This Bengali family's Durga Puja outing feels like a warm hug from childhood

In an age of carefully planned holidays and picture-perfect social media posts, a Bengali family's simple outing has offered a refreshing change. The 20-second clip, filmed under Durga Puja lights, has gone viral.A Bengali family's Durga Puja outing has won the internet. (Photos: peek_humor/X)New Delhi,Oct 22, 2026 16:24 ISTFor 20 seconds, a Bengali family on a rickshaw has made the internet pause and look at happiness a little differently. Filmed during Durga Puja in West Bengal, the clip captures a couple singing along to a song as their young son sits beside them, all smiles under festive lights.The video features a man wearing glasses, his wife dressed in a magenta sari and their young son sitting together in a rickshaw on a narrow, festively lit street in North Kolkata. Fairy lights glow overhead, lending the ride a distinctly Durga Puja feel.At one point, the man turns to his wife and asks her in Bengali if she still remembers the lyrics of a song, encouraging her to sing a few lines. As the song Dugga Ma Asche by Infra plays, she joins in, singing along to the track while the family continues its ride.Watch the video here: Elon Musk is still the second richest guy in the world https://t.co/Ec975sEbCh— peek_humour (@peek_humour) October 21, 2026 The video has travelled across X, Reddit and Instagram, with the post on X alone garnering more than three million views. For many viewers, its appeal lies in how effortlessly it captures a kind of happiness that needs neither a special occasion nor an expensive outing.Several users reflected on how the pursuit of bigger milestones and material comforts can make people overlook the little things that bring contentment. Others pointed to the childhood memories such moments can create, lamenting how children today often have fewer opportunities to enjoy unhurried time with their parents. “Honestly, if this were fiction, we’d say it's too good to be true,” one user commented. Another wrote, “Some spend a lifetime chasing happiness. This little family already found it.”The clip also prompted a more personal connection for one viewer, who identified the woman as Priyanka ma’am, their former Physics teacher.Perhaps that is what makes the video so relatable. The family is not doing anything extraordinary, yet the scene feels familiar to anyone who remembers singing along to a favourite song on a ride home, watching festive lights pass by or simply spending time with their parents without a plan.In a world that often measures happiness by what comes next, this little rickshaw ride offers a gentle reminder that sometimes, the moment itself is enough.- Ends