North Kolkata Calling !!

It was a Medical Shop in North Calcutta.It is now an Electric shop and beside that -it was Madan Cabin where we spent our younger days- hour after hour-debating over a cup of tea. Yes -now it is an Electric Equipment shop where few local elderly persons too spend their times just for harmless gossiping.Not only elders but young men too join perhaps to gain some knowledge of matured world.The father of the young man is probably the owner of the shop.We however never bothered to find out the owner.Our main reason to assemble there was to spend some idle moments-the moments of retired life. Ahin and Jagga are both of my age.We sometime talk about the gone by days.During our 20s we had some boxing where (sorry to say) I knocked down Ahin who was bleeding profusely.Of course it was a friendly fight and we both took it sportingly We often tripped down memory lane and several faces haunts us.We discuss over current topics too where Ahin proves to be the leading voice. Jagga who took inter

An equilateral triangle, as we all known, has all it's three sides equal. Not only that but all the three angles, each 60°, too are equal. In a family, especially in HUF, we probably expected all to follow a common behavior towards the elders.The system seemed to have been running smoothly for few centuries.Alas it met its end and along with it- gone are the days when a sense of security prevailed among such families.Each had his own hallowed ring of security, be it the elders or the youth or the kids! In the long run things change and the same happened with HUF.Joint families are rarely seen and even if found in some families it has lost it's main structure. It began when, due to various reasons, members started shifting from their ancestral homes. (To be continued)

An art student who was hungry ate the babana which was supposed to be a part of the exhibition! The installation by a famous Artist Maurizio Cattelan was closely observed by Noh Huyn, himself a student of Art. Watching the live Banana he could not resist. He took it off and ate it. After the Artist heard about it he didn't react and simply stuck another fresh banana.It was the Artist's idea that nothing is everlasting. Once beautiful too perishes and finally rejected! (Photo courtesy ABP Kolkata)