North Kolkata Calling !!

A passenger in the Titanic, named John Jacob Astor ( 47 years ) was one of the richest men in the world. He along with his wife was in that cursed ship.Although he helped his wife to board a lifeboat, he himself died in the mishap. He was the owner of a gold watch which he always proudly carried along with himself.  Later it was found on his body. On Saturday the watch was auctioned in England and it fetched 1.17 million pounds. A US  bidder won the final bid. .

I am an avid reader of TOI when in Kolkata. Usually I go to my son's place in Hyderabad for around 5/6 months. I always got my TOI Hyderabad from the vendors at my door step. This time when I came to Hyderabad around 9 days ago, I failed to receive my favourite newspaper.  My daughter -in- law and son pursued for quite sometime but failed too. The Security persons who usually keep record of the vendors were clueless. Finally today my son got the newspaper from outside the Society of our complex. What is the problem?

King Charles lll has been diagnosed with cancer and his funeral plans are already being made after Queen Elizabeth' s burial. His official funeral plan is named 'Operation Minai Bridge .' At present his close aides are looking into the plans in details. Members of Monarchy always updated funeral plans and they are named after some popular Bridges.The late Queen Elizabeth's arrangement is known as "Operation London Bridge."

A man from Belgium was arrested and produced in Court .He was accused of drunken driving . His lawyer however argued his case in the court and finally aquited him. He was proved not guilty . The most surprising part is that the man was actually innocent. He was suffering from a peculiar disease where he smelt of alcohol without having a drop of it. Though it seemed a rare case later it is found that several persons suffers from the same syndrome.

Great mind thinks alike -probably the same meaning.  Whatever it means , atleast,here I am referring to great men like Mukesh Ambani, Azim Premji, Elon Musk etc.We have all come along their ideas of helping Indians to become rich within few days/months. All you have to do is to invest few thousands rupees in Capital Market - l mean in Shares. The rest will be done by their men-and -woh -soon you will be getting fabulous returns. In fact you may become a millionaire within the shortest time. Few might fail but more than 90/95% will gain from the deals. But are we convinced? Can we change our mindset? As George Bernard Shaw said:- "Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." IT'S a scam.. Please don't fall in their trap.

Salman Khan is a well known actor .He usually acts in Bollywood Films in Hindi. Recently bullets were randomly fired at his residence early in the morning. The actor was in the house when this happened. The police finally rounded up two culprits known to have done the deed. They were directed by Anmol and the 2 accused were promised cash rewards for just scaring  the actor. The two have been booked for attempt to murder, conspiracy as well as in Arms Act. Anmole, probably the main head, is based in Canada 

It will not be far for Robots to invade our household. Just like domestic helpers  the Robots will be doing most of the works in our house. The Astro , introduced by Amazon, is a screen on wheel robot. Equipped with AI and Alexa integration -it will serve the home and business security purpose. It will be able to make video calls too. By reviewing the Robot - it was found that it is not yet entirely glitch free.          

Sanyasis dancing with fire at Chatu  Babu Latu Babu's Bari. After Nilaboti's marriage                       Breaks fasting at Chatu Babu Latu Babu's Thakurbari.

We often see women smoking openly in public.Nowadays  it is quite a common sight and most of us have accepted the change. A recent event that happened near a pan shop on Manewada Cement Road in Nagpur (India) however is unacceptable . A 24 year old woman named Jayashree Pandhare , along with two of  her friends ,were found smoking. Ranjit Rathod (28) , a father of four, made a mistake by staring at Jayshree who was the smoker. She lost her calm and began taunting Rathod. An altercation began between the two. Pandhare lost her patience and repeatedly stabbed the poor man. The nearby CCTV recorded the entire event. Police are trying to find out the murderer , who along with other two friends, are absconding.

.        Basanta Utsav at Chatu Babu              Latu Babu's Jalsaghar on 6th           April 2024. Organised by  :          Saibal Kumar Deb.

Finally we are seeing cross species organ transplantations. Till now heart transplantation with pig's heart seemed to have failed. Two persons  who received pig's heart were unable to succeed the transplantation. On one patient the immune system rejected the transplanted heart. Recent report about a man named Richard Slayman ( 62 years old) whose kidney was transplanted, however , is showing good result. He is producing urine, balancing the body's fluid, removing waste product from the blood etc. His doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital seems quite hopeful to see the results.