North Kolkata Calling !!

After an uncomfortable night I finally fell asleep. At dawn (probably) I dreamt a wonderful dream ! Or was it a kind of hallucination ? There should be another language to explain such situations only. It is useless trying to describe it elaborately ......!! In short it was all about fairies with magic wands surrounding me (as a little boy) and together singing Happy Birthday -Happy Birthday !! One wee little fairy especially took my attention all through !! Unfortunately my birthday is no way near !                             At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw,                         And thrice o'er the morning I dreamt it again ...                                                                                 (Quote )

The trend cannot be ignored. Going through various  magazines & newspapers it seems very true. Students nowadays are getting more attracted towards foreign education and this could be seen in various fields.  Wonder if the Indian Education System is lacking or lagging behind! But as far as my knowledge goes our system seems quite ok but needs a bit of discipline -I repeat -a bit of discipline !!

Wonder when was the last time I thought of writing a short  story. Probably a long time back -when idea of writing out something that stirred my inner self -often possessed me to such an extent that I was compelled to surrender. But those days have past and -now-writing out even few lines seems to tax my brain to no end. Under the present circumstances I am seriously requested by someone-who is very dear to me-to once again pick up my lost pen and get going  ! What should I do ?

Programs                                              Sanyasis dancing with fire at Chatu Babu's Bari !                       Sanysis feasting at Chatu Babu Latu Babu's Thakurbari  after a month long fasting ! This could not have continued without the support of Deb family members,Thakurbari staffs & of course Chatu Babu Bazar Samity & local persons. 

Few days back I was travelling in an app cab . There were only three passengers includimg me.I took the back seat along with a married lady around 38/40 years of age.Soon we picked up a conversation and I came to know that she was a housewife.As we plunged deeper she declared that she was childless though married for 20 years. On further enquiry I came to  know that her husband runs a manufacturing unit in Varanasi.Since I was in business - left after heart problem - I naturally enquired about their product. To my great exitment she revealed the products as noodles, chowmein,pasta etc. She even showed a video of their automatic machine producing such items on  her smart phone. Now it was my turn to exite her with my revelation -having done pioneering  jobs in such machineries. In fact some local people still says 'There goes the  Chowmein man' whenever they see me! She immediately asked for my phone  mumber.I smiled for a mom

We usually used to go to bangalore every year to our son.  It was in such a visit -we found our son and daughter-in -law pretty busy with music rehearsal. There were other young guys  too and they looked quite serious.My wife ,of course, got busy cooking some tasty snacks for them.On enquiring we were informed that they would be participating at  BoiTHEK by Ananda Publisher and hence the rehearsal. Finally they participated , enjoyed and came back with 1424 Sharodia Anandabazar Patrika.  It was from that Patrika that I came along Tara Bhora Akasher  Niche by Srijato. Today I finished it and found it quite abstract and interesting . A sort of dreaming experience- I should say !! .