Lethargy-cal-Whisper

For sometime I wanted to write few lines about Bangalore water crisis. And what better day to write about, other than today, the #WorldWaterDay.  I have a long relationship  with the city. In 90's I lived in the city for 6 years when I was studying in Indian Institute of Science and then my first job here. I loved the city more than any other  Indian city, because of it's people, beauty, weather. Its weather was so good that, we used to call it "The Air Conditioned City", there were so many trees were here that  we used to call this "The Garden City". After living in the US for some years, when I decided to come back, there was only one city that came in my mind, it was Bangalore. Last  3 years I am living here. The city is totally changed in last decade or so. The population has gone up by almost 10 folds since 90's. Everywhere concrete jungle. No space  left for making new roads or plantation. Oh, sorry I am deviating from ...

Today, 20th March, the #WorldSparrowDay. From my childhood days they are one of my favorite BIRDS. In our village, we used to find them everywhere,  especially in the bamboo jungles, ...and the chirping of the sparrows in the mornings and evenings (closing my eyes, I can hear).  Unfortunately in the cities they are hard to find, because - 1. Low percentage of tree covers, and concrete jungle. 2. Difficult to find a natural drinking water source, specially in the summer time. As summer becoming hotter and hotter year by year, their population is decreasing with time. In fact this is true for any kind of BIRDS.  This summer if you can, put a bow of fresh water in your balcony /patio/terrace/backyard  for them to drink.  Who knows, you might find two POSE-ing for a cute photograph too ;-). Remembering the movie "Charachar" ("Shelter of the wings" - https://letterboxd.com/film/shelter-of-the-wings/ ) #RajitKapoor's acting... oh!  Belu...

Ek Swapna de jaa re... You will live forever...

26/3/2018 Could not resist ;-) #Australia, please don't play with " t[A->E]mpered " BALLS ;-))... https://twitter.com/TheNTNews/status/977830650353827842 #Cricket #SteveSmith #SAvsAUS #mediawatch 18/3/2018 When I see fountains, it always fascinates me.  - It cleans the water by adding oxygen into. - It cools down the surroundings. - It's sound soothes our mind. - It invites BIRDS and other animals. - It reminds us that we are so TINY in front of the FOWARA. ...and continues... Here are 8 tallest fountains in the world. Can we make ONE taller than these! Waiting... #WeLoveFountains 17/3/2018 Our ancestors used to conserve water through a simple meaning. Dig ponds and lakes around and collect rain water in the rainy season, use it whole year. Make the ground water level happy.  My grandfather used to say, "Pukur kato, santar kato". We completely forgot that! #100DaysOfWork 16/3/2018 Get well soon Irrfan-Da....

ANG er "chakor" BYANG, BYANG er "chakor" CHAMCHIKE. -ANG earns $120/hr. -BYANG earns $65/hr. -CHAMCHIKE earns $32.50/hr. From HIRING-MANAGER to CHAMCHIKE's parents everyone is happy, cause happy-happy situation, happy-happy ALGORE-RHYTHM everywhere. #gotDollers #bodyShopping #subContracting [And if this post makes you very mad then /You Should/ ! ]

 তখন High School এ পড়ি ! প্রায় প্রতি বছর দিদির বাড়ি মদন্ডি যেতাম ষাট-পুজোর আকুরি নিয়ে। মদন্ডি গ্রাম টা ছিল দামোদর নদীর তীরে ঠিক একটা অদ্ভুত সুন্দর জায়গায়। কিলোমিটার খানেক এর মধ্যেই /Neheru Park/ , তার পাশেই বিশাল Pump House, একটু দূরেই ISP Airport. বেড়াতে গিয়ে কখন যে সময় কিভাবে কেটে যেত তার টের পেতাম না। তার ওপরে নদীর মাছ, নদীতে স্নান, নৌকা বাওয়া সব যেন গল্পের মতো মনে হতো. কয়েকজন মিলে সাঁতরে যেতাম নৌকো বাইব বলে। গুন্ টেনে নিয়ে যেতাম ৩/৪ শ মিটার, তারপর সবাইমিলে নৌকায় চড়ে বসতাম। গুন্ টেনে নিয়ে যাওয়ার সময় পুরো ব্যাপার টা শারীরিক ভাবে একটু কষ্ট-দায়ক হলেও নৌকা টা control এ থাকতো বেশ। আবার উল্টো দিকে চড়ে আনন্দ পেতাম ঠিক ই, অনেক তা roller-coaster এর মতো, কিন্তূ কোনো ভাবেই পুরোপুরি control থাকতো না নৌকা টা। মাঝি বলতো, "জোরে চললে বেশি বাইবে না, শুধু দিক ঠিক করে চালিও"। একবার উজান এ চললে কে কার কথা শোনে। নৌকা গিয়ে উঠতো আরো ৩/৪ শ মিটার পার হয়ে। Over and Above All - Flexibility is the Key to Control the Boat. After All - Fun, Flow and Happiness is the Key to be a SUCCESSFUL ONE ! ...