पहली बारीश मुबारक!

Somethings never change; across cities, age, phase!

Annual Yellow Day!

How perfect were the days when the Kolkata home, the only home I know as a matter of fact, would be buzzing with oldest friends, followed by shajugu and extensive jhaari throughout the day, on the roads for Saraswati Pujo.

This year, finally acknowledged the age and the need of Bidya, Buddhi, Java and did Saraswati Pujo myself, ofcourse with onjoli happening online from home.

Old pink Saari for the customary Bangali Prem dibosh.

When would I ever get to stay forever in Kolkata and celebrate all of this in total is a rant for everyday. Anyway!

May your Basant Panchami be full of Mangsho, Machh, Error less Code and Yellow Saari 💛

Were You There

 

Were you there when the girl was killed
Not in an accident not on a war field
When her mother’s womb was nil-d
3 months into the womb, you knew her gender
Quietly, openly, when the world accepted this blunder
Were you there?

Were you there when the girl was raped?
Sometimes in a night club, sometimes as an infant,
Sometimes from head to toe when she was draped.
The world enquired ‘Was the molester 18?’
The world shed a tear and forgot the memory, clean
Were you there?

Were you there when the girl was objectified?
First dowry then slavery, and then no education was justified.
She moaned, she cried, she looked for help all around
The world kept quiet, no one made a sound.
Were you there?

- Abhishikta

" Delaying The Inevitable…"

 Certain words, certain phrases remain etched upon our lives forever. Some to bring in happy memories, some to permanently hurt our heart, and some, to put us into a continuous loop of trust issues.

Delaying the Inevitable…

I have been told this phrase, I have told this phrase and never for good. Never, for anything that is remotely bright and positive; but then, I have never been a bright and positive person in the first place.

Then we grow old, turn 30 and meet people who put in all the efforts to actually delay the inevitable, so much so that the inevitable shifts from a smaller spectrum to a larger spectrum which is years away.
So much so that you want to believe them.
So much so that you believe that the inevitable can actually be delayed.

Which class Aunty?

I know I know! Some things we never learn.
Some phrases never leave our lives but we can just hope that some do!
Anyway, there will always be a song to remind you of it, all of it.