A tribute to my juniors in Pandya..

Ajkal dekhi chardikei khub ragging er birudhhe protibadee kantho fute othe. Khub satyi bolte ki Himachal Pradesh er Aman ba Kerala te sei atmahatya korte badhya hoya meyetir moto(Ami nam bhule gechhi tar) ghotona gulo shuni jakhan, bhitar theke kenpe uthi. Ei ki ekta sabhya somajer tathakothito shikshito chhelemeyeder kaj hote pare!! Kintu hoyo to abar, hotei thake e ghotonagulo, ghottei thake amader sathe..
Kintu tabu engineering hostel e thakar abhigyata amake kothay jeno ragging er birudhhe gola tulte atotao utsahito kore na, borong nijer mone bole uthi, ekta intro session na thakle ki r temon jome alap ta, tabe matra haranota thik noy. R matrata thik rakhar dayitwa ekantobhabei seniorder, karan junior der khub beshi kshamata thake na seniorder kajkarmer protibad korar. Tabu ragging er tradition take puro matray aswikar korteo pari na. Etota bhonita korar karan aj hothat bus-e uthe pichhoner seat er dike egiye jachhi, ekti meye (mukhta chena lagleo thik nam mone korte parlam na, ba kothay dekhechhi tao bhalo kore mone korte parlam na! Madam, I am really sorry.) chenchiye uthlo "Asmita-di, kemon achho?" Ami ekta daysara uttar dilam "chole jachhe". Tarpor anekkhon meyetir dike takiye bhabte chesta korchhi se ke, mon boschhe na "Tale of Two Cities" er patay.Abchha mone porlo re e to amar college er junior, tar mane ora ekhon 4th yr.. Aswasti lagchhilo ektu. Tarpor dekhlam se meyeti hasimukhe abar bole uthlo "amake chinte parchho na, tai na? Abasya mone thakar kothao noy, amra to takhan 1st yr, tomra beriye gele, kintu tumi amader sathe anek interaction korechhile, Ami Shirin, Electrical". Ami perplexed. Swikar kore nilam "Na re ekhono ami tor mukher sathe nam ta map korate parchhi na, ami soryy. Kintu tui amake nam diye dakli dekhe khub bhalo laglo, etota bhalo laglo satyi hoyto tora jotokhon na college chhere berochhis, bujhteo parbi na".. Fire gelam sei so-called ragging er dingulote. Amader hostel e physical ragging kathorbhabe nishidhha chhilo, 4 bochhorer college jibone Shrutidi-Somi episode ta chhara temon kono physical ragging er galpo mone pore na. Kintu tar majhe chhilo kichhu nikhad kautukbaho ebong 'smart' prashnottar er khela, r ektu holeo chilo kichhu bidhinisedh jemon khete gele 'freshers' er age porjonto 'tricolor dress pora', seniorder dekhle ekta hasimukhe sambodhan kora ityadi chapiye diye nijeder baro dekhanor anondo. Kintu sei ghotona gulo kono din-i khub beshi matra chharato na, chharale hoyto college theke beriye asar 3 bochhor poreo Shirin er moto keu amake bus-e hothat kore deke uthto na. Esob bhabte bhabtei Shirin amar paser fanke seat tay ese boslo. Jigges korlo amader kotha, nam dhore dhore jante chailo anek senior er kotha, place senior Tinar kotha erokom aro aneker.Bolchhilo or majhe majhei mone pore amader kotha, karor sathei to r dekha hoy na.. Bhisan biswas korlam kothagulo.. Orao ebar beriye jabe, 4th year. Bhisan touchy hoye achhe ekhon college sombondhe. Bollo "Jano amra just ekta batch bhalo junior peyechhi, tarpore to r interact-i kora jayni, eto arrogant sobai. Abhijog amadero kichhu kom chhilo na, tabe sesob bhule giye amra to tomader bhalobesei mone rekhechhi". Asonno REBECA te jawar amantran janalo, bollo je or single room amader chhereo dite pare night stay r prayojone.. Ami abaro mugdha holam. Ei Shirin ra achhe bolei amra ajo B-E-I-N-G-S.. Ajo amra mone prane biswas kori "Those were the best days of my life" .. Cheers for Pandya, Cheers for BECollege. My first love.
JU ese gechhilo, okeo namte hoto JU te.. Oke or destination e pouchhe dilam. Biday janiye Lab er dike egote egotei anekta abeg jome gelo moner modhye. Soumi ke phone lagalam Shirin er galpo ta bolar jonye.. Thank you Shirin, amar ekta chhotto ateet ke firiye anar jonye.. I miss those days.. Tora bhisan bhalo thak.. Anonde thak... Sofol hoye oth jiboner judhhe.. Amader shubha kamana roilo toder jonye..

Election circus, Varun vs. Lalu!! Show must go on....

Election is coming and yes, we are going to have another series of ‘you laugh me’ competition all over Bharat for next couple of months. Sometimes u will hear about a ‘policy’ based alliance, sometimes you will hear about ‘policy less alliance’, sometimes you will hear about some ‘support from outside’, sometimes you will hear about support deal done by some monetary transaction under the table and so on. Still India is the biggest democracy and yes, I believe in democracy, even if more than 50% of the population does not understand anything about democracy, another 50% from the rest does not care about the same if he/she does not need any help from the Member of Legislative Assembly or Parliament. So ultimately very few people really care about Bharatbarsha that is India as you all know her.
But here I am not to discuss about democracy or advantages, disadvantages of the same, but I would like to focus on a very specific incident of a very young enthusiastic and educated (i.e. a degree holder from London School of Economics!) politician who dared to step in this dingy place of Indian politics following his father and mother. Yeah, I am talking about Varun Gandhi. As far as I understand democracy means you have right to express, but that expression should not hurt anyone else. Anyhow, hurting someone is not supported in Indian culture too. It is said even if you feel like talking something fierce to anyone, make yourself polite and help the person understand your viewpoint clearly but don’t make him/her feel hurt. But what Varun did? as per his version: “If anyone raises a finger towards Hindus or if someone thinks that Hindus are weak and leaderless, if someone thinks that these leaders lick our boots for votes, if anyone raises a finger towards Hindus, then I swear on Gita that I will cut that hand.” May be this is a communal statement. May be he was not right by saying that he would protect Hindus. Very fine!! Not a problem for me. Neither do I like Varun, nor do I dislike. But the drama was not completed then. After hearing Varun. Laluji reacted even more harshly. Lauji would have crushed Varun under the roller if he had the power. Wow! Greater drama this is. Is not it my friends? India Govt. and so called ‘law officers’ has told Varun that he was wrong to express in that way and Varun surrendered immediately. A true Indian culture of course. But what the hell to do with Laluji?? No one has taken a step against him and he himself is not ready to surrender even after giving a open threat to Varun, an individual. What a circus Indian democracy is!! Same guilt , different reaction of govt. Yes, now I understand the difference of having power and not having the same..
Jai ho!!
Amen..
The show must go on, election!!!!