Mithila is an ancient form of art and is practiced in parts of Nepal and Terai. Ramayana mentions instances of Mithila city getting decorated with Mithila paintings (made by the women of the city) during the wedding of Sita. The city because so beautiful that it started getting called as Madhuban. Hence it is also called as Madhubani paintings. Currently this painting is practiced in Sitamari, Baishali, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Kishanganj, Bhagalpur regions of India. Everyday life is the main subject of these paintings and many women artists still use this artform to express themselves. Ishika Chandra and Deep Das conceptualised this pandal and the idol was created by Saikat Basu. Iman Chandra provided the background music.

Icche Amar Sabuj Patay Tinti Nayan Aaki

Bondebir Rupe tomay Maa boke Daaki

Sanjay Ghosh called the Pandal of Barisha Tarun Tirtha - Icche or "Hope" mentioning that the concrete jungle is slowly taking away all the greenery from the city and he wishes that everything changes towards a green revolution.  Ghosh says that in this eve of festival, o Durga, take this concrete filled city and fill it again with lots of greens. The atmosphere of the pandal resembles this thought. Arun Pal, Mallar Ghosh, Bimal Roy and Prashanta Electric created the pandal and ambience.

Robiul Islam and Debasish Karmakar imagined Jibonandan Das's Bonolota Sen and depicted their pandal to give the message of saving environment and promoting greenery. Sitalatala Kishore Sangha and its members put up an effort every year and collaborates with the artists to jointly create the pandal. With moderate budgets they come up with great efforts every year. 

Sister Nibedita Park immersed in the madness of Fifa Under 19 world cup. Kolkata being a football loving city was completely decorated and buzzing with the Fifa festive spirits along with Durga Puja. Sister Nivedita Park was not the only club which took football as the core theme of their pandal. The entire pandal was like a football ground and it was decorated with everything around the game - players, footballs, players, medals and the symbol of Bengal.

Kabir Suman created the background music at S B Park Sarbojonin and the concept of the pandal was "Selfie". The pandal touch the human mindset in the modern society where people are 'self' centred and are always thinking about themselves. Be it the obsession of 'selfie' or 'the attraction towards a continuous growth' 'the chair' 'the staircase', the society is getting obsessed with this. The pandal was created with tremendous layers of thinking and along with the music the atmosphere was though provoking.

Thakurpukur Club used colourful pencils and crayons to create the entire pandal. The atmosphere would be a delight to any child as well as everyone who loves creativity and innovation. New thoughts and innovation are something that never ages in any Durga Puja in Kolkata. Every year new flocks of artists surprise us with creations thats gets etched forever. Thakurpukur Club is one such puja and is definitely in my list of top 10 for 2017.