Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Remember Me Real?

Looking at the mirror and not looking at me at all!

Who is this person? What have I become?

There is a constant noise inside my head which doesnt stop! My perception of myself, my plans about myself, my bars about myself during the growing up years have become faded, I can hardly tell! There is a silhouette that is tough to comprehend.

Did I hate indifference then? Did I like uncertainties? Did I crave shade? Did I give shade?

Was I fun? Risk taking? Kind? Lovable?

It feels like a different time now. My eyes glowed different, my smile didn't come so often, my tears, oh never!

Did you like me then?

Do you like me now?

Do I like me now?




Friday, October 21, 2022

ঘুম আসেনা বহুদিন

 


রাত তবে কটা হোলো ? 

ঘুম আসেনা বহুদিন | 

স্বপ্ন পরীর ডাক পড়েছে 

চোকাতে হবে বহু ঋণ | 

ঘুম আসেনা বহুদিন | 


মনে পরে সেই ছোট্ট বেলায় 

বাবা বলতো গল্প কথা,

কোনটা গল্প, কোনটা কথা,

কোনটা নেহাত মাথার ব্যাথা  |

তখন কি আর ভাবতে হতো

সোজা - ব্যাকা - সহজ - কঠিন ?

আজকাল তাই রাত বেরাতে

ঘুম আসেনা বহুদিন |


আচ্ছা শোনাই আরেক গপ্পো

বড়ো তখন আমি অল্প স্বল্প

বালিশটাকে মুখে চেপে

ফোন বুনতাম আগাম কাব্য |

হবে একটা আকাশি বাড়ি, হলুদ পর্দা, সাদা দেয়াল, 

সঙ্গে হবে Alsatian , কয়েকটা ছবি, একটা গিটার |

জানলা পারে খোলা আকাশ ,

দুটো মানুষ, অনেক খেয়াল |

এসব কিন্তু বহুদিনের কথা 

স্মৃতির পাতায় একটু মলিন |

তবুও হয়তো এসব ভেবেই

ঘুম আসেনা বহুদিন |


তবে কি সবটাই ফেলা ?

এতটা জীবন, শিক্ষা, অভিজ্ঞতা?

না না, তা হয় নাকি?

এসব খালি রাতের আড়ালে

একটু ন্যাকামি

একটু দুঃখবিলাসিতা |

ওই দেখো, সূর্য ওঠে ,

শুরু করো কাজ, হও প্রেমে লীন |

আমি? আমি কাল আবার আসবো,

শোনাতে নালিশ, নিদ্রা বিহীন |

ভোর তবে কটা হোলো?

ঘুম আসেনা বহুদিন 

 

- অভিষিক্তা

Saturday, October 15, 2022

Same Old Last Night Shizz

Someday.

I.

Will.

Have.

A.

Job.

Here.

And.

Won't.

Have.

To.

Leave.

With.

A.

Heavy.

Heart.

Every.

Time.

Sir Clicked.








Friday, October 7, 2022

Mon Kharap

Ekadoshi is a very difficult day to explain

I don't know many people who can put End-of-Pujo feeling into words. 

The lights are dimmer

The air is sharper

The roads are crazy empty

So are the eyes!


The heart however is full but there also is a hollow within. The shreiky post Bijoya wind passes through that hollow and makes anxiety happen.

This feeling is my Flight-To-Bangalore reminder. Somehow, the Doshomi evening, with everything else, has been my reminder of the toughest flights. That's a ghyanghyan for another post, too many old posts too.


For now,

You cannot be making plans at 10pm

You cannot be waddling in rain with white saari on

You cannot be just happy, forgetting everything!


The days of being that girl from college, that boy from para, that couple from school are over for this year

Ashchhe bochhor ki j hobe :(


Chhuti shesh

School shuru


Ele r gele :(

Bhallagchhena :(






Saturday, October 1, 2022

30th September 2022


The day my mother retired after her 40 years of service.

My granddad loved telling us the story of how my mother was the single candidate selected in Mumbai interview for Doordarshan where people came from all over India. How she was the single person who wore Saari and chose 'Namaste' over ' Hello'. 

My mother has always been my inspiration, someone I try to copy in most of the professional life achievement possibilities, but mostly fail!

As the joke goes, I'm justa a 'paati guaduate' meye to a mother who has done

BSc

B(Lib)Sc

MA in Economics

MA in Political Science

Mass Communication

Diploma in French


All of this along with raising two particularly difficult daughters!

All of that, with impeccable sense of self worth!


I write this, beaming in pride

I write this, hoping for her new journey;

Of doing things so cool that it would be impossible for me to chase, again! 

Chapter New, everyday, Maa ❤️