Wednesday, September 17, 2008

16 Sep 2008

cudnt find an apt title for this thingy....pennin down stuff after a long time...
jaihok, festive season is abt to begin in the following week...puja shopin is in full swing since perhaps the beginin of Sep' itself....
Hav had enuf f Calcutta pooja last yr...now luking forward to runnin away:)
Not tht its got ne thing to do wid puja but....

Anyways, today is Vishwa Karma puja -- Conveyance is a prob for doz who r accustomed to public transport...on the greener side....thr is less f traffic conjestion arnd.

Wut else...made a very gud friend...around a zillion yrs yonger to me,R is the name. Wont b able to make it home dis Dussera on account f a promise i made to attend her theater during tht time...

Hmm...i guess i will write another account f my trip to MOngPOng & arnd Jalpaiguri...all abt the 'bandh', being drenched & puffing in the wild, havin perhaps my longest dinners n lunches wid R amongst others , wild-wild-wild, playing ludo!!, & yes lots f 'parwals' ...perhaps some memories to cherish a lifetime....i guess, before it slips my mind....a thanx to Suv who made me agree for d trip...(not cos he reads dis crap at times:P)...more f his better-than-mortally blessed life & truly deservingly so also....

closing punchline :
"...y do ppl hav d same flavored ice-cream all along or rather is thr a need to buy d resto just to hav gud food...."

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Random Musing.

Assortment of thots of evrythg in general yet nuthg in particular...


Smile,Happiness, Mirth:
thr r dez ppl wid dis contageous smile!! i guess, evryone has similar effects in varying magnitude tho.
mirth...hmmm....again, d closest i hav come to such kinda observation was wid kids...a narration of sorts:
During one of daz i used to running arnd all d time...was stuck at a Rly Xing whilst plying...kinda outskirts of LKO...world seemed to rushing....evrybdy...despising d travel to d fullest...pollution, horns blowing etc etc....except a kid girl...sittin happily on a hand-pulled ricksha(one used to carry sand/cement stuff)...havin a mango wich c was cherishing wid utmost delight...in tht setting...little knowin abt hazards, ambition, ego...n tht was mirth.

Expression , Eyes:
i have often felt d incapacity of words for expression which i realized to my dismay isnt co related to dexterity with vocab.
The only 'honest' rendition i find in d way eyes communicate. Also, i trust non-verbal cues. Its not in countenance, rather d transition from one set of quivers to other.
Which i gues is d reasn , while driving i dont look for indicators from upfront vehicle rather look at the driver & u shal kno his designs. It din fail me as yet !

Hmm...lets jump context now.:)
Truth :
I find it as an over hyped phenomenon. Ppl may hav reasns to alter it...i believe in cause. An escapist approach, mite b...

Understanding:
Again, i fail to appreciate it on multiple accounts. First n foremost u dont draw reasns esp wid things tht reali matter...how can u quantify d smell of a perfume, the hue of sky, d stars glittering at nite, d way somebody special changes ur perspective f d day gone haywaire...On second thot even if i cud i wudnt wish to...talk about un conditional affection...i dont do deals.

Finance:
besides bikin, d only thing i hav an inherent aptitude for(Disclaimer: d views expressed r entirely personal & r yet to b cross examined...heck the latter doesnt matter in d least...l0lz). I dont beleive in long-term investment, sacrificing present comforts for a greater cause at a later stage. A generic concept tht is not limited to just d aforementioned domain. My take: In long term we r all dead.
The only way to resist temptation is to yeild to it. Live in d moment. Who knows one mite not get a chance to c next.
On over way to grave, lets have a gud time meanwhile.

Rain:
i m fond of it! Just look up towards d sky. Feel it on ur face. N i thn realize my 'form'.

Love:
Controvertial ;) I wont evn try to encapsulate it in words coz it wud b perhaps d most futile endeavor. I guess it is in some form when:
  • just dont feel as d weathr is parthetic, sunlight is scorching, its filthy al arnd....u jst c d person u r enamored wid. Nothing more.
  • 2 ppl holding hands n thr is dis luk in d eyes...of strength, of weakness, of ecstacy, of fear... wen nuthing seems to matter....nuthg....a medley!...& of wut a kind!
i give up...it a gross injustise to representation...go find fr urself !!...

About each of the aforementioned, i jst dig in to find 'm arnd....perhaps at times u may borrow for urself frm others'

...to b continued

Friday, February 22, 2008

That thing u do...

Recently, i had spent a lot of time pondering as wut wer d stuffs i usd to like doin alon. But had a tuf time jotting it all down amidst the blues. So tht memory doesnt fail me at crucial time i decided to jot them down apriori. Here goes d list :
  1. Walkin/Bikin in d rain(kurkure wont hurt !).
  2. star watchin
  3. riverside in moonlight
  4. Insignia.
  5. Readin novel
  6. Cold-drink/"Kulfi" if its cold(no errata herein)
  7. Drivin along a riverside or rustic settin.
  8. Cookin.
  9. Hmm....if thrs a reali-2 gud play goin.

...if evrythg fails...thinkin abt a certain moment tht nvr fails to lure me to life...

I ideally shud NOT do dez things wen i m down:
  • Shopping (GKB fiasco! :P )
  • Talk with ppl except amongst my 'coterie' !
  • Smoke more than 2 sticks.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Fotolog vs tavelogue

here's a link to my pics during various travels undertaken during the previous year.
They include trip to Mandermuni, Mayapur. All d related info r accopanied along with the foto's so do chk 'm out at ur own leisure time.

At Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76881091@N00

At Picassa:
http://picasaweb.google.com/siddhartha.shankar

Regards
~Urs Truly

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Weekender: Babu Ghat, Millenium Park &....

Date: 15-17 Feb'08

hey!
Finally! went to babu ghat. Nice setting all in all. Can go thr once in a while esp. b4 dusk falls(as its a well known couple spot too :)
Took E1 bus frm 8B bus stand, Jadavpur which too us all the way. Then, about a 1 km's walk towards the Interstate Bus Depot to finally reach d place. The place offered a nice view of both Howrah Bridge.
Then,walked along the same direction towards Princep Ghat, which looked more congenial n rustic. & took d famour Circular Train, which runs along Ganges & offer excellent view meanwhile, to reach B.B.D. Baag(called bee--baa--di baag).
Then, went upto Millenium Park. The park is huuuge!...nice setting again(i soo like d lampshades). Worth goin!!

On way back went to Academy of Fine Arts & watched d famous play Phateru(Have yet to watch Wimble twinkle). The plays' message to d best f my undrstanding(Disclaimer: Since m stil in d process f learnin bangla!) was "anti-establishment". The words used therin were by no means modest. It used props like Godhra incident( extremism), R.N.Tagore(famous poets), etc to bring out d lietmotif.

Ohh! i almost missed. Listened to ChandraBindu on Friday at JU, Arts' fest.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Times u shudnt b away frm Kolkata

well some of 'm are :

Durgapuja:
Oct 6-9 : Saptami thru Dashmi
A must b...esp since Saptami

It is followed by Kali Puju being held in a weeks time. Then followed by Lakshi("Lakki") Puja.
Finally it concludes with
Saraswati Puja or the Bengali Valentine's Day : Feb11

Also, on 24Jan there is a mela at Shanti Niketan. Quite famous!!. Even holi out thr is almost equally famous but former rulez all d way.

Sprinfest of JU(Engg Faculty) is in arnd March1-7.
Arts Faculty thou celebrates arnd Feb15

Imp dates thus r :
Oct 6-9 : DPuja
24Jan : Shanti Niketan
Feb11 : S. Puja
Feb15 : JU(Arts Faculty)
March1-7 : JU(Engg Faculty)