AsTheYearEnds

|| May positivism be your appetite and love be the way of life,
May you win over your inner devils and come out stronger and louder..
May you do not have to put down others to go ahead,
May your way of life satisfy you and make everyone around you prouder ||

# HaveA_PeacefulAndProsperousNewYear (2019)
#StayBlessed!

DoesItAll

It is the era of technology, the era where a single button press does it all....
..."does it all", being clearly the key phrase!


A negative comment or disrespectful status update or be it a disheartening criticism, now a days, wins more admiration or "like", as the virtual language suggests.
The freedom of expression is taken a bit seriously when the matter of putting down someone comes into play. Everyone has there own opinion and as  a community of human beings we should respect that.
Personally, I never found the appeal to humiliate or negate someone in a public place (neither real nor virtual); that might be the reason because I am far down in the line of evolution.
If I do not agree with someone, I simply scroll down to other contents (there is that option, you know); but then I am the technologically challenged and naive person in the smart era!

Don't take me wrong, I am all for taking criticisms, I am proven wrong ten times a day by statistics, data and other more experienced fellow researchers; but that falls under constructive criticisms; I never found the appeal in criticizing someone in term of their personal tastes, preferences and choices, but then I might be the outlier among the otherwise "cool" people.

In the generation of "my life my rule", I can not stop anyone from doing anything actually. I am aware of it, so I do what I do best, write about it, because it hurts me at times. I could not care less, but there comes a point where I do, because I find the trolling unnecessary (toward anything or anyone).

Well, there is always the back-up of your friends if someone is bothering you, but then I do not think it is much of use when one does not have many of them as well in life!
And then it all comes down to the fact that "your happiness and peace lies within you"
....in short it is your own responsibility to choose your battles, choose where to use your energy and choose when to bother yourself with stuffs!
 I will however never get the appeal of demeaning someone just for the sake of fun or for proving my point!
...I find it of no shame admitting that I still fail to recluse myself at times from such menial stupidity but then again, I am human, yet I try!

Coming back on to the first thought, if "does it all" is the key and one has the means, motive and opportunity, to do something positive with it, we should at the least, try!

If your positivism comes from negatively affecting others, then you have a problem.
Please do not do that!
Make a resolution for the coming year that, if we do not have anything positive to offer to our fellow human beings, at least we won't be resonating any negativity toward them.

#BeKindToOthers
#StayBlessed!

TheSantaDeal!!

Santa Claus can not really come if there is no chimney in a house or so I thought, because the only other explanation of Him not coming would be that I had not been a good enough girl, for the past year.
Christmas always attracted me, I am not a very big fan of winter or cold but a decorated Christmas tree with ribbons and bells and socks and candles has always made me jump up and down.
I will any day prefer sweat to shiver, yet Christmas brought out an uncanny happy side of me..........

I have always decorated my room in anticipation that Santa will come with my gift; the gift that I have always known, could not be afforded as far as a middle class family goes ( that included one earning member and seven others who depended on him).

There has always been this part of me which I thought should not come out else people will mock.
I was not accepted with open arms by many of my family members initially because of being born as a girl (and of-course they wanted a boy) and I was made aware of it since childhood by them; so all my life I tried to be as less a girl as possible in front of everyone (in behavioral aspects at least); and so my heart's desire, till date, is only known by those hundreds of Christmas eves when I wished for my gift from Santa Claus.

As age increased I made peace with the fact that Santa Clause never comes and the real Santa Clauses are parents, who go out of their way to fulfill every desire.

So when my friends and cousins used to brag about how Santa came the previous night and left a gift for them, I simply used to smile and say, "My sock was not big enough for the gift I wanted" (Apparently one has to wish for a gift by standing in front of the decorated socks)..

It is waayyy past 12 o'clock IST, so it is officially Christmas here. Like every year, my room is decorated, no matter how meager it is, it has a sock in which I asked for this year's gift.

.....unlike all the previous years, this time I did not ask for anything new; but wished to get back everything and everyone those are lost by me...........(...and probably this is the first time I shared what I wished for)

You will be the first to know if I get it!
...till then!

Have a Merry Christmas!!
May God Bless All You Lovely People Out There!

#StayBlessed!

Children's Day!

||Life is not complicated,
people are.
We buckle down to grow up
.....and then fantasize to go back......
While growing old is imperative,
growing up is optional...
So keep that piece of child within, to march through the wilderness of life..||

#StayBlessed

What's on your mind?!!??!!

Imagination is the closest companion.. 

Being alone might be an option at times and compulsion in the other  but being lonely is a choice..

I believe that one can never be lonely, if an active imaginative mind exists....

A world beyond the tangible surfaces.

...Beyond the written and unwritten rules.

...Beyond the superficiality of the "suppose to be's".

...A place where the world exists the way one wants it to be.

I have a pro active imagination to say the least, which at times have gotten me into trouble to be honest(this includes burning and breaking things including body parts) but most of the times I enjoy it.....

I could be doing the most mundane of daily tasks yet can be standing at a cliff in Dublin soaking in the view of crashing waves. 

....or just having a gossip session with my mother with a hot cup of tea (you tend to miss the little things when you are not at home)....

Right now I am sitting on a sandy beach accompanied by the beautiful sunset and the sound of waves, refreshing me by the seconds....Blank papers and a pencil in hand, I think I have been trying to write my feelings but failing miserably, enticed by the surrounding..

It doesn't have to be hypothetical always; it can be an event you are looking forward to and playing in all the scenarios of how you are going to be in it.....

Be it a long pending plan or how to make a grand entrance to a friend's wedding, the content is irrelevant, as long as you are in your happy place mentally ....

......till you can be there physically.....

We are a generation where we exhaust our mind more than our body so relax it by going places where it relaxes the most........

....Even if not physically at that very moment, be there mentally .....Just for the time being......

#StayBlessed

वक़्त

|| हस्ते तो बचपन में थे,
अभी तो दूर से हँसी की आवाज़ पे मुस्कुराया करते हैं।

नाराज़ तो तब होते थे जब पता था कि यार-दोस्त मना लेंगे,
अभी तो नाराज़गी भी ख़फ़ा हो चली है।

ज़िन्दगी तो पहले जिया करते थे,
आजकल तो ज़िम्मेदारियाँ निभाया करते है।

दुनिया तभ भी ख़ूबसूरत थी और आगे भी हसीन रहेगी,
वक़्त के साथ बस देखने का नज़रिया बदल जाया करता है।l

পুজোর গন্ধ!

ঢাকে  কাঠি  পরে  গেছে। জানলার  ধারে  বসে  তিতির  মন  দিয়ে  শুনছে; পাড়ার  ঢাক  এর  আওয়াজ , মাইকে এনাউন্সমেন্ট , মন্ডপে  মানুষের   ঢল।
বাঙালির  দিনগোনার  অবসান।

২০২৩ এ  বসে, মনটা  কিন্তু  পরে  ২০১৩  তে।
অনেক  কিছু  বদলে  গেছে, বদলায়নি  শুধু  মন  খারাপ  টা।
না! পুজোর  আনন্দের  কমতি  নেই, কিন্তু  সেই  বন্ধুরা  দল  বেঁধে  ঘোরাটা আর  হয়না।
অনেক  মান-অভিমানের  সাক্ষী  এই  ১০  বছর।
শরৎ কালের  আকাশের  দিকে  তাকিয়ে , চোখে শ্রাবনের  ছায়া  নেমে  আসে  প্রত্যেক  বার। এখন  তো  ওটাও  একটা  অভ্যাসে দাঁড়িয়ে গেছে।

দিন আজও  কাটে।
রাত  আজও  হয়।
জল ও  পরে, পাতা ও নড়ে।
পৃথিবী ও  ঘোরে।

থেমে আছে  শুধু  বহিঃপ্রকাশ  টা।

আজকেও  নিজেকে  জোর  করেই  নিয়ে  দাঁড়  করলো  মা  দূর্গার  সামনে ....
মাথা  নিচু  করে, হাত  জোর  করে;
.....অনেক  চাওয়ার মধ্যে একটা  চাওয়া  একই  রইলো:

"সবার  কষ্ট  কমিয়ে  দিও  মা "

#ভালোথেকো  

#TonsilTales

People who catch cold very easily; I heartily sympathize with them.
The soaring pains in the tonsils,irritating itching of glands and the heart thrashing and exhausting cough are no stranger to me..

Tonsil attack or tonsillitis is a lesser known yet painful experience..Being awake throughout the night not because you can't sleep but because of coughing is one of the harshest feeling ever..

If you have a cough, soar throat and cold that seem to continue for over one month with equal vigour, you are having an attack. Please consult the best ENT possible and get tested.. ignoring such things can affect one's vocal chord in the long run....

Homeopathy is not trusted by many but does wonders in such cases on condition that you have to be patient enough to complete its course...

However when it becomes acute, no amount of medicine can help....
On an average if you observe such condition repeating 5times a year, it is acute....

Being fairly common, there seems to be no apparent cure for the common cold or any reason for why some people are more susceptible than the others......

Try to identify the symptoms early, seek medical attention and maintain all the restrictions that are required.....Throughout your life:
~no cold drink
~no ice cream
~no cold dessert
~no tamarind water or by product
~no curd (especially sour and cold)
~try and avoid AC
~try and avoid drenching in the rain
(If drenched, immediatly take bath in warm water)
~always carry a scarf or maufler even if it's not needed
~cover and protect both the ears from extreme cold winds and keep them warm

There's no easy way for people who suffer from it, and it's not always practical to follow everything....But try and do them as much as possible, if not always......

#StayHealthy
#StayBlessed

#HistoricVerdict

In a country like India, where inter-caste marriages are still frowned upon in many parts, it is a bold step for the Supreme Court to decriminalize homosexuality.....

The end of a law which is more than 100 years old, brought a sense of equality among the people as far as love is concern. Henceforth, everything said and done, no one can be treated any differently for simply loving the similar sex, by the law; as far as society is concern, it is still a long way to go.

I applaud the headstrong fight put up by the LGBT community and congratulate each one of them.

...Having said so, I also wish them strength for their coming fight against all their relatives and nosy-neighbors who, no matter what, will find a way to say "log kya kahenge" (what will people say?)..!!

#HistoricVerdict 

#ProudIndian 

#OneIndiaOneLove 

#DecriminalizationOf377

#GodBlessAllPeopleInLove

72YearsOld

||Independence is a responsibility...

Use it well..||

#15thAugust #HappyIndependenceDay_India

#StayBlessed

...হে বন্ধু বিদায়

।। আকাশের আজ মন কেমন
ভালো লাগছে না ঘ্যানঘ্যান, না কোনো ভাষণ
চলে গেছিলে তুমি সেই কবে ছেড়ে অনেক দূর
তবু রয়ে গেছে আজও  দিনটা  মনে
......সেই ২২সে শ্রাবন। ।।

#রবিঠাকুর_তোমারজন্য

Kolkata by Sripanth (Nikhil Sarkar)

I was in 7th standard, when I first read this book, but could not finish it..
I have been searching this book ever since (it's a little difficult when you do not remember the name of the writer)..
This book is about the existence, heritage and origin of the city of joy, Kolkata.. I am not a history buff, but somehow this had always been "the one that got away" kind of book to me.
As a reader, I loved the lucid writing and the sense of old school that this book brought to me..
The simplicity and the chivalry of the colonial era;the prominence yet the helplessness of the British capital is beautifully held up here by the writer, Nikhil Sarkar.

My search ends today...
My knight in shining armour of a little brother bought it for me, making it even more special, as it was from his first salary.......💓 ..
It is like I got hold of a slice of past, or even better, a piece of childhood...
That's an inexplicable feeling of happiness and I'm happy not to explain it...
#GoodRead #Colonialism #HistoryOfKolkata #AboutTheBritishCapital

#StayBlessed

FriendshipDay_CalenderSays!!

|| Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled.
...I'm glad for that || 
.....to each one, who has ever come into my life!

"The real frienship is like fluorescence, it shines better when everything has darkened.”  ~Rabindranath Tagore"

#FriendshipDay
#StayBlessed

TheStrangerThings

|| If you think that friends can be a good listener....
...try and share your thoughts with a stranger.....
.....Sometimes, it's easier to share your thoughts with someone who doesn't know you....||

#StayBlessed!

click!

|| The older 1 megapixel mobile cameras used to take blurry images, but had genuine smiles in them...
Today, the 24 megapixels digital cameras that produce the clearest of photos; capture the blurriest of smiles....||

#StayBlessed

Misinterpreted

I feel LOVE is the most misused word..

|| It is used, to take people for granted,

It is used to hurt people, one and the same;

It is used to manipulate some,

And then people say that love has failed them.

It is used to reveal the hidden;

It is used when convenient;

It is what it is,

And then people say that love is deviant ||

#StayBlessed

Round!

|| Sun is round 

So is Earth, more or less,

Footballs are round too,

And so is my face......|| 😁

#whocares

#SayNoToDiet #foodie #loveyourself

#StayBlessed

Survival!

||As the cloud covered sky cleared for a bit today, allowing the sun to come in,
Who knew that sights both serene and painful were yet to be seen...
Some nipped in the bud, as their courses had been run,
While some survived for the time being, and celebrated the glory with the morning sun...||

#StayBlessed

LeoMessiForever

I am an Indian first and then I am a huge fan of Lionel Messi...Yes the Argentine footballer...
That little boy with growth hormone deficiency, when ultimelty could play for his country, is a fairy tale in itself. But as is life, could not won the world cup for his team....

No matter how well he played, people criticized him and questioned his patriotism, since he was brought up in Barcelona, Spain(for his treatment)....
Having dual citizenship, he could play for Spain, but he listened to his heart and without thinking further, decided to play for a politically unrest country who can never understand his value, in compare to a country who produces world champion every year...

So, this is from a humble fan of yours...

Thank you Leo Messi for entertaining us....
You are no doubt the greatest footballer..

||Haters will hate....
But it is not in our blood to argue and detest..||

It is you sir, whom I salute.

#MessiForever
#ThankYouForTheFight

#StayBlessed

MyEscape

|| Music soothes
.....music stays...
Music calms
....music prays...
Music loves
...music feels
Music holds
...music steals ||

CLICK_toEscape

#StayBlessed

:HyderabadBengaliFilmFestival-5thEdition:

Three months of tumultuous planning finally lead to the 4days of extravaganza.
The 5th edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival held from 21st to 24th of June this year and the city of Nizam yet again experienced the vigor of Bangaliana (the Bengali ways).

With every successive year, comes the greater responsibility of making it a little better than the previous one. With this motto in mind, this year not only feature films were showcased but also a segment called SEED, which was for Short Films and Documentaries, was organized on the first day 

of the festival. 

Much like the feature films, the short film industry is also flourishing with directors and writers who have their own way of portraying the society, in fewer words. The response for this segment was overwhelming and entries were received not only from India but around the world.

There were 15 features films; of which 13 were Bengali movies (1 of them called PUPA directed by Mr. Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, was premiered here and about to release in July).

:Other movies that were showcased:

~IYE
~MAYURAKSHI
~SHONAR PAHAR
~ANDARKAHINI
~GOODNIGHT CITY
~ROKTOKOROBI
~RAINBOW JELLY
~UNDER CONSTRUCTION
~BECHE THAKAR GAAN
~ALIFA

Much like the last year, there were guest language movies as well, two this time; 1 in Marathi which was premiered here: AARON directed by Mr.Omkar Shetty. and 1 in Telugu.

There was a segment which was particularly very close to my heart called “Return To Classics” with the legendary director Mr.Tarun Majumdar.
Both his movies “ALO” and “NIMONTRON” were gems and pride of Bengali cinema and we were lucky enough to witness them with the man behind the camera, himself. The most memorable moment was when he touched my head while I was touching his feet and said,"Bhalo theko." (stay well). His simplistic ways and humble nature made me wonder of that time when gentlemen like him used to live. He is the last one among the living legends.

Among all the management and running around, there were moments that made me realize that ‘big stars’ as they say of Bengali or Marathi film industry, can be as normal as we are, be it actors or film makers. They laughed with us, ate with us, gossiped even, and made it more like a family event rather than a Film Festival.

In the interactive sessions, when viewers got a chance to interact with them after the screening of every movie, all the delegates present there, very gladly and lovingly greeted and answered all the queries irrespective of time and the length of the questions asked.

For a movie buff like me, HBFF(Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival) is more than just a festival, it is a chance to know people about whom we only read in news papers and getting to know them in a more humane level. Staying outside Bengal, it has always been a hurdle to watch good Bengali movies, but since the inception of  HBFF, more number of Bengali movies are being released in Hyderabad as the distributors too have realized about the Bengali crowd here.

Apart from being a star studded event, HBFF is very special to me on a personal level. It was the first event or gathering of people I went after I came to Hyderabad one and half years ago. Not only did I get to know some amazing people, I found that confidence in me that made me believe that I can survive in this city now. They welcomed me like I was one of them since forever. This is my second year as a part of the organizing crew of this amazing event and I can very proudly say that you are my extended family and that, it is because of you all, I have the sense of belonging now.

 Home is where your heart is. Thank you BiH family and Team HBFF for making Hyderabad, a home away from home, for me.
I will be forever grateful!

I love you all.

…..till next time..

#StayBlessed

all the pictures are
©Samarjit Sarkar Roy Mahajan

 Screen number 2, moments before the madness began

Team HBFF2018

The quiet airport

One of the southern states' airport in India is eerily quiet. No it's not empty....

The "quiet airport" as they say it, is so called because no announcement is made. One has to take help of the direction boards and the authorities roaming there, if any queries are to be made. 

In one of such airports, one fine day, a gentlemen enterd. With his moustachey smile, he managed to clear the security check in. 

It was one of those days when breakfast had to be skipped to be on time at the airport....

With a hungry stomach and half a smile he stood in front of the burger counter for sometime. After a lot of consideration he decided to go for a veg burger...

Although he was not satisfied with the eating options around, he settled for it...

After waiting for 10mins he got his burger......With hesitation in his mind he asked for an extra plate with it...The person at the counter was as a bit confused since no one asked for an extra dish....Like ever !!!

However, inspite of all dilemma and trouble, the gentleman happily got his extra tray (since plates were not available)...

After ending his struggle, he finally sat with his breakfast....

Took out the burger..

Took out the veggies inside..

Took the burger apart..

Separated the two and kept it on his extra tray..

Started eating...

Took one piece of bread from once a burger and added some veggies in it and put it in his mouth with a satisfied smile. 

His morning breakfast of "puri-sabzi" (bread and curry) was sorted.... 

This is called making something of your own!!!!!

#stayblessed

SecretAdmiring!

I personally have never seen the appeal of being secretly admired.
If it is that important and relevant, one should say it without hiding behind anonymity and in due time else should hold the silence forever..(trust me it saves lives)

It may have certain charms of its own, I won't deny that; but I certainly could never discern them..

#TooOldForThisStuff
#StayBlessed

TheSurrounding

Airports are like life.

We cheer on the arrival of someone. 

We get upset when someone leaves.

Then there are surprise airport encounters, which are like those moments in life when all of a sudden we find a person who comes in as a breath of fresh air, pleasantly surprising us, yet does not stay forever.

As the last light of the day was leaving the city, I too left its splendid vigor and witnessed the sparkling street lights from up above the world so high, and smiled.

....smiled because I saw people sitting on a staircase with their inevitable's (for the time being), looking up and planning their future endeavors..the ones where they have falsely included each other in all the thick and thins...

Funny how time flies!...

Funny how time changes!...

...The city gradually seemed like a distant dream, who was mourning my departure..and so was I..!!

#StayBlessed

IgnoreTheIgnorants

|| For every happy and celebratory post in the social media, there remains at least one critic, who, by his/her immense knowledge will let you know that how the "culture" and "genuineness" has lost all meanings because some have posted a selfie with their respective mothers on mother's day or a tricolor on independence day for that matter......
...not because they have nothing better to do, but surely what they do, causes enough frustration that makes them act like a Global Guardian.
..I pity them. I sympathize with them, because it's a disease...

...Valuing someone does not need constant validation, but being in the mortal realm we want someone to show us the love that we already know they have; it injects a sense of confidence, to say the least...

......So share away all the love, because the world is in a dire need of positive people....

And for the rest of them GetWellSoon.||

#HappyMother_sDay
#HappySunday

#StayBlessed 

LoveEludes!

||Sometimes it just takes a glance or two,

Sometimes, a lifetime to find the where and who...

Sometimes all the talking won't make any difference,

Sometimes one single sentence makes perfect sense...

No matter how hard you chase them all,

Love only comes when you are READY to fall..||

#sillyafternoonmusings

#in_a_musical_abode

#StayBlessed

SketchingTheChildhood

Drawing from memory is a challenge in itself...
I, however, am not an artist, yet there remains some memories which do not rests unless you brought it on the paper....
MaternalGrandfather's house, has always been my favorite holiday destination...
I just tried to draw less than half portion of a huge house that once was my center of all the imaginations and adventures..
It is the entrance which holds a great deal of significance in the sense that this is the first place where I used to feel free from all the shackles of my parents because I was in a different universe where I was the ruler of ALL; at the same time was the saddest of all when the vacation used to come to an end....

They are no more..

The house is no more, it has been modified by the new residents....

...but the memories of it can never fade...

#StayBlessed

TheMathsOfIt

|| The depth and ease of any relation is inversely proportional,
to the time taken for thinking,
 before one speaks...||

#RandomThoughts

#StayBlessed!

TheIdleEvening

|| Even if it's true,

....I am not really through. 

Even if I know,

....I still need time to grow.

I would have rescued you,

....But I needed to be rescued too.

I am neither a sinner,

....just letting you know, nor a saint to let you go..

But stay there,

....Lest I hold you tight..

I already have enough of you in me,

....to spend my life out right..

The wind that blows through, wanted to tell a tale. 

" you will ", I assured it,
" but now is not the time.
They are not yet ready.
Let the world be a little more sensitive.
Let them be a little fine." ||

#StayBlessed

The Perception

||The line between right and wrong,

Always depends on which side you are on.

Those who made you feel that efforts don't matter,

Love yourself enough to walk away from everything that makes you feel shatter. 

Those who are worth, no matter how, will stay,

Watch their actions and not just what they say.

Many have been a jerk to me as I have been to many,

So do not hate your ownself, it's not worth a penny.

Life is a mirror you get what you give,

"Keep smiling and the world will smile back", should be the only riff.

To find peace one needs to observe and not just see,

Sooner or later it will come, because it's meant to be.||

#StayBlessed

Balcony

|| Let me tell you a secret which is uncanny,
Everything has been witnessed by this balcony.

My wailing cry, my victory dances,
My serious face, all of my stupid stances.

Once the balcony door is closed behind me,
The world seemed to let me be.

Whether it's the darkest of nights or a beautiful dawn,
From being a loner to having company to bank on.

Every second among this flowery abode is special as one can be,
Nothing has changed since the last 6 years, I'm afraid that it's only me....||

#StayBlessed

শুভ নববর্ষ (১৪২৫)

|| সকাল সকাল উঠে স্নান এর তাড়াহুড়ো,

নতুন জামা পরে, কাঁধে নিয়ে, মা এর খালি ব্যাগ,

ঘরে ঘরে গিয়ে বড় দের প্রণাম সেরে ফেলা,

সে যে পয়লা বৈশাখের সকাল ছিল এক |

প্রণাম শেষে টাকা নিয়ে ট্যাঁকে করে ফিরে,

সবে মিলে গোনা শুরু কার কত আমদানি,

সেই মতো তো চিন্তা করে নতুন জিনিস কিনতে হবে,

সে তো সবাই জানি |

বাবার হাত ধরে সন্ধেবেলায়ে, সেই হালখাতা করতে যাওয়া,

আর মিষ্টির প্যাকেট অনেক গুলো করে,

নববষর্ষের টাকা দিয়ে তবে কিনতে ভুলিনি,

হাতে করে আমার  নতুন টিফিন বাক্স, নিয়ে এসেছি ধরে | ||

** নতুন বছর খুব ভালো কাটুক সবার **

#ভালো_থেকো

AfternoonThoughts!

|| Anyone who said that the silence of the night holds the loudest cries, has never been alone on a sultry and lazy afternoon,
....when the stillness and dizziness of the surroundings, provoke the soul to wake up to that inner cramp which takes forever to make peace with...

...known roads with unknown people
...familiar rows of trees yet strange shadows
...recognizable gates with ambiguous residents...||

#StayBlessed

Never&Forever_s!

Since the dawn of time, history stands witness,
....that in a war between "Friendship" on one side and "Girl" on the other.....
....I do not know whether the "Girl" wins or not;
But, "Friendship" looses!
Always!

(apart from Bollywood movies)

==========================================
||...never say NEVER, because there might,
..and do not say FOREVER, if you do not mean it right....||
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#midnightmusings

#StayBlessed!

Convenience

|| Do you know when people find you beautiful and appropriate?
~ when it is convenient; to them.
...so do not worry about approvals..||

#StayBlessed!

কালবৈশাখী

|| মনে আসে সেই বৈশাখের প্রথম ঝড়,
তবু ভাই বোনের সাথে বিকেলের খেলা, নাইকো তাতে নড়চড়।

জ্যৈষ্ঠের কালবৈশাখীতে সারা রাত মেঘের ডাক,
সকাল হতে না হতেই দৌড়ে গিয়ে আম কুড়োনোর ঝাঁক।

গরমের হাসফাঁসের থেকে সেই ক্ষনিকের শান্তি,
সেই অনবরত কাগজের নৌকো ভাসানো, নেই যে তাতে ক্লান্তি।

ছোটবেলার লাফালাফি আর রবি ঠাকুরের ছন্দ,
সময়ের চাকা ঘুরে গেছে, রেখে দিয়ে শুধু মাটির সোঁদা গন্ধ। ||

#ভালো_থেকো

FoolAround!

"I think I am in love with you"

"What!! are you out of your mind? Do not ruin our friendship by saying such things, you will get over it, trust me. There is a big world out there with someone who will actually love you as you deserve to be loved."

"haha!! APRIL FOOL!!"

......Today, once again, around the world, a real feeling will be capped by the art of prank..

#HappyAprilFool_sDay

#StayBlessed

HappyReading!

The most difficult thing a writer faces after writing a piece is, of the task to justify it...

People wondering that why it has been written or for whom, is it something happened to him/her or to someone they know..

I am not qualified enough to call myself a writer but being someone who loves to write, I can assure you that most of the times it's just a figment of one's imagination.
What you read doesn't necessarily mean it exists....It can very well be something purely concocted in one fine afternoon...

Having said so, there lies a little bit of reality in the fairy tales as well, so in the pile of fantasy, there might lie one or two spoons of truth, to be precise.

However, it's better to enjoy the piece as fiction rather than fixating on it..

#peaceout

#stayblessed

Un_named!

|| No! we are not friends, acquaintances may be.
No! we are not friends because we parted ways long back.
I know he is not a part of my journey,
...yet there's this feeling that never seem to lack.

No! we are not friends, but I know we pray for each other's well being.
No! we are not friends because it is what it is suppose to be.
Still, today I hear his suggestions,
...all the worldly knowledge that made me see.

No! we are not friends, will never be.
No! we are not friends, because I have always been a control freak.
However, I wish we meet someday and could just smile,
...and from that alone, you will know that, where ever we are, it's always your well-being that I seek.

"There are relations in world that do not require any name calling", you said to me one day.
Then I did not know that our's will be one of those, if I may say.
I am not even close to the person you searched, I guess
But there's not a cell in my body that wants anything for you but success.||

#StayBlessed

The Generation Gap

|| The term friendship has been distorted and misused enough to make a whole generation believe that tagging in social media is the only way to prove that one has friends...

....that if you don't go clubbing and post selfies, one is devoid of friends....

....that honest opinions can only be given through abusing and not just through a civil discussion. 

....that a beer holds more power as a truth serum than just a hot cup of tea and a sincere pair of ears. 

....that if it's causing you inconvenience, block yourself from that part of life, because that's the easiest way of inner peace.

....that if a guy and a girl started of as best of friends, they will end up either getting married or getting estranged, nothing in between (and if that doesn't happen, they were not best friends to begin with).

....that if it's not white, it has to be black and vice versa (had that been the case, there wouldn't have been so many shades in between).

....and that if you don't think whatever is written above is cool and acceptable, then you probably belong to another generation of species..

The term friendship has been distorted and misused enough to make another generation think that where exactly everything went wrong...||

#StayBlessed

PoetryDay

|| Love should be a feeling and never a decision,
I have felt it enough to know that at the end of the day, what matters is,
...Appreciation over possession...||

#WorldPoetryDay
#StayBlessed

UnFelt!

You know how someone immensely known becomes so oblivious that you can't even recognise his/her presence..

A place where you used to go to unburden, becomes a pile of unspoken estrangement...

A habit of being open when forced to turn to a limited interaction..

A feeling of safe space turning to a blank space...

The feeling of serenity turning to a shout in space...

The ones who don't know these feelings are the peaceful minds on earth...

For the rest of the world, I just wish no one dies with so much restlessness inside because no one deserves it.......

It's a great feeling when you know that someone is at peace because of you...But what people don't understand that peace doesn't come if either party is forcing it...There is nothing "necessary" about hurting one's self to bring peace...

Peace is achieved from inside .
....It's rare.... Nevertheless, we should try...Not by changing ourselves or our reality...But by accepting both...

#StayBlessed

#ToNature_Kerala

The lush green slopes,

...intoxicating visual of the tea estates,

A far away waterfall,

...accompanied by the Sun that sets.

The starry night sky,

...with erratic cloud covers,

The tea shrubs in middle of hide and seek.

...and a silence that hovers.

Down at the sea level,
...the houseboats oscillate,
Just adjacent, are the fishing nets that make all sorts of sudden noise,
...may be finally, the fish ate its bait.

Here the Sun rises from the backwaters,
...then set in the sea, splashing an amazing aura, to say the least.
And then the moon came with its full might,
...coating a silver canopy over the Venice of the east.

All the colors of rainbow is seen across the shelves,
..makes one to delve into them, suffering from a restless a shin..
The aroma of all the spices calling your name,
....open all the pores to inhale them in.

From the green that is soothing,
...to the Sun that's sultry.
It is rightly named as,
...God's own country.

#StayBlessed