Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi

Though, I am typically not a TV buff but "Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi" has almost become a weekly affair. I do not mind becoming an addict.

Through this forum, I would like to request each one to watch this wonderful program. It shows many examples which proves that for doing good, one necessarily need not have billions in bank balances and there are millions of opportunities around us. Each of the story is so inspiring that one feels like immediately joining the bandwagon or atleast contributiong something.

Today's stories which were about

a. Temsutula Imsong who initiated the Clean-Ghat drive at Varanasi, herself being from Nagaland and

b. Sunil B Satpute who started Gharkul, a home for special children

c. Subhashini Vasanth who is working for the benefit of Army widows despite herself being a Army widow

Deulti update

Updated http://chroniclingcalcutta.blogspot.in/ after a long time...

Books spree

There is a sudden shortage of time. This however is primarily because of teh sudden spurt in the books that I am reading. Yes, most of them are silly by English standards but by knowledge standards definitely no.
Besides, this is constantly giving me ideas for my writing venture.

Banking holidays on 2nd and 4th Saturdays

Some moments of absolute nothing-ness in a nearby coffee shop, a sumptous wife-made lunch, some serious blogging on atleast half a dozen ideas, start and encouraging penetration of a new book, serious moments with the lil' one, fond remembrances and recital of some old poems (not lost from memory but had become a memoir) with the better-half and a silent family dinner before EOD; believe the first ever second-Saturday holiday could not have been better.

I do not know about others but for me 12-Sep is no less than an important red-letter day of life.

Shifting Clouds by Ashoke Mitra
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was one of the shortest yet sweetest book that I have come across in recent times. It is pregnant with simplicity, human values, middle class values, small town easiness and lucidity. By God's grace if I were to write a book one day, it would be on these lines.


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New interest: painting

A recent penchant that has added to my myriad list is painting. While the first painting was an arbid one on trio in Hindoo-logy, the second was an idea inspired by the kid.
An octupus came out!

All in a day's transportation...Case of the blind boy in a metro

There are certain advantages of taking the public transportation. I have discussed few cases of unique observations and experiences earlier. However today was something different. For the first time, I came across a blind chap with a nice dainty lady. Both were in jeans. The chap would have been in mid twenties and so also the lady.  
She was gossiping with the chap holding his hands together while waiting like me for the metro train to arrive. Initially there was a group of young people (probably friends) who were gossiping with them and then the group left them.
There was a degree of empathy in her eyes and that reflected in her face too. There was a smile and there was few milliseconds of an angst-look on the face in between. What struck me was the distinct bonding between them. As such, when one commutes in a metro it is not surprising to find pairs holding hands but this was the first time one of the partner was blind. There were like me, many pairs of eyes directed on this pair. Probably each of the onlookers had the same set of questions in their mind like what was the relationship, what they were discussing and what does future hold for them in conjunction with the first question. 
But before I could think of something, my station came and I had to leave. I left with one thought: happy that we have blind people being cared and also to discover that we have some patient angels.