"Beauty lies in every Frame of Life, so if it's worth the Attention, it's worth a Shot..!!"
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Saturday, 30 November 2019
Heal
Be content with yourself, without explaining your side of the story.
Learn to live tough and head held high because you are your own saviour.
Everyone has insecurities and fear, but one should not test it.
Those who are worthy will understand, those who don't, are not worthy..
Heal your mind and heal your soul!
#StayBlessed
Learn to live tough and head held high because you are your own saviour.
Everyone has insecurities and fear, but one should not test it.
Those who are worthy will understand, those who don't, are not worthy..
Heal your mind and heal your soul!
#StayBlessed
Last time
||The time when our hands touched, I realized that there is a rebel in me.
I never believed in the innocence and the magic of love , till I saw thee.
The conjure that made it happen
When you smiled, I smiled more often.
The trembling beats that refused to cease.
The time when I experienced both excitement and at ease.
A crooked smile that reached the eye.
The calling that was hard to say goodbye.
In an overly nosy world, I hide you in plain sight.
Because somethings are only for me to reminisce outright.||
#StayBlessed
Friday, 29 November 2019
Eye of the cyclone
It is always easy to play the victim (or stay quiet when others are making one) and difficult to own up to your deeds.
Be with someone/Be someone who has the guts to do the latter.
Walk away and one day you will find that not doing something is the best thing you have done!
The people who stays have always been worth it, the people who stayed back to worship the self proclaimed victim, never were!
When you are in the eye of the cyclone, everything around you remain a mess. Everything keeps swirling, don't break down, hold a little longer. Be the heartless monster everyone already thinks you are. Wait for it to settle down, and you will find out who stayed and what has actually been worthy!
#StayBlessed
Be with someone/Be someone who has the guts to do the latter.
Walk away and one day you will find that not doing something is the best thing you have done!
The people who stays have always been worth it, the people who stayed back to worship the self proclaimed victim, never were!
When you are in the eye of the cyclone, everything around you remain a mess. Everything keeps swirling, don't break down, hold a little longer. Be the heartless monster everyone already thinks you are. Wait for it to settle down, and you will find out who stayed and what has actually been worthy!
#StayBlessed
Thursday, 28 November 2019
পড়ন্ত রোদের হাতছানি!
কলকাতা আসলে আজকাল মন খারাপ হয়ে যায়।
মনে হয়ে কিছু একটা নেই। কতগুলো আটকে থাকা কথা, গুমড়ে থাকা মুহূর্তে, বলতে থাকে যে কাছে এসেও আসা হলো না ঠিক।
বিকেলের পড়ন্ত রোদে শহরটা খুব অচেনা লাগে।
ছোটবেলা টা চলে গেছে বহুকাল আগেই।
সেটা কে ধরে রাখার লোক গুলো ও হারিয়ে যেতে থাকে সময়ের সাথে।
যৌবনও গেছে বললেই হয়।
অভিমান ও দায়িত্বে মেশানো বড়বেলা টা মাঝে মাঝে গুমোট লাগে।
কি করা উচিত টা আগে ভাবতে হয়ে। কি করতে ইচ্ছে করছে সেটা তোলা থাকে পরের জন্য।
নিজের মতো বাঁচা টাই জীবন। তাও চলতে গেলে কিছু মানুষের হাথছানি কে উপেক্ষা করতে হয়ে কিছু মানুষের জন্য।
এই জন্য না যে তাদের আমরা ভালোবাসি না। হয়তো এই জন্য যে তাদের আমরা বেশি ভালবাসি তাই প্রত্যাশা টাও বেশি, ভেবে নি যে ওতো আমার ই মতো, হয়তো বুঝে যাবে!
সবসময় খাটে না। জানি!
শহর টার থেকেও ওই একই রকম বায়েনা করি। আর পাল্টাশ না শহর। আর দুরে যাস না।
ভালো থাক ছেলেবেলা।
ভালো থাক আমার শহর।
"MemoriesToBeCherished"
||Memories are weird.
Sometimes loved sometimes feared.
They are not only in photographs safe and sound.
But are attached to every little things around.
A similar place.
A similar tee.
A similar smell.
A similar whatever you have experienced it to be.
The food you shared.
The time you cared.
The roads that have been walked.
The topics that have been talked.
Memories are never alone.
Sometimes, they are attached to strangers, mostly to our own.
Some will anger you some sadden you the same.
But nothing can stop from thinking about them.
Memories can't be forcefully made
They are a mixture of what is heard and what is said.
Whatever little I have, I carry them with me.
My mind will always know what I can't always say, hear or see.
All the places that could have been seen.
The witty replies that could have been.
All the should haves that now will be never.
But the memories that are already made are thank God, forever.||
#StayBlessed
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
Friday, 8 November 2019
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
The Scarred Incident
People always ask me about why I share all the mental awareness write ups ?!
It is because I have seen it close enough several times to understand that people need to be aware of any kind of mental discomfort. Sitting in 21st century most people relate mental problems with madness which is preposterous.
I keep seeing people suffering from it and keep seeing people who are still ignorant.
For last couple of weeks, I have been a bit disturbed and did not know how to put words into my feelings because of one such incidents.
However, I had to pen it down else it would have started to affect me. (It is something that is suggested in therapy. If something is hurting you bad, you should let it out and keep letting it out till the time it stops hurting. Writing for me is such a thing!)
Amidst the festival of light, someone I knew decided to end her life.
I was not there and heard it couple of days later, yet I knew her enough that it made me sit in shock for a good amount of time. No she was not family but a close family friend of my aunt, so we knew her pretty well.
We knew what she was going through but most people did not. She used to do all the chores, laugh, talk, go out and do everything that one is expected. That is the problem with this diseases.
The people we live with have to be attentive enough to notice the small changes in our behavior because the time when the big changes will come into notice will be the time when there is no turning back!
Even in that fateful day she did all the work she is expected to and then decided that there is nothing to live for. I shudder just by thinking of the pain she was going through so much so that she did not even think about her kids.
Mental illness is a silent killer. It kills the person from inside to such an extent that they decide to end it from outside to ease out the pain.
So PLEASE talk to someone you know who is going through any kind of turmoil. You never know when a well versed conversation or just bursting of emotion can save someone's life.
In a world of social media we forgot how to talk to each other.
We remain busy chatting online that at times we forget that a kind "I am here to talk" can do what medicines can't.
#StayBlessed
It is because I have seen it close enough several times to understand that people need to be aware of any kind of mental discomfort. Sitting in 21st century most people relate mental problems with madness which is preposterous.
I keep seeing people suffering from it and keep seeing people who are still ignorant.
For last couple of weeks, I have been a bit disturbed and did not know how to put words into my feelings because of one such incidents.
However, I had to pen it down else it would have started to affect me. (It is something that is suggested in therapy. If something is hurting you bad, you should let it out and keep letting it out till the time it stops hurting. Writing for me is such a thing!)
Amidst the festival of light, someone I knew decided to end her life.
I was not there and heard it couple of days later, yet I knew her enough that it made me sit in shock for a good amount of time. No she was not family but a close family friend of my aunt, so we knew her pretty well.
We knew what she was going through but most people did not. She used to do all the chores, laugh, talk, go out and do everything that one is expected. That is the problem with this diseases.
The people we live with have to be attentive enough to notice the small changes in our behavior because the time when the big changes will come into notice will be the time when there is no turning back!
Even in that fateful day she did all the work she is expected to and then decided that there is nothing to live for. I shudder just by thinking of the pain she was going through so much so that she did not even think about her kids.
Mental illness is a silent killer. It kills the person from inside to such an extent that they decide to end it from outside to ease out the pain.
So PLEASE talk to someone you know who is going through any kind of turmoil. You never know when a well versed conversation or just bursting of emotion can save someone's life.
In a world of social media we forgot how to talk to each other.
We remain busy chatting online that at times we forget that a kind "I am here to talk" can do what medicines can't.
#StayBlessed
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Learn To Know The Difference
Not feeling well doesn't necessarily mean that someone has a physical discomfort; at times, the discomfort can be of the mind too.
Mental illness is twice more fatal than the physical one..
Learn to observe what you can't see.
#mentalhealthawarness
#mind
#anxiety
#depression
#PeaceofMind
#StayWellStayBlessed
Mental illness is twice more fatal than the physical one..
Learn to observe what you can't see.
#mentalhealthawarness
#mind
#anxiety
#depression
#PeaceofMind
#StayWellStayBlessed
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
রবির কথা
: ** Published in
"কোলাজ শারদীয়া ১৪২৬" (KOLAJ_DurgaPujoEdition
2019)-
Hyderabad, India** :
শ্রাবন মাস ও বাঙালির ভূতের আড্ডা টা প্রায় ওতপ্রোত ভাবে
জড়িত।
অবশ্য ৫ তলায়
ভট্টচার্য্য জ্যেঠুর বাড়িতে আমাদের আড্ডা টা শীত-গ্রীষ্ম-বর্ষা,বারো মাসের পার্বণ ছিল।
সে একবার বেজায় বৃষ্টি বাইরে,বেশ কনকনে আবহাওয়া,গুটিগুটি পায়ে আগেই পৌছে
গেলাম জ্যেঠুর ঘরে।
উত্তরের বারান্দার দরজাটা হা করে খুলে, ঠিক তার সামনে রাখা চেয়ার টা তে বসে, '.....বাহিরে
ঝড় বহে....' গাইতে গাইতে সিগারেট পাকাচ্ছে। আমাকে চশমার
ফাঁক দিয়ে দেখতে পেয়ে বললো, "বৃষ্টির ছাট আজ দক্ষিণে,
কুছ পরোয়া নাহি, চলে এসো। তবে একটা
আবদার আছে.." বলে সিগেরেটটা তে দুটো টান দিয়ে চশমার
ফাঁক দিয়ে আমার দিকে তাকিয়ে বললো,"আজ তুমি বরোদা, আমরা শুধু শুনবো। ভূতের গল্প ছাড়া আজ
কিন্তু জমবে না!"
জ্যেঠুর থেকে ভূতের গল্প শোনার লোভেই যে তখন হানা দিয়েছি,সে আর তখন স্বীকার করি কি করে!
ধরা পরে গেছি মার্কা হাসি দিয়ে বললাম,"তা একটু চেষ্টা করতে পারি।"
আড্ডা দলের বাকি সদস্যরাও সব উপস্থিত।জ্যেঠিমনি ততক্ষনে ৫কাপ
কফিও দিয়ে গেল,তার এক কাপে চুমুক দিয়ে জ্যেঠু বললো,"তাহলে আর দেরি কেন? এই বৃষ্টির রাতে কোথায়
নিয়ে যাবে আমাদের?"
কিছুক্ষন নিজের মনেই চুপ করে থেকে বললাম,"....গ্রীষ্মে ছুটি তে চলো।"
********
ছোটবেলার কিছু ঘটনা, কিছু মানুষ,
মনে এমন ভাবে থেকে যায় যে সেটা রোজ নাড়া না দিলেও, বিশেষ কিছু ঘটনা, কিছু পরিবেশ তাদের কে অবচেতন
থেকে আবারও স্পষ্ট করে তোলে। ঘটনা টার ঘনঘটা এতোই আকস্মিক ছিল যে সেটা আমাকে আজও মাঝে মাঝে ভাবায়।
আমার দাদুর বাড়ি ছিল বেহালা। স্কুলের গরমের ছুটি মানেই
ছিল আমার সেখান ঘুরতে যাওয়া।
এক মাস মা-বাবার থেকে দূরে, শুধু দিম্মার কাছে খাবো-খাবো বায়েনা আর
দাদুর কাছে এই-ওই বই কেনার বায়েনা। বলাই বাহুল্য সবই পূরণ হতো।
খেলার সঙ্গীর আমার কোনোদিন খুব একটা দরকার হয়নি কারণ
আমার এতই প্রবল ভাবনা শক্তি ছিল যে তার মধ্যে থেকেই দু-একটা ক্যারেক্টার জোগাড় করে নিতাম খেলার জন্য।
বিশাল তিনতলা বাড়ি, বাইরের বড় উঠন,
সেটা পেরিয়ে বাইরে যাওয়ার বড়ো গ্রিলের গেট, এতো জায়গা থাকতেও আমার
কয়েকটাই বিশেষ খেলার জায়গা ছিল।
একটা ছিল দোতলার ছোট-ছাদ, আরেকটা তিনতলার বড়-ছাদ, আর সব থেকে পছন্দের জায়গা ছিল এক তলায় সিঁড়িঘরের নীচে।
ওটার একটা বৈশিষ্ট্য এই ছিল যে ওখানে একটা রাস্তার দিকের
ছোট দরজা ছিল। দরজা টা খুলে দু চার ধাপ সিঁড়ি, আর তারপর একটা গ্রিলের ছোট গেট
যেটা পাড়ার রাস্তার দিকে খুলত। যদিও বেশির ভাগ সময় ওই দরজা টা বন্ধ থাকতো, তাও আমার একটা
অদ্ভুত আকর্ষণ ছিল ওই জায়গা টার প্রতি। রোজ বিকেল ৪টে বাজতে না বাজতেই দিম্মা কে
টানতে টানতে নিয়ে ওখানে বসতে বলতাম আমার সাথে, কারণ একা দরজা খুলে
বসা বারণ।
অগত্যা দিম্মা গ্রিলের গেটে তালা লাগিয়ে, সিঁড়িঘরের দরজা টা খুলে দিত। চা এর কাপ হাতে, বাইরের
সিঁড়ি তে বসে আমার আকাশ কুসুম গল্প শুনতো।
আর তখনই হাতে একটা লাঠি নিয়ে ৩-৪টে গরু তাড়াতে তাড়াতে আসত রবি
পাগলা।
ছোট থেকে ওকে ওই নামেই জানি।
শুনেছিলাম খুব ভালো অবস্থা ওদের বাড়ির, বিশাল বাড়ি ছিল,কিন্তু ছেলেটা একটু খ্যাপাটে বলে বাড়ির লোকও ওকে দূর-ছাই
করতো।ছোট থেকেই বেচারার আলজীবটা না থাকায় জড়িয়ে জরিয়ে কথা বলতো।
ওই গরু গুলো ওদের ই গোয়ালের। কথা বার্তায়ে গলদ ও মাথায়
একটু ছিটের জন্য বাড়ির লোক সম্ভবত ওকে রোজ গরু চড়াতে পাঠাতো।
"এনাদের ঠিত মতো ধাস (ঘাস) দিয়া বাসায় না নিয়ে ডেলে আমায় ভাত দিবে
না ওরা।" একদিন দুঃখ করে বলেছিল।
আমার সাথে কিন্তু খুব গল্প করতো ওই জরানো ভাষাতেই।
ছোটখাটো দেখতে ছিল, মাথার চুল গুল এলোমেলো, অসমান দাঁত, তবে হাশি টা আকেবারে মন জয়
করার মতন।
দক্ষিণ কলকাতার একটা কংক্রিটের পাড়ায় ঘাস আর কোথায় পাবে।
"বাড়ির পাশে আগাছা হয়েছে,যা তোর গরু গুলো কে খাওয়া",মাঝে মাঝে বলতে
শুনতাম দিম্মা কে।
আমাকে দেখলেই বুঝত যে গরমের ছুটি তে এসেছি। রোজ একটা করে
টগর ফুল দিত আমাকে,"এই নাও বোন,আমার বাতানের (বাগানের)”।
দিম্মা দাদু এই ব্যপার টা খুব একটা পছন্দ করতো না ঠিকই
কিন্তু আমাকে কোনোদিনও বারণ করেনি।
সেইবার আমার ফিফথ স্ট্যান্ডার্ড।
ছুটির গন্তব্য দাদুর বাড়ি।
প্রত্যেকবারের মতো এবারও বিকেলেই খেলা টা সিঁড়িঘরের
দরজার সামনেই।
"এই তো বোন! ছুতি
হল?"
আমাকে দেখতে পেয়ে রবি পাগলার আহ্লাদের প্রশ্ন।
দিম্মা চশমার ওপর দিয়ে তাকিয়ে আবার চা এর গ্লাস আর
গল্পের বই এর দিকে মন দিলো।
আমি আমার ড্রইং খাতা থেকে মুখ তুলে দেখলাম এক গাল হাসি
নিয়ে আমার দিকে তাকিয়ে মুর্তিমান।
"হ্যা গো। এই তো কয়েকদিন হলো। অনেক হোম-ওয়ার্ক দিয়েছে স্কুলে এইবার।"
"ভালো,অনেহ লেতাপোরা
তরে বলো হও।"
"তা তো বুঝলাম, কিন্তু
আমার ফুল কই?" মজা করে জিগ্যেস করলাম।
"এই যাহ:!!! জানিনা
যে তুমি আছো!! আজ আবার তারাতারি বাড়ি যাবো, সুন্দরী টা ভালো নাই। তালতে আনব। দিব্যি।"
"সে ঠিক আছে কিন্তু সুন্দরী টা কে?"
অবাক হয়ে আবার জিগ্যেস করলাম আমি।
"ওই আমার নতুন তালো দরু টা (কালো গরু টা), জ্বর বোধহয়। আজ আসি বোন।"
বলে ৩টে গরু নিয়ে ছুট দিলো।
খুব কষ্ট লাগলো আমার,"দিম্মা,ওর গরুর জ্বর, ওষুধ পাওয়া যাবে?"
আমার করুন মুখ দেখে দিম্মা হেঁসে বললো "ওর সব কোথায় কান দিস না। মাথা টা পুরো খারাপ হচ্ছে যত দিন যাচ্ছে!
চল পার্ক থেকে ঘুরে আসি।"
গরমের ছুটির সবে এক সপ্তাহ কেটেছে, আর পরের সপ্তাহতেই হাজির হলেন কালবৈশাখী মহাশয়।
বাইর কালো করে অনবরত বৃষ্টি পরেই যাচ্ছে সঙ্গে বজ্রপাতে
কান ঝালাপালা। আর ভিতরে দিম্মার বেগুনি ভাজার গন্ধ। আহা! কি আরামের জীবনই না ছিল।
সেইদিনকার মতো দিন শেষ হলো খিচুড়ি আর আলুরদম দিয়ে।
পরের দিনের আকাশে গতকালের কালবৈশাখীর কোনো চিহ্ন নেই।
রাস্তায় ছড়ানো গাছের ডাল, পাতা আর কোনো এক
বাড়ির গামছা। সুন্দর ঝলমলে
আকাশ,
ঠান্ডা হওয়া দিচ্ছে, রোদের তেজ তখনও কম।
দুতলার ছাদে আমি কিৎ-কিৎ খেলছি। দিম্মা নিচে রান্নাঘরে
দুপুরের খাওয়ার প্রস্তুতি চালিয়ে যাচ্ছে আর দাদু কোনো এক কাজে বাজারে গেছে।
হঠাৎ নিচ থেকে রবি পাগলার গলা,"বোন! বোন!"।
দৌড়ে পাঁচিলের কাছে গিয়ে পা উঁচু করে নিচে তাকিয়ে দেখি
রবি পাগলা। এক হাতে এক গুচ্ছ টগরফুল আর এক হাথে লাঠি, পাশে একটা কালো গরু নিয়ে সিঁড়িঘরের দরজার সামনে দাঁড়ানো।
"এইদিকে, ওপরে তাকাও",
জোরে সারা দিলাম আমি।
সে ওপরে তাকিয়ে আমাকে দেখে এক গাল হেসে বললো,"তোমার, সব ফুল তোমার"।
"দাড়াও আমি আসছি", আমি আবার চেঁচালাম।
"না না আমার তাড়া আছে, এই যে সুন্দরী, ওষুধ চাই, নিতে যাচ্ছি, রাতলাম (রাখলাম), সিঁড়ির ওপর। পরে নিয়ে নিও।",
বলে ছোট গেটের গ্রিলের ফাঁক দিয়ে হাত ঢুকিয়ে রেখে দিল। তারপর
ওপরে তাকিয়ে,"এলাম" বলে
একগাল হাসি দিয়ে চলে গেল।
হঠাৎ বাইরের দরজার বেল বাজলো। 'ওই তো দাদু এসেছে', নিচে ছুটলাম, বাজার থেকে যদি জিলিপি আনে, তার লোভে।
দিম্মা ততক্ষনে দরজা খুলে দিয়েছে। গম্ভির মুখে আমাদের
দিকে তাকিয়ে বললো,"একটা খবর শুনলাম"।
"কি হয়েছে?" চিন্তিত
ভাবে জানতে চাইলো দিম্মা।
"রবি পাগলার দাদা নাকি গরুটা কে ডাক্তার
দেখানোর বাহানা তে একটা ছোট মাল নিয়ে যাওয়ার গাড়ি করে, দুজন
কে কাল ওই বৃষ্টি ঝড়ের মধ্যে ময়দানে ছেড়ে দিয়ে এসেছে।ওই প্রচণ্ড বৃষ্টি আর বিদ্যুৎ
এ গরু তো ময়দানে ভয় পেয়ে দিশা হারা হয়ে ছুট দিয়েছে আর তার পিছনে রবি যেই দৌড়েছে,
ওর দাদা উল্টো দিকে ফিরে একা বাড়ি চলে এসেছে।"
দাদু একটু থামলো।
"না বেচারার কাছে টাকা আছে,না জামা কাপড়,না বাড়ি চেনে। ও তো কোথাও
ইলেক্ট্রিকে শক খেয়ে পড়ে থাকবে!! মানুষ আর মানুষ নেই। ছি!
ছি!" বলতে বলতে দাদু হাথ-পা ধুতে চলে গেল।
দিম্মাও জিলিপির প্যাকেট টা নিয়ে রান্নাঘরে রাখতে গেল, আমি হাঁ হয়ে দাঁড়িয়ে কিছুক্ষন ভাবলাম!
'ময়দান!! কি বলছে দাদু!!
সে তো অনেক দূর এখান থেকে। তবে যে সকালে আমাকে ফুল...…..তাই তো! ফুল!'
দৌড়ে দিম্মার কাছে গিয়ে বললাম,"একবার ছোট দরজাটা খুলবে প্লিজ?"
আমার চোখ মুখ দেখে সুবিধার মনে হলো না হয়তো,তাই তক্ষুনি ছোট দরজার কাছে গেলো। দরজা খুলে দিম্মা হতবাক!!
"এই এতগুলো টগর ফুল সুন্দর ভাবে বেঁধে রেখে
গেছে কে?"
তারপর থেকে ওখানে বসে আমি আর কোনোদিন খেলিনি।
আর কোনোদিন রবি পাগলা কে ওই পাড়ায় কেউ দেখেওনি।
আমিও না!
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কিছুক্ষন সব চুপচাপ। কফি
কাপগুলো সবার ফাঁকা।
"আরেক রাউন্ড চলবে?" নীরবতা ভাঙাল জ্যেঠিমনি
এসে।
সবাই সমবেত সুরে "হ্যাঁ"জানান দিলাম।
"কষ্ট পাবো নাকি ভয়? দুটোই
সমান ভাবে হচ্ছে যে!",জানালো একজন।
"তেনারা আছেন আমাদের মধ্যেই,এইটাই বোঝা গেল।", আরেকজন বক্তব্য প্রকাশ
করল।
আজকের সন্ধ্যার তৃতীয় সিগেরেটটা তে শেষ টান দিয়ে জ্যেঠু
গম্ভীর ভাবে নড়েচড়ে বসলো,"ওই যে শীর্ষেন্দু
তেনাদের নিয়েই বলেছেন,'সদভাব রাখলে সকলের কাছ থেকেই কাজ
পাওয়া যায়',ওইটাই মোরাল অফ দা স্টোরি"।
এই অতুলনীয় বিশ্লেষণে সবাই হাসি তে ফেটে পড়লো।
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Friday, 20 September 2019
||The One Where I Got My Doctorate||
Having a doctorate degree is not the end of the line, it is
just the beginning. It signifies that the responsibility of enriching the field
and minds of people have been passed on and one is expected to contribute in it.
I am lucky enough to have such parents who do not care what
society says as far as my career choices are concern, but that did not prevent
them from getting affected!
In a time when
flaunting synonymies with existence, I tried not to showcase my academic
journey of last 5 years and 3 months to be precise; which, to some might look, that
I was having a time of my life and the degree was just handed to me on a silver
platter!
To them, I say thank you…because had you not underestimated
me, I would not have doubled my efforts.
To those who said that I was wasting my time, I say thank
you, had you not criticized me, I would not have prepared myself in such a way
that got me appreciation from my idols who are stalwarts.
To those who said that I should have had an appropriate
amount of savings by now to be happy, I say thank you because you were right I
do not have savings and have educational loan but there is a slight chance that
future generation may read my reference in their texts, and believe it or not
that makes me happy!
To all those people who said that a PhD could be bought, I say
thank you…..because I felt so sorry for the state of R&D(Research and Development) in our country
(and also mentality of people, but one thing at a time), that I gave every ounce of
my energy and mental peace into it just so I can finish mine as soon as
possible.
I am not the same person as I was when I started it.
My surroundings got changed.
People with whom I interacted on a daily basis got changed.
My residence got changed.
My city got changed.
My outlook got changed.
My temperament got changed.
I got to know what depression looks like.
I got strength from unexpected places.
I made new acquaintances which gave me a sense of belonging.
....And few constants who genuinely feels happy for me, to those, I owe incredibly.
People with whom I interacted on a daily basis got changed.
My residence got changed.
My city got changed.
My outlook got changed.
My temperament got changed.
I got to know what depression looks like.
I got strength from unexpected places.
I made new acquaintances which gave me a sense of belonging.
....And few constants who genuinely feels happy for me, to those, I owe incredibly.
And most importantly I got one permanent roommate who has
been incredibly patient through all these madness!
So to ALL who remain ready to criticize, it is just a humble
request that please do not discourage anyone who wants to go into academics and
research because it, in itself, is one of the hardest career choices. You may
not understand something but that does not diminish the value of the same.
And to those who want to get into the academic sector; it is
incredibly self satisfying, however, if you want to flaunt your bank balance or
photographs of foreign tours you might need to wait a bit longer. It is nerve
wrecking in a world of social media so if you do decide to go into R&D,
surround yourself with people who will never give up on you; even more, when you
want to give up on yourself.
#StayBlessed
Monday, 26 August 2019
My Prized Possession
To follow your passion and keep it close, is a very rare thing.
A lovely oil painting on canvas for me, done by the very talented Mr.Subhashish Mitra ....
A lovely oil painting on canvas for me, done by the very talented Mr.Subhashish Mitra ....
He was my father's one of the best friends and a great part of my childhood. However, he moved to New Delhi to pursue his passion of painting and meeting with him after more than a decade was no less than an exhilarating feeling for me!
I have always admired his work and finally got hold of one such beauty. He made it especially for me, and I was humbled by his loving gesture. I love anything that is creative in nature and he gave me a portion of his life that he will never get back, because I know how long such oil paintings take.
I love him and it beyond words.
#StayBlessed
Friday, 23 August 2019
One day at Agra!
A few days back, I visited the city that holds one of the wonders of the world, the city of Taj Mahal; Agra, India!
There's nothing more I can say about this man made wonder that was not said earlier.
With all due respect, I was not as spellbound as I imagined or may be I had expected something unrealistic (I do that).
But nonetheless, it is a magnificent white structure, and the authorities are doing everything to retain its grandeur. It photographs well (my primary motive) and now I can say that I have seen one of the wonders of the world (tick on my check list).
After a tiresome photoshoot at the Taj, I went to Agra Fort. And I loved it.
I have a special fascination with forts and Agra Fort was not an exception to that obsession.
Standing in front of ShahJahan's prison cell, I was actually feeling bad for the sultan whom I otherwise loath for his cruelty towards the craftsmen who built Taj Mahal.
The particular sentiment was due to the view, it is said that he used to watch the Taj where his beloved wife is burried and the Taj in a full moon night with the river Yamuna flowing beside it, used to give a amorously melancholic feeling.
I don't know how long I was standing there, inhaling that view!
While I had my share of adventure in Delhi, Agra was not ready to bid me goodbye without a piece of its own!
I was siting in a beautiful darbar, most probably it was Diwan-e-aam. Exhausted by the day's trip, I was thinking of heading towards the bus depot to go back to Delhi. I leaned in on one of the pillars, and the crowd was thinning. The proverb "morning shows the day" once again was about to be proven wrong. The sky was overwhelmed by grey clouds. The nice breeze now was transforming into stormy winds. Within a few seconds lightning begun accompanied by thunder. I love this kind of weather, the moments that lead up to the rainfall, when the winds carry the smell of the approaching rain!
While I was enjoying my absolutely perfect moment, suddenly lightening struck right outside the gallery, and right in front of me on a heap of bricks and clay. Before I could understand anything, I was blinded by the light of it and deafened by the roar of thunder. No man or woman was hurt luckily. After passing a few seconds, I realized that one of the pegions got stuck under a brick while its friends flew away..
I came down the gallery and no sooner I removed the piece of brick than it flew away, in pain, nonetheless it was free..
With camera on my shoulder, I realized that I failed to capture the most astoundingly shocking and beautiful moment of that day, and that those can only be described in words.
Next time you visit there, and if you happen to see a bird with sore wing, say hi to it from me!
#StayBlessed
©A_DGTcapture
There's nothing more I can say about this man made wonder that was not said earlier.
With all due respect, I was not as spellbound as I imagined or may be I had expected something unrealistic (I do that).
But nonetheless, it is a magnificent white structure, and the authorities are doing everything to retain its grandeur. It photographs well (my primary motive) and now I can say that I have seen one of the wonders of the world (tick on my check list).
After a tiresome photoshoot at the Taj, I went to Agra Fort. And I loved it.
I have a special fascination with forts and Agra Fort was not an exception to that obsession.
Standing in front of ShahJahan's prison cell, I was actually feeling bad for the sultan whom I otherwise loath for his cruelty towards the craftsmen who built Taj Mahal.
The particular sentiment was due to the view, it is said that he used to watch the Taj where his beloved wife is burried and the Taj in a full moon night with the river Yamuna flowing beside it, used to give a amorously melancholic feeling.
I don't know how long I was standing there, inhaling that view!
While I had my share of adventure in Delhi, Agra was not ready to bid me goodbye without a piece of its own!
I was siting in a beautiful darbar, most probably it was Diwan-e-aam. Exhausted by the day's trip, I was thinking of heading towards the bus depot to go back to Delhi. I leaned in on one of the pillars, and the crowd was thinning. The proverb "morning shows the day" once again was about to be proven wrong. The sky was overwhelmed by grey clouds. The nice breeze now was transforming into stormy winds. Within a few seconds lightning begun accompanied by thunder. I love this kind of weather, the moments that lead up to the rainfall, when the winds carry the smell of the approaching rain!
While I was enjoying my absolutely perfect moment, suddenly lightening struck right outside the gallery, and right in front of me on a heap of bricks and clay. Before I could understand anything, I was blinded by the light of it and deafened by the roar of thunder. No man or woman was hurt luckily. After passing a few seconds, I realized that one of the pegions got stuck under a brick while its friends flew away..
I came down the gallery and no sooner I removed the piece of brick than it flew away, in pain, nonetheless it was free..
With camera on my shoulder, I realized that I failed to capture the most astoundingly shocking and beautiful moment of that day, and that those can only be described in words.
Next time you visit there, and if you happen to see a bird with sore wing, say hi to it from me!
#StayBlessed
©A_DGTcapture
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
The perks of knowing a wallflower 😊
There are people who doubt themselves because they do not belong to the general idea of "suppose to be".
It is not because that they do not have people around who care for them or adore them.
Yet they doubt themselves because no one ever call out there innate uniqueness as a "job well done". Criticize, yes!May be sometimes!
But that is not always the fault of the people around, because people seldom go out of their way to notice anything different; even more so because such wallflowers exert immense confidence outside, they had to, because inside they know they are different and are ashamed of it to some extent.
Being weird or different make them accept the fact that whatever they are getting, in terms of any adoration or admiration is more than enough!
They not for once think that they can deserve more, because in most cases there are no one to point that out.
If you have someone in you life who sees what you deserve beyond the conventional realm, never let them go.
And if you know any wallflower, do not let them settle; tell them that their being different is the perk of their existence!
It was long overdue, but I loved both the book and the movie (ThePerksOfBeingAWallflower)
It's neither the summary nor the interpretation, but the feeling which I got when I read.
You may have a different one!
Do read or watch it. I rarely love a movie inspired by a novel, but I'm glad that this was an exception.
#StayBlessed
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
NotATravelBlog_JustAnExperience
|| I have travelled alone in lots of places in India; yet when one listens the name of our national capital, a mixture of concern and fright comes in mind, no matter how old you are!!
Having said that, in my very tiny experience I realized that most people will try to help you, without selfish interest, and will guide you especially after knowing that you are a tourist. Or may be I was just lucky!!
We know the skeleton of places we reside the best, but satisfying an outsider also should be given points.....
Full marks to NCR and Agra for that!! ||
#DelhiDarshan
#AgraDarshan
#solotrip (sort of)
#architecture_lover
#indianhistorylive
#mobilephotos
#StayBlessed
Having said that, in my very tiny experience I realized that most people will try to help you, without selfish interest, and will guide you especially after knowing that you are a tourist. Or may be I was just lucky!!
We know the skeleton of places we reside the best, but satisfying an outsider also should be given points.....
Full marks to NCR and Agra for that!! ||
#DelhiDarshan
#AgraDarshan
#solotrip (sort of)
#architecture_lover
#indianhistorylive
#mobilephotos
#StayBlessed
Sunday, 4 August 2019
Friday, 28 June 2019
Thursday, 13 June 2019
Monday, 3 June 2019
Pre-monsoon Showers
|| You know that feeling when the parched earth receives the first drops of rain....
The feeling when it's a relief from the heat of pain....
That jostling content that comes from the smell of wet soil, and makes everything feel fresh and new....
.....that is the same feeling I have everytime I look at you..||
#StayBlessed
The feeling when it's a relief from the heat of pain....
That jostling content that comes from the smell of wet soil, and makes everything feel fresh and new....
.....that is the same feeling I have everytime I look at you..||
#StayBlessed
Sunday, 2 June 2019
Musings
|| When the coming seconds mock with uncertainty,
I wonder how to regain the composure of the ruffled minds!!
When there are thousand heart-less reasons to insanity,
Its hard to scour for a single soulful reason to sanity!!
When the pain resonates with the harmony of the silvery night,
I sit and wonder how you escaped into the peaceful slumber-y flight!! ||
#DearDiary
#StayBlessed
I wonder how to regain the composure of the ruffled minds!!
When there are thousand heart-less reasons to insanity,
Its hard to scour for a single soulful reason to sanity!!
When the pain resonates with the harmony of the silvery night,
I sit and wonder how you escaped into the peaceful slumber-y flight!! ||
#DearDiary
#StayBlessed
Saturday, 1 June 2019
Friday, 31 May 2019
#HostelDiaries
One cloud covered, storm approaching afternoon seemed like the appropriate one for us to visit the Ganga ghat (Ganges). Assi, being the nearest one was our obvious choice.
We were four people.....Let's just say some of us were ready in minutes and had to force the rest...
But the afternoon succeeded by the evening was amazing. The clouds, the strong breeze with the wind from the Ganga was just perfect.
Sipping lemon tea, those stairs will forever remember our laughs!
#StayBlessed
We were four people.....Let's just say some of us were ready in minutes and had to force the rest...
But the afternoon succeeded by the evening was amazing. The clouds, the strong breeze with the wind from the Ganga was just perfect.
Sipping lemon tea, those stairs will forever remember our laughs!
#StayBlessed
Friday, 17 May 2019
The End!
I have always had a finite number of people in my life.
The rest of my life had always been occupied by my self-knitted world, which obviously includes "books" and more recently for the past decade "movies" and "TV series". I am not a soap opera kind of person. Daily life drama doesn't intrigue me, because if you look around you have enough of those already.
I am more skewed towards the genre of comedy and thriller with the occasional curiosity for science fiction and fantasy.
When a book ends, there comes an emptiness that can only be felt by a few people who has an over active imagination.
The collapse back to reality takes a bit of getting used to!
This happens even when a favorite TV series comes to an end, or when a movie franchise, who has been a part of not only your adult life but also your childhood through various cartoons, decides to end their game.
Appreciation and criticism are the parts of life but that can not take away the feeling when I gasped and laughed and feared together with the characters, while watching them. It was like being in the same room with them.
All those times when the day did not turn as I anticipated, the world of queens and dragons or sometimes a gang of nerdy scientists made me forget all about it.
In the last few years (that includes last couple of days) I have said goodbyes to some of the virtual relations who proved more real at times, when the real ones were not around.
All of them taught me something!
As Tagore once said that if you search with your heart and soul, there is knowledge in simplest of places like in ashes.
Every time a part of me faded as they ended but every time I gained a new part in me:
The Harry Potter series : There is magic in everything. All your quirks someday will lead you where you are meant to be.
FRIENDS : (although I watched its re-runs, it still felt real when the last episode ended)
No matter how different you are and how good and bad your day was, there are people in your life who will make fun of you but will always stand by you and your choices, no matter what. People who will support you in public, but also correct you in private so that next time you do not make a fool of yourself.
Love comes in different forms but eventually friendship wins!!
SHERLOCK HOLMES TV Series : Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. Do not just see; observe.
White Collar : Partnership, no matter what kind it is, based solely on trust and nothing else. There is a pinch of goodness in a con man as well, one just need to find a right partner to bring that out!
Castle : When logic defies you, search for the story because no matter how strange it is, there is a story that binds everything and everyone...always!
VEEP : The satirical enactment of the political system of the world, and the fact that Power and Conscience do not go hand in hand!
The Big Bang Theory : It is okay to be different and slow in terms of the choices that you make in life. It is okay to be nerdy, it is okay to follow a different path and it is okay to do something that few people understand and accept as a career.
It is okay to be a researcher whose last few experiments were inconclusive. And most importantly it is okay to not be okay with yourself at times as long as you have people around you who whether they understand you or not will be there to distract your mind and help you make a fresh start tomorrow.
The Avenger movie series : Superheroes are people who faced situations that were not possible to live through yet survived and came out stronger.
Game Of Thrones (2days left for he final episode) : Family is the most important thing in the world. No matter where you go and how much knowledge you gain, at the end of the day if that is not used to protect your family, it is of no use. Power is nothing (even if Cersie said otherwise), if you do not have your family to support and rejoice with you.
Do not just be clever. be wise!
I will obviously watch and re-watch everyone of these but the feeling that there will never be another again, is somewhat heart breaking.
.......as Tony said, "part of the journey is the end".
|| So here's to them who made the reel real.
...so that life is a little easy to deal.
Out there is another you.
...who is in a dire need of a friend like you.
Match your quirks with another one.
...and life, as impossible as it may seem, will be fun.
In all of you I found that space,
...that slowed me down and taught me to look around in this race.||
To all the sad fans out there,
Sunset is the proof that endings can be beautiful too but let's just hope that the endings will bring new beginnings soon enough!
#StayBlessed!
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The rest of my life had always been occupied by my self-knitted world, which obviously includes "books" and more recently for the past decade "movies" and "TV series". I am not a soap opera kind of person. Daily life drama doesn't intrigue me, because if you look around you have enough of those already.
I am more skewed towards the genre of comedy and thriller with the occasional curiosity for science fiction and fantasy.
When a book ends, there comes an emptiness that can only be felt by a few people who has an over active imagination.
The collapse back to reality takes a bit of getting used to!
This happens even when a favorite TV series comes to an end, or when a movie franchise, who has been a part of not only your adult life but also your childhood through various cartoons, decides to end their game.
Appreciation and criticism are the parts of life but that can not take away the feeling when I gasped and laughed and feared together with the characters, while watching them. It was like being in the same room with them.
All those times when the day did not turn as I anticipated, the world of queens and dragons or sometimes a gang of nerdy scientists made me forget all about it.
In the last few years (that includes last couple of days) I have said goodbyes to some of the virtual relations who proved more real at times, when the real ones were not around.
All of them taught me something!
As Tagore once said that if you search with your heart and soul, there is knowledge in simplest of places like in ashes.
Every time a part of me faded as they ended but every time I gained a new part in me:
The Harry Potter series : There is magic in everything. All your quirks someday will lead you where you are meant to be.
FRIENDS : (although I watched its re-runs, it still felt real when the last episode ended)
No matter how different you are and how good and bad your day was, there are people in your life who will make fun of you but will always stand by you and your choices, no matter what. People who will support you in public, but also correct you in private so that next time you do not make a fool of yourself.
Love comes in different forms but eventually friendship wins!!
SHERLOCK HOLMES TV Series : Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. Do not just see; observe.
White Collar : Partnership, no matter what kind it is, based solely on trust and nothing else. There is a pinch of goodness in a con man as well, one just need to find a right partner to bring that out!
Castle : When logic defies you, search for the story because no matter how strange it is, there is a story that binds everything and everyone...always!
VEEP : The satirical enactment of the political system of the world, and the fact that Power and Conscience do not go hand in hand!
The Big Bang Theory : It is okay to be different and slow in terms of the choices that you make in life. It is okay to be nerdy, it is okay to follow a different path and it is okay to do something that few people understand and accept as a career.
It is okay to be a researcher whose last few experiments were inconclusive. And most importantly it is okay to not be okay with yourself at times as long as you have people around you who whether they understand you or not will be there to distract your mind and help you make a fresh start tomorrow.
The Avenger movie series : Superheroes are people who faced situations that were not possible to live through yet survived and came out stronger.
Game Of Thrones (2days left for he final episode) : Family is the most important thing in the world. No matter where you go and how much knowledge you gain, at the end of the day if that is not used to protect your family, it is of no use. Power is nothing (even if Cersie said otherwise), if you do not have your family to support and rejoice with you.
Do not just be clever. be wise!
I will obviously watch and re-watch everyone of these but the feeling that there will never be another again, is somewhat heart breaking.
.......as Tony said, "part of the journey is the end".
|| So here's to them who made the reel real.
...so that life is a little easy to deal.
Out there is another you.
...who is in a dire need of a friend like you.
Match your quirks with another one.
...and life, as impossible as it may seem, will be fun.
In all of you I found that space,
...that slowed me down and taught me to look around in this race.||
To all the sad fans out there,
Sunset is the proof that endings can be beautiful too but let's just hope that the endings will bring new beginnings soon enough!
#StayBlessed!
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Tuesday, 14 May 2019
ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པ་དྨེ་ཧཱུྃ
ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པ་དྨེ་ཧཱུྃ (OmManiPadmeHum)
“Be pure in body mind and speech. Follow the path of wisdom with love and compassion. Be conscious of yourself and your actions.”
“Be pure in body mind and speech. Follow the path of wisdom with love and compassion. Be conscious of yourself and your actions.”
It's not just a mantra but a way of life.
Life is too short to be at war.
Forgive someone, if you can, not because that person deserves your forgiveness but because you need closure and inner peace. Love all but first learn to love yourself, because you need it more than anyone.
Forgive someone, if you can, not because that person deserves your forgiveness but because you need closure and inner peace. Love all but first learn to love yourself, because you need it more than anyone.
To be content with what you have, and to be at peace with yourself are some of the biggest and yet most insignificant struggles of our lives.
The truth is that your actions are your own, it will effect only you and no one else, because everyone is busy fighting their own battles. No one will understand why you did what you did and it doesn't matter. So own what you do and do something that will positively shape your life.
I have always wanted to buy a Tibetan prayer wheel (or JopJontro as said in Bengali), since I read "Gangtok e Gondogol" (Trouble in Gangtok) by Satyajit Ray.
Recently I possessed one and the rush of childhood memories got mixed with my fondness for Buddhist philosophies.
Right now we are inseparable and I'm loving it!
#StayBlessed
Thursday, 9 May 2019
২৫শে বৈশাখ
তুমি না থাকলে প্রেম টা ঠিক বিদ্রোহী হতো না।
তুমি না থাকলে বিরহ টা আরো কঠিন হতো।
তুমি না থাকলে পাগলা হওয়া টা আমার বন্ধু হতো না।
তুমি না থাকলে বৃষ্টি টা খুব একা হতো।
শুভ ২৫শে বৈশাখ।
শুভ জন্মদিন রবি ঠাকুর।
ভালো থেকো।
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তুমি না থাকলে বিরহ টা আরো কঠিন হতো।
তুমি না থাকলে পাগলা হওয়া টা আমার বন্ধু হতো না।
তুমি না থাকলে বৃষ্টি টা খুব একা হতো।
শুভ ২৫শে বৈশাখ।
শুভ জন্মদিন রবি ঠাকুর।
ভালো থেকো।
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The Tagore Tale!
According to Bengali calendar Rabindranath Tagore's birthday falls on 25th of Baisakh; which varies in between 7th to 9th of May, as per the English calendar.
...This year, it is today!
For the world He is a Nobel laureate, novelist, poet, story-teller and a literary institution as a whole.
However, I have a very special relationship with him.
He is my first love.
I was born almost 5 decades after He died, yet till today everything He wrote seems so relevant to me.
He understood women like no one. May be that is one of the reasons I fell in love, because He wrote characters beyond His time.
When ever I have a question, He has an answer for it, in one of his thousands of writings, for sure. You just have to find it.
Like everyone He was flawed in many sense and the best part is He wrote it himself. He put forward his cons and urged his readers to be aware of it!
He lies in every mood.
He resides in every thought.
He runs through the blood.
By his writing, he will be relevant in years to come as he was yesterday and as he is today!
That is what is great about him.
....and that is what makes him human and I will love him for that!
Happy Birthday Dear Mr.Tagore
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...This year, it is today!
For the world He is a Nobel laureate, novelist, poet, story-teller and a literary institution as a whole.
However, I have a very special relationship with him.
He is my first love.
I was born almost 5 decades after He died, yet till today everything He wrote seems so relevant to me.
He understood women like no one. May be that is one of the reasons I fell in love, because He wrote characters beyond His time.
When ever I have a question, He has an answer for it, in one of his thousands of writings, for sure. You just have to find it.
Like everyone He was flawed in many sense and the best part is He wrote it himself. He put forward his cons and urged his readers to be aware of it!
He lies in every mood.
He resides in every thought.
He runs through the blood.
By his writing, he will be relevant in years to come as he was yesterday and as he is today!
That is what is great about him.
....and that is what makes him human and I will love him for that!
Happy Birthday Dear Mr.Tagore
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Sunday, 28 April 2019
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Friday, 12 April 2019
Monday, 1 April 2019
Sunday, 31 March 2019
#DearDiary
||Some in crowd, some ain't,
Some active, some dormant.
Some confess, some covert,
Some express, some never.
Some go, some stay,
Some understand, some nay.
Some love, some hate,
Some obvious, some fate.
Some lost, some found,
Some calm, some confound.
Some discovered, some lost,
Some blessed, some star crossed.||
#thatsong_aDedication!
#StayBlessed!
Saturday, 30 March 2019
The Ph.D. Song
|| The shivering hands,
The chaotic mind,
The burning ears,
No peace to find.
The faster beats,
The dry throat,
Irritating people,
In your problem, they'll gloat.
The sleepless nights,
The agitated eyes,
Even the mirror said,
Fix yourself and be a little nice.
The stress eating,
Made my weighing scale stare,
The hair fall,
It's just not fair.
So much prettiness around,
I can hear them judge,
'I know what you are staring at, sister,
But I don't even have the time to budge'. :(
Hundreds of pages,
Quite a few kgs (kilograms) surely,
I'm either carrying them,
Or thinking about them, purely.
So much prettiness around,
I can hear them judge,
'I know what you are staring at, sister,
But I don't even have the time to budge'. :(
Hundreds of pages,
Quite a few kgs (kilograms) surely,
I'm either carrying them,
Or thinking about them, purely.
Thousands of tabs,
Running so deep
Still miles to go
Before I can sleep. ||
#StayBlessed
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Not Everyone's Cup Of Tea
People carry a notion that facial expression is a woman's thing. A guy without expression is termed as stern, manly, good personality and whatnot; whereas if a woman doesn't dance her eyebrows, wiggle her cheeks and curve her lips, is consider expressionless, full of attitude, rude etc.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy"
There's expression in eyes, in looks, in voice, in body language.
Subtlety is like common sense, you won't know if you don't have it.
A poker face tells you a thousand things if you know how to read..
People tend to think expression as weakness. I had been known as the one who can give 60 expressions in 60 seconds, for half of my life.
Don't get me wrong, the expression that I used to give might or might not be what actually was going on in my mind; but nonetheless I used to!
In recent times, I have learnt that people misuse your expressions.. For most part I don't care, but I love to irritate people, who try to figure me out for no reason. And I have come to realize it, that people do get irritated if they can't read your face.
It took a looo..ooott of work, to reach that point where I can hear a flabbergasting news and give little or no expression at all, leaving people wondering about, what's wrong with me!
The work is still in progress......
The satisfaction of keeping a poker face when everyone wants you to react is worth the hard work......
....or so it has been till now.....
..no wonder there is a "poke" in "poker"..
#StayBlessed
Friday, 22 March 2019
TicklingNostalgia
||.......and there I was standing amidst the green path.. Partly anticipating the forthcomings and partly familiarizing with the moist breeze....
I turned with the road,
and like a sudden gust of wind, I saw a strangely familiar face; with eyes, more lost than mine, searching for a shore to hold on to... It was strange how my eyes didn't want to move away..
..I did though,
....wondering if they were following me!!
They did...!!
//*Fast forwarding to next week*//
While climbing down #Chaturshringi hilltop as strangers in a sudden class trip, the rain accompanied us. After the rain stopped, we were not strangers anymore, I found 5 people whose madness matched mine.
After a lifetime, I fell in love with rain, and the monsoon wind softly whispered,
"there's more"
The stars twinkled a bit brighter that night, as the Moon hid all the secrets!.....||
#a_dedication
#DearDiary
#StayBlessed
Thursday, 21 March 2019
রংচং (colorful)
অটো তে যেতে যেতে চারিদিকে ছোট দের রঙিন মুখগুলো দেখে বেশ মজা লাগছিল। সাদা দাঁত টাই যা বোঝা যাচ্ছিল সবার। হাথে বন্দুক পিচকিরি নিয়ে ভাবটা যেন "কার লো দুনিয়া মুঠঠি মে"।
চারিদিকে এত রং এর মধ্যে নিজেকে সাদা কালো ক্যানভাস লাগছে।
আজ ছুটি নেই। স্যারের হুকুমে কাজ চালিয়ে যেতে হবে। তাতে খুব একটা আপত্তি নেই কিন্তু চারিদিকে এত রং দেখে মন টা সেই ছোটবেলা তে চলে গেলো। ভাই বোন দের সাথে চুটিয়ে রং খেলা আর শেষে মা-কাকিমারা এসে সবাই কে কান ধরে ঘরে নিয়ে যাওয়া। সে এক পাগলামোর দিন ছিল।
পাড়ার বড়ো দাদারা, মনে আছে, রং মেখে ঘুরতে বেরোত। দূর থেকে রং ভর্তি বেলুন ছুরতাম তাদের দিকে। ব্যাস ওই অবধি ছিল বীরত্ব। আর তারা যখন "তবে রে" বলে তেড়ে আসতো, তখন আর কে কোথায়!
ঘরে ঢুকে সোজা খাটের তলায়।
ভুল করে যদি আমাদের মধ্যে কেউ ধরা পড়ে যায় দাদা দের হাথে, তাকে উদ্ধার করার প্ল্যানও আগের দিন ঠিক করে রাখা হতো।
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সিগনালে এসে দাড়ালো অটো টা, হঠাৎ একজন বাচ্চা মেয়ে এসে উকি মেরে জিগ্যেস করলো,"রং লাগাবো?"
হাথে দেখলাম একটা আবির এর প্যাকেট।
গাল টা বাড়িয়ে দিলাম। সে তার ছোট্ট ছোট্ট চারটে আঙ্গুল দিয়ে, চারটে দাগ দিলো গালে। আমিও দিলাম।
ততক্ষনে সিগনাল সবুজ হয়ে গেছে। আমি ইশারা করতে মেয়ে টি দু পা পিছিয়ে গেল।
রং মাখা হাথ দুলিয়ে বিদায় জানালো আমাকে।
পুরো মুখে ওই দাঁত আর জল জল করছে দুষ্টু চোখ টা খুশি তে আত্মহারা।
"ইস! নাম টাই তো জানা হলো না, যার সাথে আজ একমাত্র হোলি খেললাম!"
#ভালোথেকো
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