North Kolkata Calling !!

Around 80 puppies were killed by a large group of monkeys at Lavloo village. The village is in Bir district of Maharashtra. A month ago a monkey cub fell from its mother's lap and few dogs immediately killed  it.  This led the monkeys to retaliate.  Wherever they found puppies they grabbed them- took them to great heights and killed them mercilessly The village has become dogless!   

There should be  no music without the beat of Tabla or Drumb.  Wonder when should we   understand the importance of of Tala and beats of Drum?  Rythm is Important and it's very Important! 

How can one survive inside the  Cargo Hold of an airplane for a long period?  Such an impossibility happened in an Indigo flight.  During his daily work of loading goods in the Cargoe Hold a worker fell asleep while the others locked the door and left unknowingly.  Without any knowledge of such an incident the Indigo flew from  Mumbai to Abu Dhabi. It came to light when the locked door was  opened to unload goods!  According to a pilot the air flow from the passengers place usually travels to that Cargo Hold. If there is any change in air pressure or temperature  no lives could  survive.  That is the very reason when pets are carried-a special declaration is given beforehand. 

It was in a village where the young mother was was busy with her domestic work. Her 6years old kid was beside her. Suddenly a cheetah from nowhere jumped upon the kid and vanished with it into the deep forest.  The mother immediately came into action. She ran after the cheetah for around a kilometre(all the while  shouting and throwing stones) and finally saved her child from the  jaws of the cheetah.  This happened in Jharkharia in MP. 

There was a time when Artists and their audiences used to be nearest to each other. They knew each other through their common interests. The Artists immediately recognised their listeners and no communication gap was felt!  (Vilayat Khan, Imrat Khan & Alla  Raka in Calcutta's Chhatu Babu  Latu Babu's Thakurbari) 

We  have probably heard of body coming alive after being declared dead. Never heard of a  body coming alive after being declared dead and kept in a morgue for 7 hours. Such incident happened in Moradabad in UP. A severally wounded  person was declared dead by the Doctor in the hospital. He was sent to the morgue for further processing. One of his relatives however noticed some movements in the body. On informing the authority the body was taken out of the fridge and put to bed for further examinations.  He was declared out of danger. It is impossible for him to be alive after remaining in the freezing morgue for such long hours.

He is a common man working for a  Law Firm in New York. Somehow  the Princess of Japan fell in love  with him. They decided to leave  the country as it was getting tough for them. Kei Komuror after  facing a lot of trouble married Mako in Tokio keeping everything as simple as possible.  He expressed himself by saying that he loved the Princess and would  like to spend his entire life with  her. 

A man sits on the treetop for three days.No one knew why he climbed the highest branch -around 70 feet from the ground. This happened at Bagdha in 24 parganas.After several attempts the Fire Brigade was called but they too failed. The locals finally layed a fishing net below and cut the branch. This brought the man down. However he struck his neck with a knife and severely wounded himself. He was immediately sent to a nearby hospital. It was later found that he was suffering from mental trauma but recently declared cured.

Indian film stars ( I mean superstars) seems to be hogging the limelight for the wrong reasons.  Shah Rukh Khan's name quite often shows in the medias for his son's drug-in-cruise case.  Now Prasenjit Chaterjee, Bengal's  matinée idol, too seems to catch up while writing letters to The Prime Minister and West Bengal Chief Minister. He complained when his  online ordered food failed to arrive.  He on perusal found his food delivered status. He however got the refund but no food !

Well it's high time that I should think of Death!  I am worried to see young    men & women finishing their  lives at an early age.  This pains me when it's time for  us to go.  Let's hope things will improve before I depart. 

This happened on 30th September in Jabbalpur (Madhyapradesh). A man with a bundled towel was inside an Auto along with two others. He was carrying one lakh rupees inside the bundle. For some moment there was a jam and the Auto was standing in the narrow lane.  Suddenly a hanuman rushed at the man, grabbed the bundle and went up a tree. Then it started showering money on the people who eagerly gather as much as they could.  The man was however able to recover Rs 56, 000/-. .

Google is supposed to answer all our questions.  Till  a few years back we expected all our inner questions to be answered by God. In this sense can we replace God by putting Google in His place? In fact I tried to question Google some of the toughest questions of my life. Strangely Google always came out with an answer ! I desperately wanted to know my longsivity of life. And And  Google was not silent to that too !!

Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip's Will to be remained Sealed for 90 years. So is the verdict given by the London High Court!  Philip was the husband of Queen  Elizabeth 2. Prince Philip died last April at Windsor Castle and since  then his Will is sealed! 

      It was rather surprising to know from a TOI report that a former Afganistan Minister is now busy selling pizzas in  Germany's Leipzig !    He was the Ex-Communication and IT Minister under Ghani led Government for two years. He feels safe and and happy along with his family in Germany.     Saadat his name is highly qualified . He has a master's degree in Communications and Electronic Engineering from Oxford University !        He was the Minister from 2018 and resigned only last year.         

 This happened in a remote village of Odisha's  Kalahandi.  A couple spent a long congujal life together. Raibari(65yrs) the wife however died.   The husband Nilamani Sabar former  panchayat member was naturally heartbroken. Unfortunately no one could fathom his actual mental trauma. The mourners were too occupied preparing the funeral pyre. As the fire started burning  along with the dead body-suddenly Nilamani (70yrs) jumped into the flames. Before anyone could react his body was burnt  beyond recognition.Their family along with their four sons were horrified to witness such sight.      It was few days left for the 34th anniversary of Roop Kanwar Sati case in Rajasthan !

The couple were sleeping at the backyard of their house. They had their two year old granddaughter beside them. Basanti Bai Gurjar (50yrs) the grandmother suddenly awoke after hearing Bobby (her granddaughter) wailing. She was horrified to find a leopard dragging  the toddler by its left foot in its jaws. She immediately started kicking the leopard in its face but it held its jaws tight. Hearing the growling of the leopard Jai Singh Gurjar (55yrs) -the grandfather also  woke up and repeatedly kicked the leopard with all his strength. Both of them tried to free the toddler from its jaws. The big cat left Bobby and started biting and scratching the couple. In the meanwhile their neighbours came running with with sticks. Now the leopard left them and jumped back into the forest. (This happened near Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.)

A hospital in Meghalaya at last gets an automated teller machine. The funny thing is that the inventor Adrian Shepherd Barron-was born in that same hospital in the year 1925. Hence the hospital get its 1st ATM half a century after the first machine was installed by Barclays in London in 1967.   While in his bath tub he  was inspired by the chocolate bar disp- ending machine. Thereby he devised the world's 1st ATM. His idea was placed before Barclays and the bank accepted it immediately.

An asteroid named '16 Psyche' is racing towards earth. It contains huge amount of nickel, metalic iron with solid gold core. The estimated value of the asteroid could be around $10,000 quadrillion -enough to make everyone in  the world sufficiently rich !!

The Rudraprayag District is well known for  leopards . We have heard of the famous Jim Corbett who after many failures finally succeeded in shooting the man eater of that area-I mean Rudraprayag. Man-eaters still roam in the area and incident still happens. On saturday night a toddler named Rishika was snatched away by a leopard from her front yard. No trace except a drop of blood was found near her home. The villagers demanded it to be declared as a man-eater and hence either trap or eliminate the big cat. Vaibhav Singh the DFO of Rudraprayag said as the villagers were scared and worried we have to either trap or kill it. In this respect two shooters Joy Hukki and Zahir Baksh are deployed.

The Tokyo Games will loose many features of an  Olympics. It will probably be noted in history as the weirdest Games played  with empty stands and devoid of all glamours. There will be changes in the making of medals too. Recycled materials from used consumer electronic goods- such as- digital cameras, laptops, games consoles etc. will be used. General public, electronics shops, schools too donated in yellow donation boxes set up in Post Offices & Street corners. The Japanese public themselves donated around 6,21 millions old mobiles.

Finally China built the world's fastest train that could travel at a speed of 600kmph. Its a maglev train and was  manufactured in the city of Qingdao. Chief Engineer Ding Sansan says it can travel with 2 to 10 carriages.Each carriage is capable of accomodating 100 passengers. The train makes no contact between its body and rail since electro-magnetic  force has been used. It takes 2.5 hours to complete a journey from Beijing to Shanghai which is more than 1000 km.

A farmer accumulated Rs2 lakes by selling vegetables on  his two-wheeler. He sweated out with the sole purpose for saving money for his abdominal surgery. Redya Naik the farmer from Vemunur village in Mahabub- Abad district kept his hard earned money in a cotton bag. He further kept the bag in his almirah which he thought was safe. He even had to borrow cash from his relatives for the said surgery. All the money was of Rs500/- notes as that was the only way he could think of. He was shocked to find all that money shredded to pieces by rats. Finding no other ways he took all the pieces to the bank for replacement.  The bank unfortunately refused !!

He is around 26/27 years old , tall and stout with a good figure. He is wearing a blue jeans but without any dark glasses. I could see him from my balcony clearly and distinctly standing on the opposite footpath. He is a handsome young man and there is no doubt  about it. Handsome elegant and well composed wearing  a red shirt which along with the jeans looked terribly attractive. But for whom has he been waiting for ?  After half an hour he suddenly seems uncomfortable for some reason unknown to me. Was he waiting for his fiancee ? Perhaps he is been kept waiting for reasons only known to her ! For few moments I moved away from my balcony to come back again. My sight of course fell on the same spot where the young man stood impatiently. There was no one and I thought she must have come and they together went to their  chosen  place. My heart leapt up to see once again the same young man but little upset - standing on the same spot. He took out a cigarette from ...

18 passengers along with the crew disappeared from a Russian Antonov An-28. It completely vanished from the radar creating panic to the near ones. It went missing while flying from Kedrovy to Tomsk. After a thorough search the plane was found in Siberia. The survivors were all found near the damaged plane in a wooded area. It was an emergency landing due to engine failure though not clarified yet.

The Badan Singh Chauhan gang of Chambal recently kidnapped a Doctor and demanded Rs5 crore ransom. There was practically few activities in the ravines of the Chambal for quite some time. The kidnapping of Dr. Umakant Gupta raised once  again the eyebrows of the concerned authorities.He went missing from Agra. 50cops from UP& Rajasthan gave chase for 30 hours and scoured few dozens villages before the doctor was found.  They also went through deep ravines and  crossed gharial infested Chambal  River. A woman from the Badan Singh's gang  was responsible for the abduction of the doctor. She tricked the doctor and handed  him over to Badan Singh and his men who were waiting with their bikes.

Trayvon Bromell is perhaps the most favorite for the Olympic Games 100 metres.    At the final Diamond League he delivered a dominant gun-to-tape perfo- rmance to win in 9.98 seconds. He will be seeking to reclaim the Olympic crown for  US after 13 years in the possession of Usain Bolt.

The scary incident happened on a a link road that passes  through the Pilibhit forest in UP. Three bike- born young  men were returning after meeting with some relatives in Jalalpur village in Shahjahanpur. They were in an inebriated state and the forest guard warned them about tigers in the area. Three tiger movement were recorded a few moments ago. They  however  went on their way .  Finally a tiger attacked  and two of them were killed. The third named Vikas somehow climbed a nearby tree. The tiger made several attempt but failed.Big scratch marks were still to be seen on the tree. One of the victims was partly eaten by the tiger. The deputy director however said that it was rather unusual since tigers rarely attacked moving vehicles ! s

Olympics without any spectators ? Without any deafening walls of noise ?  Yes it has almost become unimaginable. But thanks to the prevailing Covid situation everything seems possible.    Thanks however to Japan for declaring Covid emergency in its capital. No wonder the participating Countries will be missing the overcrowded stands and ovations. Roger Federer, Simon Biles,PV Sindhu , Bajrang Punia & others will find it a trying time without all the cheers of  their supporters.

It has been quite for a long time that online classes are held. The reason is well known to all. Covid-19 has compelled us to adapt ourselves according to the  changed situation.     So we parents including our children too have to stay at home to avoid the virous. In other words our house became our 5 years old kid's classroom. And we are to be very cautious of our steps. Especially we grandparents as our children too are busy with their online work from home.    Today all of a sudden my granddaughter complained. She was embarrassed as classroom friends were  laughing while I was opening the door behind to go out. They went on saying " Funny Dadu ...funny Dadu ...." She gave me the supreme order not to be seen in her classroom !!       

Tigers in Telangana's Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district are  desperate to get back their territory -presently encroached by the villagers. Increasing migration of tigers from Mahashtra hàve been seen  looking for greener pastures. Tribal youths including cattles are the favorite targets of these tigers. Places such as Digida Kondapalli & Lodpalli villages of the district have often witnessed their presence !

A mangalsutra is used by women as a symbol of her marriage and a  sacred commitment made during the  ritual. Never is one expected  to pawn it or use it in any other commercial manner. A woman who was facing trouble with her land issue hung her mangalsutra to the door of the tahsildar's office. It was hung there with the purpose of bribing the official.  Collector Krishna Bhaskar however asked officials to investigate the matter and submit a report immediately.

Who have not heard about the rock star Elvis Presley ? Another world shivering name was Frank Sinatra whose voice mesmerized us during the 60s. There was a time when they stayed at the iconic  Hawaii resort known as Coco Palms Resort. The resort opened in 1953. It became quite popular among Hollywood community. Many movies including Presley's musical romcom 'Blue Hawaii's were filmed there. Many consider it to be a historical place. In 1992 most of it was destroyed by Hurricane Iniki !

He is just a 12 year old boy and like others he too is attached to his phone.  His mother - a teacher in Chattattisgarh's Kanker district was usually a busy lady. She found her son too occupied with a phone which is nothing unusual. We could see almost in every house such sights and behaviours. Finally the teacher came to know about the cyber crime to which her son unknowingly  became  a victim. The boy made 278 transactions over a period of three months.The mother was completely in  the the darkness as no OTP was asked for the debits. Rs 3.2 lakhs went from her A/c for buying weapons for an online battle game !  According to police there were two other  boys who too bought weapons worth few  lakhs  !  

Is it possible to rape a person in her dream ? A woman in Aurangabad accused an occultist of doing such a deed. In fact the woman went over to the Town police station and reported to the SHO Anjani Kumar of her ordeal.   According to her there has been occasions when she was repeatedly raped by Chaturvedi in dream. She went to him for her son who was ailing.  He suggested her to recite Mantras and perform certain rituals. This will help her son to recover. Unfortunately the Mantras and rituals failed to perform and her son expired. The occultist then started harassing her by doing such ill deeds in her dream- complained the woman.

We have all heard of Jim Corbett -the world famous British hunter, tracker, naturalist and author. In the Jhirna range (India)  a large area of forest has been   named after him. The area is known as Corbett Tiger Reserve. On Sunday an unexpected guest was viewed through the camera trap. At first a group of forest staff thought they suddenly saw a brilliant white plumaged bird. It flew very quickly out off their sight. The next day they found in their trapped camera - a lone white peafowl- never seen in their reserve in  its 85 year history !

A Parsi businessman, finding the girl unique in  academic, told her father about it. The girl dreamt of becoming a doctor as she was well aware of her calibre. Unfortunately she got married at the tender age of 20 and was unable to fulfill her ambition. After five decades later when she was around 67 years old she finally did it. She (Usha Lodaya) passed her viva for PhD. It took nearly 50 years to fulfill a dream - a dream that she cherished from her teenage days !

The world's 3rd largest diamond was recently uncovered in Botswana. It is a 1,098 carat diamond and it was unearthed by a joint venture between the Government and Anglo Am- erican's De Beers.  

While buying medicines prescribed by doctors we  usually carry  our money bags. Knowing fully well that that will be sufficient for the purpose.  Never do we expect to over strech the limit.Even if we have to face such a situation -well it might come to a few more rupees .    Hence if we hear of certain drug priced Sixteen Crore  Rupees per dose we should feel ourselves completely bowled out. Two Indian kids -one from Bengaluru and the other Hyderabad received such injections for a rare genetic disease.  They were loosing their nerve cells in their spinal cords !

Uttarakhand High Court's observations regarding the spreading of virous from Kumbh in Haridwar has much importance. The pilgrims took along the virous to whichever State they came from. The Chief Justice further observes that the same mistake should never happen at the Char Dhams ! Let us keep our fingers crossed !!

   We often play various games just to get rid of boringness. One among them is an indoor game popularly known as Ludo. We know that it is a game of luck and the kids specially enjoys these kind of games.       We elders along with a kid (5yrs) usually play Ludo just for time pass. Surprisingly the kid always seems to win the game. It once passed through our mind whether she has some special inborn skill.      In 'Mahabharata' too we have seen Shakuni's skill in the game of dice. Hence is it sheer luck ?       In this respect Bombay High Court is to decide since a Mumbai politician sort an FIR under Pre- vention of Gambling Act against a company that operates  online Ludo where money is involved.

US President believes firmly that the Virus was  a creation from Chinese lab ! Dr Anthony Fauci an expert from US infectious disease wants China to reveal the medical report of the nine men who were probably infected and were in the lab. That  might lead to the findings whether Covid-19's first emergence was from a lab leak.   If China could be held responsible then -according to the US - it should be liable to pay $10tn as penalty !  

If that is true then why wait endlessly for the pandemic to end? Let us expect some speedy recovery so that  we  could secure the global insecurity. At present we are looking forward at the G7 Summit to be held in UK next week. In fact  a recent proposal from IMF of a pragmatic plan seems to be aiming towards that very goal -to end the pandemic as fast as possible so that the world recover it's sanity once again !

When I had my 1st dose of Covaxin and was unable to get the 2nd jab - I was seriously frustrated. There were some problems and I finally got it while staying in Hyderabad. In the meanwhile I thought of the cocktail casually as I was in a dilema. Covidfield was available when my need was another dose of Covaxin.  Now I find at least 20 residents of UP's Audhai Kalan village   were given  a cocktail of both the vaccines.  No complaints of any side effects are noted till now although the last dose were injected on May 14th this year !  

 It is strange that when the world is eager to get vaccinated against the fast spreading Covid-19,a large number of persons  are still sceptical. Unfortunately they seem to be either against the jab or maybe the medical fraternity or God knows what. When SDM Rajiv Shukla reached  Sisaudia village in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district- with a medical team to vaccinate the villagers- he was surprised to see their reactions. As soon as  they saw the team they simply ran for their lives. Surprisingly when the team tried to stop them & explain they jumped into the river for protection ! Finally only 14 agreed after a lot of persuation !

          At present we are all tired and exhausted and not quite sure of  any respite in the near future. We are like living dead with a fast loosing  sanity and no not where the end is. Are we loosing faith in our Earth itself ? Or maybe we no longer believe  in our existence any more !  Many of us seems to believe  that the entire situation is man made. Scientific experts could not be sure whether China is responsible for the said pandemic situation.  However at present we will have to leave for Time to reveal the truth !          

Japanese bullet trains can travel at 360Km per hour. Usually it travels at 280KmPh for safety reason. With that speed too it is considered as ' a superfast train.' The driver's alertness and responsibility is of utmost priority. It happened yesterday that the driver of  such a bullet train got an urgent call of nature and was compelled to leave the controls to an unqualified conductor.     Fortunately his toilet trip went unnoticed except that  the train was late for a minute-and ofcourse no major accident took place. There were at least 160 passengers in that train !           However an enquiry was made for the one minute late as the the Japanese are very serious about punctuality.

Some Newspapers preferred to recall the horror of the Titanic -while reporting the sinking of the barge P-305. The barge after battling with heavy wind and tidal waves went out of control. The cyclone Tauktae completely overpowered the barge -drifted it towards the Arabia Sea off Mumbai coast. It finally sank along with 273 people who were on board ! According to the Navy official 186 among were rescued- while dead bodies were seen floating in the water !!

   What would you do if you are recuperating from Covid-19 and have no extra place in your house ? This kind of problem is faced by many in our country where the entire family lives in a single room.     Shiva, a tribal youth from Kothanandikonda - a hamlet which has around 500 houses- was in such a situation. Many from that village suffered from the same fate but were unable to sort out a suitable solution.    Shiva, trying to protect his siblings and parents, chose a tree near his house. He accomodated himself  with a bed -tied around the  branches of the tree - and spent most of the time listening to music and reading books !   Funny -nobody came to help him except his mother-who kept his food & other belongings at the bottom of the tree ! !

They were twins named Joefred and Ralfred Their father  Gregory still remembers when the doctor announced that his wife Soja has delivered twin babies. From that very day they noticed the twins behaviour -which were very identical. Later when they grew up they showed strange similarities in almost every respect. They almost did everything together. Both of them chose Computer Engineering and both had their jobs in Hyderabad. Unfortunately both of them caught Covid-19 the same day ! AND  both died - hours after one another !!   .

Is the Whiskey from LaGrange, Georgia the oldest known Whiskey in the world? A Carbon dating done by  the Uni- versity of Georgia reveals that the bourbon was bottled between 1762 to 1802. Joseph Hyman,  rare spirit expert in a statement " thought the whiskey to be the only bottle of the trio from the cellar of J.P.. Morgan It was gifted in 1940s to Washington power elite."

Could you have imagined a year or so ago- of such incident happening just beside you ? Being just 34 years old you were least expected to witness a bizzare death of a woman - lying two beds away in a Hospital.  In fact 11 Covid-19 patients died a painful death as pressure  in the oxygen lines suddenly dropped ! It happened at the Chengalpet Government Medical College Hospital as the paper says. The young man said," The fear that you could be the next victim is the worst thing that can happen to anyone." .

It is almost like a fairly tale that occurred in Suchow city ! The occassion was the marriage ceremony of a chinese couple. When the rituals began for the ceremony the mother of the groom noticed some birthmark on the bride's hand. She immediately remembered such a mark in her daughter's hand. Some 20 years ago she lost the daughter in a fair. She tried to locate her in whatever ways she could but failed. At last she lost all hope and finally adopted the boy (the groom). Unable to resist her suspicion she asked the bride's father if she was her own daughter! The man nodded and revealed that he adopted her from a charityhome.  There was a lot of merriments as they came to know that  they were not from the same blood !!   The ceremony continued !!!

To be or not to be. Rather-to write or not to write. Probably it will sound foolish or-if I would like to be precise - quite careless. It all depends upon our personal sensetiveness which usually differs from person to person. I was standing in a queue for drawing money. There were at least 7/8 persons before in the said queue. While looking aimlessly hither and thither my eyes caught the cashier's dress. She was a young lady busy doing her job quite effeciently. The fan was just over her head running at full speed as it was quite hot. The  front button of the lady's shirt got unknowingly opened and all eyes were forced to notice this.  I couldn't take it any longer as my sense of decency compelled me to request the lady -standing  before me- to alert the cashier. Surprisingly  the lady (40/45 yrs  old) started smiling and  denied my request. Her excuse was that the young lady might feel insulted and humiliated!! Later I discussed the matter with my wife an...

Yesterday a tiger suddenly pounced upon a fisherman near Bhubaneshwar village. It all happened when Shankar & his wife Jostna were fishing in their country boat. They were rowing beside the forest when a tiger attacked Shankar. Finding the tiger dragging him deep into the forest-his wife Jostna -took a stick and tried to save him. The tiger gripped him by his neck & chest. Nevertheless Jostna kept hitting with the stick wherever she could. It was useless and the  tiger  kept it's hold on Shankar. In desperation Jostna now caught the tiger's ear and pulled as hard as she could. Fortunately this produced the required result. Shankar was  released and the tiger went  deeper into the forest. The villegers immediately took him to a Kolkata nursing home for his treatment.

It happened once again in the Kolkata Zoo. The previous occasion was when a  man, probably drunk, slipped into the tiger's  enclosure. The perplexed tiger paused for few moments while the man folded his hands as if asking for mercy.  Acording to its instinct it pounced upon the man and dragged him by the throat to the furthest corner. The man finally died after being severely mauled. Yesterday more or less the same thing happened.  This time the man willfully crossed the barriers. He simply jumped from a steep height and wounded himself. On the next instance he crawled towards a  surprised lion. He too was mauled  but- thanks to the officials & securities,   was saved and hospitalized !

Few years back a student of mine, whom I used to teach English, came to visit me. She was around 16/17 years old when she last attended my class. Her father was in Railways service (probably an officer).     He occassionally picked up  conversation and we spent some time together. He was not only in service but had his own business in export too. He fared quite well but often worried about his daughter. She was his only daughter who would have to look after his business in future. He found his daughter quite immature and unfit for such responsibility. His wife too was not up to the mark as far as maturity was concerned. It was after Durga Puja (Bijoya Doshumi) when she suddenly appeared after a long absence. She has now turned into a young and extremely beautiful lady. Her mother accompanied her but she looked old and worn out! In the meanwhile her father died  and lot of things have changed. She was no longer an immature little girl but a fully grown up young l...

        

He still has a long way to go. He is popular, well behaved and handsome as well. We all love and enjoy his company.  I suddenly came to know that he was detected with cancer. Fortunately it was in its early stage and-as the doctor says- quite curable. It will take around 15 days in hospital after the operation. He could be back by then and would be able to lead a normal life ! Strangely he is unwilling to go for any kind of treatment !      Money is no problem for him  yet he is denying all our  requests. At present he  has opted for Homeopathy knowing fully well about the consequences, At times he confesses  that he has lost his will to live any longer, Wonder if he is aware of the pains suffered by a throat cancer patient !!  

  To shoot a thrilling video leads to a tragic death of a young man.       It all happened on the Kolkata's Vidyasagar Setu. River Ganges  flowed around 200 feet below. That was the very cause for the young men in their twenties to select the spot for their Stunt Video.     They avoided the Police eyes and fixed up their timing to do their  Video. One of them took the lead and jumped from that height while the others were shooting.     Fortunately all seemed well when they found their friend swimming and waving. The second man named Zakir finding his friend Alam safe -took the deathly plunge never to appear again !

Considering the tremendous traffic jam including air  polution- Flying Cars were a long thought out idea. Presently there is a lot of activities going on to make the idea come true.   But could we fly from our own roof top was a question that haunted us for a long time !At present let us forget that and see what the leaders are doing. Britain claimed that an Airport for the purpose will be ready by November. It will be the world's smallest Airport but not for aeroplanes. It is almost complete at Coventry for Flying Cars only. On the other hand Japan claims to bring their Flying Cars by 2023.

When we are too tired we usually say 'Please don't disturb me I am dog tired." When circumstances are normal life goes on normally. Unfortunately present times are not as it used to be. All due to Covid19 and it's prolonged grasp on humanity. Even trained Police dogs are showing signs of forgetfulness. During training some of them, instead of running, are slowing down. Often these dogs are so exausted that they lie down mid way instead of running. These Police dog's training were kept in abeyance for nearly 8 months- thus showing signs of slowing down, forgetting lessons learnt during their training period . Some are even suffering from indigestion, diarrhea etc.

'It is the cause, it is the cause my Soul,' The above line quoted from William Shakespeare's 'Othello' seems seems sufficient to explain the death of Desdemona. She was a pure soul 'Yet she must die'. But what makes me uncomfortable and pains my sense are certain News that are exposed in Newspapers/Magazines. Maybe just to make it sensational or boost the Publication's sale they are brutally forced upon us -probably finding us easy preys. After reading the news of a serial killer killing 18 women one doesn't feel that all is well with the present humanity ! The man simply lost his sanity after finding his newly married wife leaving for another. The Hyderabad man to take revenge sorted out lonely or single woman. After winning their confidence he intoxicated them with liquor and raped & finally killed them! Isn't it extreme brutality ?

Indian Classical Music still plays an important part in some of the North Calcutta Houses. This particular house is popularly known as Chatu Babu Latu Babu's house. Chatu Babu (Ashutosh Deb)  is considered as the first Bengali Sitarist. Hence a program in Sitar is always given priority in every functions that the house organises !

Kolkata- especially North Kolkata- has a lot of historical buildings. These buildings are not only old but are also important for various other reasons. Some has historical importance while others for their unique architectural values.  One should be aware of these buildings and take desirable steps to protect and save them from the path of extinction. Although work is on to build awareness yet a major issue seems to encircle around financial problems. (To continue)