21st August 2012
Amar Shohor..
As the days are coming close…my
mind and heart are playing games with me…Memories till date are encircling me
like dense mist…..I never imagined that leaving home town would be such a Big
Deal for me.
Kolkata…..is not just a city but
a huge bundle of memories. I have seen whenever people go outside Kolkata they
starts criticizing this city. I don’t understand why they do it at all? Whether
to show how happening they are or is there a much deeper feeling? May be they
miss the “Tillottama” so much that they
use it as a shield to hide or control the homesickness and nostalgia…
As I stand at a juncture of
leaving it behind for a fresh start, I
look at my city in a new light and realize how beautiful she is. The smallest
of things which we so easily take for granted are the ones which are missed
when looked at from distance.
All of us had visited Victoria
Memorial as it is one of our heritage building but have you ever seen her as
the late evening sun gets ready to set and flashes its light at the summit and
the reflection of the building falls on the water body….See her once….I bet you
will fall in love with her all over again…Howrah Bridge….We cross it
innumerable times while travelling without even glancing at it…at night when
the bridge shines in the mauve aura, take a boat ride on Ganga River and watch
its tantalizing beauty…. the smell of mud and hay near Kumhartoli, the chanting
and narration of Birendra Krishna Bhadra: “ Ashiner
sharado prate….” at the dawn of Mahalaya, the slogan…” Asche Bochor abar Hobe” on
Dashami, smell of old books at college street are some of the true essence of
my city…
But, as I was writing this
suddenly a thought crossed my mind that would this city and these memories
would have been as tempting and exciting as it is now without the people
involved in it? Life and memories are beautiful with the people in it. As
spices add tastes to different dishes, different relations as well as different
colours in the same relation adds spice in our life…Today I feel special and
blessed to have experienced such a colourful life in this colourful city and
feel thankful to have some wonderful people in my life who makes this city “City of Joy” in true sense.
