A Drop of water on the dessicated one

Odd hours I will come back to you.
Rains will pour down. We have to move fast.
Rusty windows, muddy roads, Melancolic heart.
At the Odd hours I will come back to you.

Land lying east of India,the state of West Bengal is considered as a very politically vigorous one.Time and time people have looked down the state in a negative way as it is plagued and hammered by strikes, political violence and other dysfunctional activities. But have we tried to dig out the rationale behind it, does anyone care what mayhem this state has undergone, do they sympathetize for it. I would take this small opportunity to pacify the biased thoughts.

The crux reason dates back to the era and political turmoil of partition. To think of Calcutta now known as Kolkata used to be compared with the cities like Edinburgh and London. People used to take pride in the charming vibes of the city. That aestheticism and the aura of the city were totally devastated by the sin called the partition. People were forced to leave their homes, their birthplace. They had to squander the dreams which they carried all along their lives. Same intolerable scrape happened with people from Bangladesh.

The plight and the insufferable quandary faced by them in India are never told again; that populace had to come here and faced many hardships and destitutions. Those days the disparity between rich and poor was increasing alarmingly again coupled with the ignorant government residing in Delhi. That enforced these poor and food-ridden people to align and put their belief with the Communist party. It was not with only the Refugees who faced the problem but also other poor and unfortunate people like peasants, laborers also were undergoing the same hardships.

As they say, there are only two categories of people, the torturers and the sufferers. Sufferers are all those people who suffer the pain of poverty and who doesn’t have power to stand against the torturers. Rich always take advantage of the system and annoy the poor.

Communism rose to the power and caught the beacon inspired by Lenin and Mao Zedong. Communist ideology did give the consolation and solace which these poor people were seeking for. The flames were ignited and the dying hopes of poor people were rejuvenated again. As Trotsky would surmise ‘No War No Peace’.

So the present political turbulence does attribute its cause to the incidents happened in the past of Bengal. Did any other state had to suffer like this? It’s important to understand the hardships and trauma which these people have undergone.

The worst part is that some obnoxious weeds still talk vouch about Communism, these people who doesn’t fully understand the conception of Communism; they start to preach about communism. They are the people who try to distract people to other blasphemous causes. They take advantage of the past and hoodwink people .I know Communism is not a very pertinent theory at present times, but people will always ascend whenever the need is there.

Welcome to the Shop

Ok I admit I am stimulated by the blog I read that other day about the resplendent service of Air Deccan, but all and sundry is inspired starting from Satyajit Ray to Marlon Brando. Why me be left behind. Now let’s barge into the real story of Peeliance Defresh which is held by Bambani group.

That day I was ordered to get bread and few eggs I gleefully planted my foot into the Peeliance Defresh which is just below the gym I hop into. The Janitor there is so good that he allows you to take the bag inside without checking anything if you mention you carry a laptop and also if it looks like a laptop bag. I have seen earlier that the items are so fresh that you would be damn lucky to get an item before the expiry date. That day I think I was lucky enough to get the bread which was to be expired just two days before. Lucky me.
But now where are the eggs.Peeliance Defresh staffs (if you find anyone other than the people at billing counter and the soporific janitor) are so good that they keep their customers always on their toes and they force their customer to find the things on their own. I had to make two rounds of the whole shop before I found the eggs lying at the corner.

Excellent now I have both the things. Then I was confronted with the queue which was before the billing counter, Peeliance Defresh people as they would claim they make their customers to stand and give some exercises for the leg. The gym instructors above would be elated.

So I joined the queue. Now this time they take care of their own staffs and help them to improve their mathematical skills. When the magnetic readers are intentionally sabotaged so that the staffs do the manual calculation on their own .Cat aspirants here they come. Now you give them the debit/credit card. Boy now they train their staff on the physical level when they have to run up and down and swipe the card in the card reader which is located at some mysterious arcane place.

Dewar (quoting FIP) meanwhile has scored a century that too in a test match. Then I succeeded by counting the change I got and came out of the shop. I thought the eggs would have hatched by then.
Bambanis now should listen to this and put some IPL players as Peeliance Defresh staff.

Farewell to the Talisman

Long awaited Talisman, the aggression for which whole India awaited. Steadfast son retires from the battle of cricket. He banged into the scene 17 years ago rather faltered in the first step, but came back mighty strongly in 1996 at lords where he scripted a grand return with two back to back splendid centuries.

From that time he never had to look back, although had to face many obstacles. But the fighter was never bogged down and lived to play many battles. With another maestro Sachin tendulkar, Ganguly were the two players who single handled won many matches for India.

Time came; nation’s passion got indulged into grubby controversy of betting. Seniors like Azharuddin, Jadeja were forced to leave the game.Sachin was not up to the mark as a captain. Indian cricket was in shambles. It needed a leader who put the much needed aggression and passion into the game. There came Ganguly and boy, did not he change the face of the game.

Ganguly known as an aggressive captain much debated character who knew how to throw the ball back to opponents. His nexus with Aussie captain Steven Waugh is well known.Ganguly nurtured a young brigade like Harbhajan,Sehwag,Yuvraj,Zahir and all who have now become the backbone of the Indian cricket team.

Let’s give a standing ovation to the man who played royally till last day and surely was a talisman who was long awaited for.

A staggering raft in Turbulent waters

Coupled with leftist sentiments the modern prodigy,Mrinal Sen has given us one of the most soul searching and thought provoking movies.In the league of Ray and Ghatak,Mrinal Sen is always considered one of the best directors ever.

Mrinal Sen is regarded as one of the pioneers of Parallel cinema in Indian Film Industry.Started with Bhuvan Some, the simplicity of his movie making style reflected. Starring Enigmatic Utpal Dutt and charismatic Suhasini Mulay in the lead role, the movie was a critically acclaimed hit.

With the advent of Naxalite turbulence in Bengal,Sen directed movies like Padatik and Calcutta-76.Those movies wedged the exact plight and mindset of people that time.He made movies with on versatile subjects with each movie used to carry a message,From the famine struck wife of the poor farmer in ‘Akaler Sandhaney’ to ‘Lonely mysterious girl’ of Antareen, sen had portrayed each of his characters in subtle shades.

My favourite of his films would be Mahaprithibi,the movie again based on the Naxalite Movement.It tells the story of a Person who left his family in dire straits during the movement and went to Germany, and what happens after he comes back, aptly played by dynamic Victor Banerjee.

Always tagged with the ideas of Marxism,Surrealism ,Italian Neorealism etc,Sen’s movies seldom have a happy ending or precisely it did not have a definitive finale .

On His 85^th Birthday i pay my tributes and salutations to this great man.

A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes

When I say love stories or romantic movies I have seen a many. From my childhood to now moved by lots starting from Notting Hill to Intermezzo. Starting from Julia Roberts to Ingrid Bergman. Do I really mean it? Do they really define the meaning of love and the passion of longing for each other.

Much not into this genre I kind of stumbled onto a French movie called ‘Girl on the Bridge’ in English by master director Patrice Leconte.The film is made in black and white to magnify the effects and emotions. It’s a story about a knife thrower and his target. How their luck change when they meet each other and how their love cultivates.

About the girl (masterful performance by Vanessa Paradis) who thinks perfect love has always eluded her. Who thinks she is bad at luck of finding a faultless and ideal love.

About a man who is a knife thrower who doesn’t want to get intimate with his target as so could make him weak, who himself is not successful just saves the girl when she tries to jump of the bridge and suicide. The film revolves around these two characters that emote, like, love each other. Their journey towards finding the true love, the true meaning that makes this feeling an oasis in the desert, the accurate connotation that makes long voyages a rather small stroll.

A true film on love, which asks us what is this feeling, what is meant by being together.

As Rogert Ebert said ‘There is nothing like being partners in a knife-throwing act to encourage a man and a woman to focus on their relationship.’

Ek Aur Dalega?

Stick to the decision,believe in your abilities and the things will go well.The Old Cliche was again proved correct by the men in blue.When Viru knew Ishant Sharma is capable of bowling long spell they stuck by him and gave him the chance and boy did he get the wicket of Aussie captain.

India’s win at Perth reflects the team game,grit and determination of the Indian players.Kudos to Jumbo for lifting up the team and giving the memorable present to the fans.As sherry paaji said killing the lion by entering into their own den.Perth has been always the steadfast citadel of Aussies,beating them there is a esplendent effort.

Influx of two fighting attitude laden cricketers also in my view had added to the cause.Sehwag chipping in with some useful runs at the top,taking on the attack on the pace attacks unleashed by aussies and plucking up crucial two wickets of Gilly and Lee.Pathan deservedly got the man of the match bowled well and made useful contribution with bat.

Off the topic As Sunny bhai just said its a good omen as Gary entering into the arena.Lets hope for the best.Lets go for the Champagne and raise our eyes to the Southen Australian city of Adelaide(Remember 2003?) and let me switch the channel to Star sports and put my eyes on the Rod Laver Arena

Talaffuz Janab

Its a finicky feeling when you have some retrospective aura around you with the Heritage and culture you inherit.I had that opportunity to spend one weekend in that charismatic atmosphere.Rather we recreated that mahoul for us.

Two factors contributed this post motivation for me.One is the Sudhir Mishra’s latest flick ‘Khoya Khoya Chaand’.Awesomely planted in the 60’s caressing through the intricacies of film industry.A tale of love and passion.Some resplendent screenplay and cinematography.Kudos Sudhir for rejuvenating the old spirit.Usage of Urdu and pure Hindi punctuated with awesome sets produced an undying aura which will be memorized.

Another is in the series of myself and my roomie Kaushik’s venture of discovering a new eatery every weekend.This time we stumbled upon a perfectly made pure Indian restaurant named ‘Roomali with View’.We grave for speciality and my boy this was the place.With Ghazals of Jagjit Singh,Ghulam Ali and Pankaj Udhas filling the atmosphere with just what the doctor ordered.Food served with Rajasthani,Awadhi and Kashmiri speciality made us being poised and paused while we were having the Daal baati which was well complemented by the Jaamun.

Always had wanted the heritage to be kept alive by travelling through the subtle nuances of life.I felt the weekend was perfectly ordered for me.Just again i thought let me concentrate on my Talaffuz.