmarupanandaji Maharaja. Indeed a bliss was to touch his feet that nourished our soul with purity and peace. As invitees, we, the members of Jagaran Natya Dal experienced the greatest pleasure in the mesmerizing ambiance mixed with the aroma of selflessness, care, and bliss with the exchange of love with those women, young and olds, that went till the evening. Their eyes glittered with the happiness of getting some presents so precious and ours with the pride of being able to be a part of such a holy act of distribution.

After the completion of the event, we all begin our lunch with the holy Prashad of the math.

--- By Suchismita Ghosh