In bits and pieces

First, the reasons. For penning the blog, that is. They are not in any particular order :-)
1) A new post was long overdue in this blogspot.
2) Trashy writers suffering from partial insomnia (read, yours truely) need to vent somewhere!
3) Thesis writing is way more blah...
So, coming right back to the post. We've had some scattered developments (much like the dreaded scattered snow showers yet to come) with select few BSSMites which are decent enough to be shared with the entire community. Not that it matters, but any news seems like a manna from heaven in this news-parched deserted landscape of stillness. So, what else has been happening since our rocking, U-la-la, Va Va Voom of a success -Durga pujo? Nothing much...and yet quite a few things have been brewing in the proverbial pot. For starters, Suvo da et al. started a music club, the first session of which was organized at Tallin's place and which I heard, went amazingly well. Also, some of us spent a beautiful Saturday evening at Angshu da and Baishali di's pad last week amidst tons of pure ISI grade/ FDA certified adda and amazingly mind numbing, unbelievably delicious food (I still halucinate about that spread). And finally, who can forget, Saurav's birthday celebrated the day before Thanksgiving at CTC. Anybody who's a somebody or a nobody dropped by and the evening passed by in wolfing down great food, peals of laughter (special jarring effects were provided by a certain female) and a lively banter encompassing all. The final verdict: we need to have more of such get-togethers! Here's hoping that the year end brings more of those our way.
Have a great Sunday all!

Musical track on 50th Month Commemoration of BSSM

Designed on heavy bass and electric piano for the youthful brigade of Bengali Students Society of Minnesota on its 50th Month Commemoration. Regressive notes were intentional. Composed and designed on Apple’s Garageband 1.0. 14 tracks and 373 loops.
Saurav Mitra
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Poila boishak celebration video

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Poila boishak celebration

Identity

Sometimes, there is this strong sense of loss. It has been half a decade now, away from home. The person in me that had left home five years ago has evolved substantially since then. And now, the distance between me and that left-behind value system gapes so large, that I often find myself floating. Uncomfortably. Cut off from my roots.

Visiting home doesn't feel the same any more. I have just drifted too far away, and find myself a painful misfit in those familiar surroundings. And therefore the sense of loss. As if I no longer have a home to go back to, some place I truly belong. And it is at times like this that I shut myself up, alone, in the hushed darkness of my room, searching for myself. Searching for a spirit, that has silently evolved within, and has now become my only home, my roots, and my identity.

All you who sleep tonight

All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above -

Know that you aren't alone
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.

~ Vikram Seth

Lalmohon Babu hole bolten...!!

Lalmohon Babu nijeke aar shamlate na perey bolei fellen.."bujhlen moshai....aie jokhon thekey Sushil Kumar aar Vijender Kumar-er bronze pawaar khabor-ta peyechi... bhetore bhetore ki je ekta iye hochche ....ki bolbo moshai....shokaal thekei kintu daan chokh-ta lafachilo"...ektu themey "jyamon Aravalli-r Dacoits-der pichone tara korte giye ekta chapa uttejona hoyechilo sheirokom feel korchi.....lom gulo khara hoye giyeche, dekhun".... Feluda haath-er paaNch-ta angul shunnye tule diye, majhpothei Lalmohan babu-ke thaamiye dilen..."Vijender-er bronze-ta ekhono confirmed noi....ota slver-o hote pare abar gold-o hote paare....abar apni ja bollen ...Bronze-o hotey paare, aar aiete jeney raakhben Vijender-er opponent-ra apnar Aravolli-r Dacoits-der thekeo bhoyonkor, era holo giye Cuba theke jhanu boxer shob"...
emni shomoi hotat Telephone-ta kring krring kore bejey uthlo....abar ki natun rohosshyo ??....na onnyo keu ??....amar mukh-e tokhono ordhek jyam makhano paunruti..Feluda expect korchilo....ami phone-ta tulbo....amar obostha dekhe nijei ponchom baar krrring howar porei ekta upper cut bhongi-te reciever-ta tule nilo....
ami thik Feluda-r telephone-r kotha gulo follow korlam na....amar mathai tokhon breakfast sesh kore...Lalmohan babu-r bahannotomo upponnyaash-er molaat-ta ki rokom hoyeche sheite dekhar chinta !!
phone-ta rekhe Feluda bollo "ekta guess korto, ke phone korechilo, bhodrolok-ke tui chinish"...ami bollam "Tirthankar Babu...Elgin Road-e bari, jaader kaal raat-e bari theke oshtodhatu-r murti churi giyeche"...Feluda uttor dilo "na thaak paarbi na............. phone korechilen Krishnendu-r Baba"....Lalmohon Babu bollen "ke Krishnedu ??? Shoptopodi-r Krishnendu, you mean ....the grrrreat Chobi Biswas"....
Feluda:-"Corrrrrrrect Lalmohan babu...uni bollen Krishnendu aar Rina Brown naaki ekhon Beijing-e, oder biye-r 50th anniversary palon korbar jonnyo oNra Olympics dekhte giyeche...sudhu husband-wife.....ora naaki Vijender-er fight-ta dekheche stadium-e boshe.....ebong fight-ta howar porei shoja naki Chobi-Dake phone korechilen...tai bhodrolok amake onar khushi howar golpo shonachilen ...sesh korlen aie bole..Felu tomakei first phone-ta korlam kintu....ayi NDTV-ta ekbar chalato...dyakhi headlines-ta...."
ami remote-y teen-te botaam tepar porei channel-ta peye gelaaam...LIVE dekhaache desh-er Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru congratulatory message ..."soul of nation, long suppressed, finds utterance..." ...................bhodrolok-er chokh-er tolai jol dekhlaam money holo !!