Truly Saptarshi

Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu Gurudevo Maheshwaro It is that day of the year when we celebrate 'Teachers'. The most respected of all professions, i have also from my childhood always thought of becoming a teacher some day. Because in all other professions, the respect is till you are in the post. And once you lose the post, people mostly tend to ignore you. But this never happens with 'good' teachers. Yes, i used the word 'good' before teachers. It sounds really bad but had to use it seeing today's scenario. It is so sad. Teachers are the one who molds the pupils to become better citizens. When the boy/girl first steps into school, he or she knows nothing and is so easily modifiable, he/she takes in everything that comes on the way. This is where a teacher makes entry and teaches what is good and what is bad. However if the lackage starts from this stage, it is very dangerous. It is dangerous for the future of this society, this country. Previously ...

What happened at Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh is very painful and miserable . Maybe somewhere we are to be blamed down the years but i am writing this post not to discuss those issues of nature . But , this is about us , how we people are taking advantage of the whole situation at times. According to the newspapers and television channels , what is going on besides the rescue camps is just inhumanity. Shopkeepers are selling a packet of chips worth Rs. 10 for as much as Rs. 100 , a 'mere' roti costs anything from Rs. 100 to 150 . Yes its time to get shocked , its time to realise that we may shout out slogans but when it comes to be that 'good person' , that 'human being' we always think of , we are not ready to be so. These situations come as tests and each time we fail. If we take advantage of someone's ill fate , trauma , sorrow and ill heath then what examples are we setting ? Where is our humanity ? Then we come to people who have set out ...

Firstly i would like to Thank the whole team of 'Bombay Talkies' for making this film-going experience a treat for cinema lovers. All the four directors came up with really good stories and i loved every bit of the film. When the film starts with 'main chhakka nahi hoon , homosexual hoon' ..... it makes you sit up and take notice because you know something great is on its way. This is how Karan Johar's story starts and it explores the relationship turmoils of Rani and Randeep's relationship alongside the arrival of Saqeeb who is gay in a urban backdrop. Its wonderfully explored and touches you deep inside the heart. Rani Mukerji stands out in the whole film with her award winning performance of the role of a wife who works in a Cinema newspaper and even discusses sex with her co-worker Saqib Salim when he wants to know about it. The way she expresses that 'and we did it last night' or after she comes to know the truth the way she expresses her grudg...

How can a country be so shameless and mean ? Its something to be really thought of ... a country like Pakistan does not need a court because its laws are of no use , they do whatever they want with no basis. They kept Sarabjit in prison for 22 years when we know that a life sentence cannot be more than 14 years. Moreover Sarabjit Singh had strayed off to Pakistan because he was drunk and then he was caught and made into a spy and terrorist. They made him 'Manjit Singh' for their ease because they knew well that they would not be able to justify him being a terrorist. When time and again the court postponed his death sentence due to lack of evidence and like this 22 long years past , they had nothing else to do to show how big-mouthed pigs they are , they murdered him out of anger that we hanged two of their terrorists (read 'sons') , when they were proved to be terrorists , atleast in the case of Kasab. Afzal Guru case had many complexities i agree but atleast ...

I did not give much heed to this verdict because it was like any other verdict for me , you have wronged and you have to pay for it through some type of punishment. However , the Hindi film industry and even some politicians are making a lot of fuss about this verdict and so thought of discussing this topic here in my blog. Many celebrities from film industry including Karan Johar , Kunal Kohli , Arshad Warsi has publicly said that 'this is unfair' , 'go and  get hold of the Pakistani terrorists' and 'wrong judgement' and what not . But what is the reason behind it ? Okay fine , you had been with him for so many years and you are like family. Fine! But who are you to challenge the highest authority of our country ?  And why divert to Pakistani terrorists ? Referring to Pakistani terrorists will not make Sanjay Dutt any less guilty. Politicians like Amar Singh , Jaya Prada and Mamata Banerjee are telling that Sanjay Dutt should be forgiven , but gi...

Not a day can define the spirit of Womanhood for sure ...... every day is yours women ..... This is a salute to all the wonderful women of this World . Its such a great thing that we celebrate and dedicate this day to womanhood . I am writing poem after almost a year and am feeling very nice that am writing for Women's Day ... Women .... we admire  Women .... we love Women .... we worship  And women we fear Women were made with utter care They may seem soft and delicate But strength is all that builds them from inside They love with all they have  And , expects the same when she is sad When we think that God does not exist Go to your mother and see into her eyes You will know what God really is How long will Women be glorified in writings ? Are they not worth anything more ? In what society do we live ? Where mother is raped and beaten up .... and no one is there to help her No one is there to stand by her  ...

We often hear out parents and grand parents telling us that the society has changed and all . And we feel so bored hearing all that but are they really wrong ? Down the years even we have seen tremendous changes all around , and observing these is something i always like. This is a post which had been pending for more than a year because this is a topic which came to my mind long back but never got the time or patience . When i was a child , my mother was my only teacher and to some extend father and could not even think of having tuitions in class 1 or 2 or even 5 . However now , i see kids going to tuitions with all those heavy bags and there mother running around behind them. When i was small , being from a Bengali family i got to hear a lot of traditional Bengali songs especially of Nazrul and Rabindranath and have fallen in love with them . However , kids now do not know their names even and never bother to know either. I have always been taught to love my mother...

A fashion called candle march is the new trend in town. Its not new for sure but nowadays we are having too much of them beacause we have many reasons very frequently without at the end of the day having any fruitful result. We march because we love to walk and added flavour to it is a candle in hand. Wow!! Who can afford to miss it? I AM WITH CANDLE MARCH...... because we need to roar and make the idiots out there know that we are not sleeping , that if needed we can also roar and protest for our rights, protest against what is wrong. But, the end result? Nothing, no change. Leave aside the rapists and murderers against whom we are protesting, after this candle march is over then the next day if we find a girl lying unclad on a street shouting for help or a man crying with pain because someone has shot him.... i am sure most of the people will try to hurriedly pass that scene and have a jolly ride to wherever he/she is going without even bothering to help. We o...

I have almost stopped writing blog....do not know what has happened....previously i used to get some new topic to share with all my audience almost everyday.....but since i have joined college and am staying in Kolkata i am so blank.....but i am very hopeful that i will start writing again even if not regularly. However, Thank You so much to all my readers out there....it feels so good to see people reading my blog even after i have almost detached myself from it....Thank You!! :)

This month we had three back to back 'good film' released, namely 'Shanghai', 'Ferrari ki Sawaari' and 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. However i have not watched the last one yet. Will soon watch it. but i watched the other two and both were impressive. While 'Shanghai' was a really path-breaking film, 'Ferrari ki Sawaari' is a commercial film with a different touch. First, coming to the 8th June release 'Shanghai' and in one word its a masterpiece. Its a Benchmark film and Bollywood has not seen such a film in years. Directed by the immensely talented Dibakar Banerjee who had previously proved his worth with films like 'Khosla Ka Ghosla', 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!' and 'Love Sex Aur Dhoka'. The film has a wonderful caste, consisting of Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin and Prosenjit Chatterjee in the leads. The film also has Farooq Sheikh, Pitobash Tripathy and Supriya Pathak in important roles among othe...

Its a tribute to a very special age, an age when we seem adult but we are not. We are always in a dilemma and in a hurry to grow up. Some of the things are common in many age groups but i find seventeen particularly very interesting so i chose it to write down a poem. I wrote it when i was seventeen so i have used 'we' time and again. An age to be cherished, an age to be nourished. Those who waste it surely gets punished. Full of energy, full of joy. We are always too active and most of the time- upto some mischief. An age when we- can never be a sage. Within an year we- will be out of our cage. Life is a stage. And we give our best, at this age. We are neither adult nor child. But thats something we don't mind. We think that- We are the ultimate being and we know everything. We question as such we know too much. A phase of life, where we taste every spice. From love to hate. From good to bad. Some make us happy, some sad. Some eve...

Today i completed one year of this blog and in this one year we have talked about various issues and i have always tried to get my views to the audience and i am also eager to get the response from you all out there. However, its really tough to bring a real 'change' in the society. One of the most shameful acts of the society still now is the killing of the girl child. Its actually very shameful to even write about this issue because we are the idiots who proclaim that we are developing. When on one hand women are compared to shakti (power) and they are proving their worth, on the other hand girl child is still undesirable to many parents. I really do not get any logic behind this desire for a boy and i am very that the parents who find girls undesirable also do not have any reason behind it. The day before yesterday i came across two news which told the ill fate of two newborn girl child who were miserably tortured and killed by their father. I get goosebumps e...

'Kahaani' has once again proved that the type of audience is changing and they want something different in the form of films like  'Kahaani' or 'Paan Singh Tomar'. 'Kahaani' has got critical appeciation and box office success too. A wonderful suspense thriller starring Vidya Balan in the lead. It is directed by Sujoy Ghosh and also stars several other actors - Parambrata, Indraneil, Saswata, Kharaj, Siddique, Shantilal and many more. Abir Chatterjee is seen in a special appearance as Vidya's husband. The whole film is set in Kolkata which makees the film even more special. The story is of a lady who has come to Kolkata to take revenge of her husband's death. However she pretends that she is pregnant and is in search of her husband. She uses the Kolkata Police without their knowledge and slowly arrives towards her target through many traps. Atlast the whole story unfolds with Vidya getting to the person who was responsible in her husband...

Both these film released back to back in March and went on to be hits. Two absolutely different genres, and quite successful too certainly with some faults. Coming to the 16 march'12 release 'Bhooter Bhobishyat', directed by debutant Anik Dutta. Although 'bhoot' is the central factor of the film, it is of the comic genre and the talented ensemble cast pulled it off well. The cast had Sabyasachi, Parambrata, Bibhu Bhattacharjee, Swastika, Mumtaz, Samadarshi, Paran Bandopadhyay, George Baker, Meer, Saswata, Kharaj, Biswajit and many more. Monami and Srilekha were seen in guest appearances. Wonderful acting and some hilarious dialogues make this film watchable. Although the story is very simple and has a predictable ending but still it does not lessen the essence of the film much. Swastika looks gorgeous in the traditional attire. The songs make the film even more funny. Meer gives an expectedly nice performance. Samadarshi is little less good because he has a pecul...

I do not have much to say except that 'Thank You' my dear audience. Its nearly a year that i have started blogging and i have crossed 10000 pageviews in both my blogs. I got great response in most of my posts and some did not really go down with the audience but overall it has been a wonderful experience writing down my thoughts here in this blog. I had changed the URL for once and so maybe unknowingly i had lost some of audience. However i have earned many more audience and hope to reach out to many more people out there. It feels great when i see that so many people around the globe read my posts. Thank You for all the support and i would like to get more and more comments from all my audieence.

I am sure she is the lady who rules the hearts of millions of people around the globe and i am also no exception. :) She was born on 21st March, 1978 in the film oriented prestigious Bengali Mukherjee family of Mumbai from where Kajol Devgn and Ayan Mukerji (director of Wake Up Sid) also hails. She is undoubtedly counted as one of the finest actresses of the Indian film Industry ever. And thats why she commands respect from the whole industry. She is still so much in demand after 15 long years in this industry. She holds record at the Filmfare awards as the actress with the maximum number of awards to her name and also the only actress to have won the Critics and Popular choice award in the same year. She holds record at the IIFA as the only actress to have won the best actress awards consecutively three years. And above all awards, her films prove say it all, that she is a powerhouse of talent. She does wonders to even worsts of scripts. She has an Indian fi...

  Kazi Nazrul Islam A gem of Bengali literature UNESCO's declaration of 21st February as the International Mother Language Day had brought fresh glory and prestige to Bangladesh which is making significant strides towards peace, progress and prosperity at home and discharging International obligations abroad. After 1952, the people of Bangladesh have been observing the 21st day of February as their glorious and unforgettable Language Martyrs Day. What happened on 21st February 1952 is widely known. Still let me very briefly recount the fateful happenings of that day and the circumstances that led to and followed them. In August 1947, a new state called Pakistan, comprising two far-flung wings in the west and east, separated by 1600 kilometers of foreign territory, emerged on the world map. The ideological basis of that strange phenomenon was the absurd and pernicious two nation theory of Mr. Jinnah that ignored such basic elements as language and culture a...