North Kolkata Calling !!

One should not be surprised if one happens to find foreigners mingling with our poor farmers & doing what they have been doing for centuries. Ploughing fields, milking cows, fetching water from wells, kneading dough, making chapatis with desi ghee And eating, drinking and living with them. In fact this, exactly, is what is happening in Rajastan  where farmers are only too happy to have foreigners   as their guests. Of course this craze has boosted their income!

Whoever is engaged in Equity Trading,  most often faces  the question which is remotely connected to Gambling. Equity Trading (short term ) is , of course , related to  Gambling since the Luck factor plays a very important role. It is said that only informed brokers & their clients make a kill out of such transactions.. Hence , if Facebook decides to operate a Gambling session -what difference will it make ?

Does  Comments on  Facebook really serve any purpose ? It might probably boost someone's ego or maybe his pride. It might even serve the purpose of consoling oneself that there is a friend who share his feelings. Another purpose of such Comments maybe purely  for its  commercial usage or gain. Whatever maybe the reason -but it might become a Pride for someone whose Comment gets a recognition. Maybe the BEST COMMENT PRIZE !!  Wonder if Facebook already has !!!

Will be interesting to know the Captain's name in the American ship John Jay, which probably sailed towards India around 1794. Owners probably were Ives,Browns & Benson. Who was the captain Olney or Samuel ?

The greatest difference between man and animal is that man can dream. It is through dreams that he could bring  his hopes and desires to splendid realization. Henceforth he could always venture into new life and with his indo- mitable spirit fulfill the vision he has perceived.  Every human being possess a Philosopher's Stone (the creative mind) which, if used with proper knowledge & guidance, could turn   ordinary stones into gold !!      

Who could forget how Kapil Dev made the Indians proud by winning the first World Cup in 1983? It was hockey -hockey and hockey till then-from where Indians got their identity. A friend who lived in London during that time related the sentiments of Londoners-" Does India play cricket too?" In this respect a North Calcutta musician Saibal Deb produced a cassette "Navaratna" praising Kapil Dev for his achievement ! The said cassette was sent to Mr.Dev who gladfully accepted !

It sounds rather awkward-to some extent even amusing-when someone asks a retired person to explain his activity. Especially to a person who has married away his children to respectable families and consider them well settled with full dignity and ,of course, financial & social securities. The frequently asked question circulates around 'how do you spend your time?' Well, here is an attempt to give a brief description of Mr. Blog's daily activity which might, finally ,do  justice to the above question. Mr.Blog gets up early in the morning, have a cup of hot tea and settles down with his laptop for an hour.It is all about surveying Market and finding out various company's business trends. Next he takes a morning walk which includes a bit of interacting with friends and acquaintances. Of course, a visit to a nearby market  to buy some daily requirements,is always a possibility. Back at home Mr. Blog takes ano