a journey that starts with one small step, chants the song of life, of individuals and groups, of faces noticed and masked. it begins with an I and ends with us.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
feeling different

This morning was different. Usually it is corroded with an ubiquity of problems. I step out with heavy feet without expecting any miracle to happen. But this disparate morning was fresh with the touch of the velvety wind. It started with the aroma of a perfect cup of Darjeeling tea as the crimson daylight filtered in my room through the folds of the drapes. The streets and train stations were brimming as usual. But today, the busy faces in the crowd looked content. It was good to realise that they haven’t forgotten to smile.
I am happy it was a different morning. I am happy to see them smile...
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Seeing the unseen
http://readerspost.femina.in/experiences/seeing-the-unseen/#comment
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Saturday, December 18, 2010
আমার মতন
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Melancholy

But then one day, the wind changed its direction and we had to part. Our hopes that germinated under the same sky relinquished before the sun-burnt reality. We were deeply dismayed as we saw our friendship melting away. For the first time we could listen to the sound of the clock loud and clear.
Time raced and we could not swim against its waves. We ended up in benighted lands where we are lonely amidst the crowd. In the dying moonlight we stand like two islands, oceans apart. Our existences wrapped in grim solitude.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
for my mother....
অনেক পথ হেটেছি তোর সাথে
হোচট খেলে ধরেছি তোর হাথ,
আবোল-তাবোল রঙিন আঁকি-বুকি
ঘুম পাড়ানি গান, জেগে থাকা রাত...
এখন তুই অন্য পারে থাকিস
দূরাভাষে গুছিয়ে কথা বলা;
দু' এক পশলা ইচ্ছে আজও আছে
বুকের ভিতর, জমিয়ে রাখা থাক.....
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Hope....

Thursday, December 2, 2010
আর একটা জীবন
মেঘের ভাঁজে ছবি আঁকা আছে,
ঘুম চোখে আমার মুখে দেখো
আঁচল দিয়ে স্বপ্ন জড়িয়ে রেখো,
দেখবে একটা জল তরঙ্গ আছে
এঁকে বেঁকে যাওয়া আসার পথে,
কখন যেন হাথ ছানি দেয় আমায়
নীল উড়নি উড়িয়ে নিয়ে যায়;
ইচ্ছে করে তোমার কাছে যেতে
তোমার সাথে নতুন করে বাঁচতে ---
আর একটা জীবন
অন্যরকম .....
Friday, November 12, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Wilds of Life!
This reminds me of an adventurous Philippino friend who once told me that she doesn’t feel excited about visiting Singapore. She said it’s absolutely no fun when you know that you are walking down the bustling streets and nobody will dare to snatch your purse. Everything is so controlled, including your anxieties.
Well there are always two sides of a coin. Being an Indian I value the safety and security threads so well maintained by the Singapore government. Kudos to them! However the evolution of life demands bitter experiences too. The curve of life should be a mishmash of humps and smoothies. That’s how you learn to reflect upon things. That’s the way I want to live it. I mean oceans are meant to have waves. That’s its raison d’être.
Therefore albeit I love Singapore I still miss the wilderness of India.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Rightly Wrong
I do not see any wrong in walking those extra miles to cross the borders to experience the new. But I move on to the back foot when the new refuses to accept me. It is a little bizarre when I see my need but feel the resistance at the same time. And that’s when I actually start believing I am in the wrong place albeit I am the need of the hour.
So what do I do then? Do I retreat? Do I compromise? Or do I revolt? Well, the answer is not so easy. As long as my experience goes, every human action will not have an equal and opposite reaction. Human experiences cannot be considered as simple or complex mathematical calculations with a static numerator and denominator. Depending on the strength of the experience, how intensely it affects your emotions, you can actually take a decision. But once the decision is taken it is done. Never look back otherwise you may find reasons to regret.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
কথোপকথন
ভেবেছি ঘুম ভাঙ্গাবে আলো,
অন্ধকারে নিশিযাপন
ভেজা কুয়াশার চাদর ...
বুঝতে পারিনি আলো তখন
আমার বুকের ভিতর
তিরতির করে দানা বেঁধেছে যে,
আজ সে মহীরুহ..
আঁচল দিয়ে আগলে রেখেছি
বুকের ভিতর আগুন,
এখন আমার রাতের সাথে
সম্মুখ কথোপকথন ...
Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
শুকনো পাতা জমে থাকে
বই এর পাতার ভাঁজে...
রং চটা মলাটে আবছা হয়ে যায়ে স্মৃতি রেখা
বিকেল হলে মনে হয়
এই তো সকাল ছিল
কখন যেন দেরী হলো খেয়াল করিনি তো!
সেদিন যেখানে বৃষ্টি নেমে ছিল
সেখানে আজ হলুদ পাতার ভীর,
সেদিন যেখানে বন্যা হয়েছিল
সেখানে আজ শুকনো নদীর তীর;
জীবন দিয়ে জীবনকে চেনা
কুড়িয়ে পাওয়া চেনা অচেনা বীজ
মাটির নীচে লুকিয়ে রেখেছিলাম
নেশার মতন বেড়ে চলেছে
দিন প্রতিদিন...


















