Today is Dashami the last day of Durga puja when Ma Durga is immersed into the Ganges..And like every bengali I too have a heavy heart on this day.. When I was small I used to go to see the Bisarjan (or the immersing of the idol of Ma Durga) in a lake in Behala with my cousins in the evening...Wide eyed with wonder i would watch as scores of idols from tiny to tall made their way on the shoulders of devotees down to the final immersion place.. The immersion place would be filled by devotees dancing to the dhaak beats and the smoke from the dhunuchi... And I would silently shed tears (like a silly girl) seeing Ma Durga gradually sink into the water ..And if anybody noticed(which they hardly did) I would say uff eto dhoa (The smoke of the dhunuchi is unbearable)!! My cousins would happily witness the noise,the colour and the grandeur with our newly bought balloons and ice creams as I kept getting sadder and sadder.. And while walking back home from there(the lake is at walking distanc...
There's this song Ei sohor jane amar prothom shobkichu by kabir suman,whenever i listen to this song i realize once again how much this city means to me... Truly this city has given me my firsts,from my first day of school to my first friend,the first time i learnt to ride a bicycle to driving a car and i can keep on adding to the list... This city has taught me when to ignore and when to raise my voice,it has given me one or more opportunities to become bad but ample opportunities to do and become good.. This is a city where everyone has an opinion and you cannot help but have one too, you realize that when you have to stand in a crowded bus,metro or maybe a long queue and suddenly some people who are perhaps strangers break out into a discussion about things like rising petrol costs,the drop of the Rupee, football, the soaring temperatures and the common topic is about the government or the lack of it... It almost seems like your the only one in a hurry and they have all the t...
Life is strange.... I never anticipated even in my wildest dreams that I would be able to attain the marks as to get Science but i surprisingly did...I was always one of the no-nuisance day dreamers in school,known in class for my strong opinions.I was never really serious about life,I was actually never serious about anything..But gradually my whole perspective about life changed,in every way possible...I used to be really impulsive and emotional as a child..But some circumstances in life change the very existence of your life..I always used to be my grandpa's little girl.I called him Dada and he called me Ma..... I remember holding his strong hand tightly with my little fingers while crossing the road and stopping near the sweet shop which was his favourite spot..Though he was advised by the doctor to have not more than one sweet a day whenever i returned from school i used to see him secretly gorging on Rasgullas..I can never forget those endless walks to the library with him an...
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