North Kolkata Calling !!

Corona ! The very word is like a curse- from morning till night hanging over our head. There is no peace and the very humanity seems to be doomed. Feeling of sweetness and well beings are slowly but steadily vanishing from our lives. Even Music and all other forms of Art- that used to provide us the required inner strength seems to have lost their charms. In such a situation leaving all gloominess behind :                            At once a voice arose among                            The bleak twigs over head                                                 In a full- hearted evensong                             Of joy illimited                                                    (Thomas Hardy) Yes a lovebird, sorry, two lovebirds are busy singing a Non-coronal song. One from Kolkata and the other from Canada. Distance couldn't separate their twitts as both of them are holding their smartphones ready. Hence videocalls and voice calls are

The Legendary Singer Asha Bhonsle finally opened her Account in YouTube. In a report she laments that she had been too late to open the said A/c though she had been thinking about it for a long while. In one of my blogs I have written about her loneliness.    Now let's hope she would fulfill hers as well as our desire to hear from such a yesteryear Legend ! Speak up Ashaji ....we are all ears !

Suppose you along with your family are sleeping peacefully. At the dead of the night you hear a loud sound and find a part of your  overhead roof come crushing down. The roof  along with debris, surprisingly, brings a deer which sits comfortably beside your gas oven. This happened in Poai ( Maharashtra). Finally the Forest Ranger Santosh Kank rescued the deer. According to him perhaps a hungry  tiger was chasing the deer and hence the accident.

In Memari's No 7 Ward a young man got affected by the Corona Virus. 75 families of the surrounding area has been restricted. Burdwan's Subhaspalli has become a restricted area. Civic Volenteers are looking after the requirements of the residents. Police informed that an old man reguested over the phone for Newspaper.When supplied he said he got the wrong one and wanted according to his choice. In fact another wanted 2 bottles of beer and some chicken. Some insisted delivery within 15 minutes. Even bidis, cigarettes & beers were in the list of some.    Finally the frustrated Police announced that only essentials will be delivered !!

Only once did l had the opportunity to interact with the icon of Bengal if not India. It was probably during the mid 60s when l went to meet one of my friends in The State Bank of India's Headoffice, Strand Road, Calcutta. My friend took me to a huge Hallroom which was once Sirajjudulla's 'Nach Ghar' said my friend. We were having a bit of chitchat when suddenly the Hall became quieter as if some VIP had entered. Yes it was none other  than Chuni Goswami with his everlasting smile. My friend quickly went up to him and introduced me-before l could react. Goswami said something about our family connection with Union Bank which later became The State Bank of India. I was a young man and least bothered about our family history, etc. After few minutes he left and the Hallroom staffs became busy once again !