DEAR BURA LEAVING US :(

Our dear bura, he has been one of the best guys to be around. I don't feel like letting him go...but then he has choosen his path, wants to train for WBSC exams, come january he will be sitting for it.

I will really miss him, he has helped me immensely all throughout my stay at Kolkata.

By the way he is the one with a biri in his lips...his trademark look....the good guy with the biri...:) miss u bura. But phlegmatism is the word for me :|

CHANGE

it was the time that changed the history of bengali politics...and made history i bengali politics too.

the pic here was clicked when i was returning from Hazra, after having my dinner...
there is a banner of the TMC in front (candidate: M Banerjee), and a CPM(candidate: Rabin Deb) behind that...

i have been living barely 300mts away from the residence of mamata banerjee, i have seen it upfront...the campaigning, the madness, the passion...finally the win and also the celebrations...

the road in the picture was green with holi on the day that made history.

ONE MONTH BEFORE I BECOME EX-JETKINGIAN

just one more month left of jetking, After that its just BCA and my future plans...

going home after one year. I think everything has changed by now, only thing that has not changed is my status quo... i still am what i was a year ago, just a little bit more knowledgeable and even more hope of getting a satisfying job..lets see where i all leads to?

here's a pic of the rathmela, its supposed to be held at orrisa, but then there are devotees everywhere...
clicked this on my way to the SBI ATM, Harish Park.

Halfway through this long exile...

it has been quite long since my last blog...a lot has flown under the bridge since then.

i have completed jetking 1st sem..passed it with
A grade...does not matter much..its the interviews that matter, they say.

got deep into BCA, this june i'll be sitting for 2nd sem exam..., 1st sem results are due to be declared.

this photo was taken on 14th of march 09. This was during a tour taken by the faculty..some kind of compulsion they have been put under by their authorities...the faculty (in red black stripes..with glasses)...is sir amarnath misra.

he teaches us MCSE/A....thats it...

and on th job front JC has not yet secured his job permanently...he says that nothings clear as yet...i have heard he has paid Rs 3 lac for the job!!!


and biswadev is going to varanasi to face the final round of his interview...he got selected in the written round of his air force interview...i wish he gets the job...that will be an impetus to me.

maha astami....maha utpaat

with all the gang around and the crazy hydro-carbon formula in the veins, everythings a treat!!!
we went pandal hopping once again and it was better...with people piling onto the streets in spite of the threat of bomb explosions....there were army manning all over the major puja pandals like the marwari juba mancha, the pandals on the LB road.....but then as i have said people piled onto the roads...and it was fun getting stepped on the foot...i got sores on my toes.

so after pandal hopping from ganesh ghat to porua charali we we were tired beyond the word 'exhausted' can explain...we all went to bahu's room...as we usually do, brought 1kg broiler meat and more hydro-carbons and got on with the night......

discussions were beyond the scope of friendly discussions...ifti and raju were on fire discussing their entagled triangular love affairs.....me, bahu, hila were mediators...but it was nice to listen the speak about such complicated matters with so frankness.....i am sure i would have missed a lot had i not come home this time round.

DURGA PUJA AS I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN IT !!!

durga puja has never been anything spiritual for me...even remotely.

i came home to my friends and as usual we went out pandal hopping all over the place, doing crazy things and inviting awkward glances from bystanders and fellow spiritual people...who were as spiritual as we were!!!


the one at the extreme right of the picture is iftikar, who didnot rest until he laid his hands on the green gun...it cost 15 Rs, and 10 Rs from my pocket.

he was looking for a steel body gun(thats shinny and looks like made of steel), he even wanted to snatch from a small boy!!!

I have no picture as evidence but to people accustomed with ifti's nature...evidence doesnt matter.

this picture wa clicked when we were done for the night...and departing & planning for an even better evening the next day. we missed neal a lot...particularly ifti was very vocal about his displeasure....nilo...u know what to expect when u come next time here.