Monday, October 15, 2012

মহালয়া।।A personal journey.

কোনওদিন চেস্টা করিনি,তার মানেই কি করব না কখনও! বাংলায় হরফে লেখার কথা ভেবেছি অনেকবার,লেখার চেস্টা একবারও করা হয়ে উঠল না। তো এইসব ভেবে লিখতে বসলুম।কিন্তু কি লিখি,সবাই চারিদিকে এতভালো লেখে,এত গুছিয়ে তাড়াতাড়ি লেখে যে কি বলব। সমরেশ মজুমদার বলেছিলেন যে লেখক রা নাকি দু'ধরনের হন, তাতি টাইপ, আর মাকড়সা টাইপ। মানেটা আজও  বুঝিনি।

আজ মহালয়া,ছোটবেলায় মা,ঘুম থেকে তুলে এইদিন রেডিওর সামনে বসিয়ে দিত।দাদুর কড়া শাসনে,ঢুল দেওয়ার যো নেই।আজ ল্যাদগ্রস্ত জীবনে ঘুম থেকে ওঠা আর  অফিসের জন্য তৈরী এই লুপের মধ্যে পড়ে, ্যেকোনো ছুটির দিন ই প্রায় আলাদা করে কোন মানে বয়ে নিয়ে আসেনা।

তো ঘুম থেকে উঠে চোখ লাল,কে বীরেন্দ্র কৃষ্ণ ভদ্র,কেন শুনব তাকে,এত সহজ সরল প্রশ্ন কোনও দিন মাথায় এলেও করিনি।ভাগ্যিস করিনি।আজকাল তো মতামতের বন্যা বইয়ে দেওয়া টাই স্টাইল, আজও সেটা ঠিক রপ্ত করে উঠতে পারলাম না।নতুন জামা পেলেই আমার থেকে খুশি আর কে ছিল সেই পুজোতে ।

এই নস্টালজিক ব্যাপার টা বেশ ভাল,বেশ খানিকখন বিরক্তিকর বাস্তব থেকে নিজেকে সরিয়ে রাখতে পারি, আগে ছোটবেলায় এই সময় স্কুলের হাফ ইয়ারলি থাকত,এখনও থাকে,অফিসে হাফ ইয়ারলি ক্লোসিং। তবে , তখন ছুটি থাকত প্রায় একমাস,এখন চারদিন।

মহালয়া মানে মোটামুটি দেখে নেওয়ার পালা,পিসির ছেলে বাবুয়ার চারটে,মামার ছেলে নন্দন'দার পাঁচটা,আমার এখনও তিনটে,তো ঠিক আছে,ছোটোমাসির কাছ থেকে তো আরও একটা আসবে।তাহলে আর চিন্তা কিসের।ছোটোছোটো ভাললাগা,ছোটোছোটো ঘটনা। স্মৃতির সরনী বেয়ে মাঝে মাঝে পেছনে ফিরে যেতে ভারিই ভাল লাগে।

মহালয়া মানে মহাতর্পণের দিন, পূর্বপুরুষ দের শ্রদ্ধা জানানোর দিন, আমিতো নিজের দাদুর দাদুর নামই জানি না,দাদুর বাবার পর্যন্ত  নামটা জানি। সবাইকে মনে মনে প্রনাম করে উঠতে উঠতে বেশ সকাল হয়ে্যেত।চারদিকে যে পুজো পুজো গন্ধ বয়ে যেত সেটা আজ পাইনা। এটুকু আজ মনে আছে।

আর তারপর , গরম ধোঁয়াওঠা ফুল্কো লুচি,নাহ,একট সুজি, একটু আলুর দম থাকতো না।লুচির সঙ্গে বেগুন ভাজা থাকত।

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Movie Review : The Descendants[2011]

Honestly speaking, I was flipping through news channels few days ago and suddenly in one channel found the Oscar nominations for this year. Yes, you guessed it right; The Descendants was there in the best movie and best actor (male) category among others.

 A simple, common story of a middle aged man going through mid-life crisis but presented in a superb manner. Matt King, a lawyer one fine day suddenly finds that his life is not going as smoothly as he expected it to be. His wife, after spending so many years with him suddenly got interested in someone else, his two daughters always prefer their mommy over their dad, and his hectic work life almost screwing his personal life. In order to solve this jig-saw puzzle Matt tries to connect with his daughters. Sudden boat accident of his wife forces him to look into himself.

 A land baron by heritage, Matt could have lived a luxurious life, but decided to lead it like a simple middle class family man living on his earning from law practice. In absence of his injured wife he goes on to give more time to his daughters and gets shockingly surprised to find his elder daughter as a drug addict school going teenager . His thinking process goes to complete disarray. In a bizarre turn of events he discover the recent unfaithfulness of his wife to him, just when he was praying to god that once she recovers completely she will find Matt, her husband as a completely changed man, a person who pays more attention to his family and enjoys life more than before.

 Even the  darkest cloud has a ray of sunlight at the end of it. Matt finds that ray of sun in his elder daughter Alexandra who is extremely angry with the way her mother treated her dad. Her sister Scootie being so young and so cute fails to understand how she should react to all these serious incidents happening around her. The question of selling out their huge land arises and amidst of all these, Matt starts negotiating with his cousins for that.All these incidents take parallel routes and goes on till the end.Will Matt be able to survive the tide?Will Alexandra help help dad to regain his lost confidence? I don’t want to tell more because I expect all the readers of this post to watch that movie.

 Elegant as ever, George Clooney does perfect justice to the role of Matt king. So is Shailene Woodley aka Alexandra. Director Alexander Payne could have shortened the length of the movie a bit but anyways does fantastic job. A movie you can watch with your family members and leave the hall clapping at the histrionics of all the actors.

 My Rating : 7.5/10
IMDB link : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1033575/

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Incomplete..without you..



It's the softest breeze,
and a starry night,
Am living alone,
feel,you are right...

Together we,
like all these days,
will make it work,
Just like the prophet says...

You hold my hand,
and closer I get
be with me forever,
it's never too late...

Confused as I,
have always been,
felt you breathe
underneath my skin..

As in everyday,
provides a view,
Imagine I, incomplete
without you...

Friday, March 4, 2011

floating along the way...


And here I come again,
unsure yet crawling for peace,
I move my lips , fractured and how,
seen the unseen,here,there and now.

It's a cruel day and unwarranted long nights,
I had my share of pain and ugly fights,
believe me O my dear,
everyone has this fear,
To explain all and nothing,
to start life at third gear,

I move my lips , fractured and how,
seen the unseen,here,there and now.

I saw this coming,
but didn't move an inch,
hardest hit must I take,
With little salt and a pinch..

I move my lips , fractured and how,
seen the unseen,here,there and now.

I rewind my life's reel,
It's so strange what I feel,
Everything left open inside out,
I'm doing it all ,with shades of doubt..

I move my lips , fractured and how,
seen the unseen,here,there and now.



Monday, February 7, 2011

Feeling like a school student again,only this time not enjoying it..

I was never like those kind of kids who don't like to go to school in their childhood.Rather I enjoyed going to school because I had a lot of friends and I'm still in touch with at least few of them.Study was other name of fun.Indeed school days are the best days of my life.College life was a different ballgame all together.

Now,after spending nearly two years with my present company,it's time to prove that I'm good enough to be confirmed as an officer here.So,here comes confirmation test.Loads of books,notes,question papers,what not,and I find myself swimming in that.The present situation is ordering me to behave like a serious student,study hard and deliver.But, I feel once you are out of the habit of studying seriously,it becomes really difficult to get into that geek mode,at least in my case it's a proven fact.

It's like forcing your mind over matter.But when you find yourself standing by the wall,you know you have to survive.And,if you are like me who spent last two years roaming from one place to another doing and learning absolutely nothing,you know you are in a soup.I found a lot of friends around me who are really serious, knowledgeable,studying hard,I get instant inspiration from them,and also I forget those instantly.

Enough is enough.Only 19 days are left.The big day is on 27th feb.Yes,I'm trying ,I mean as best as I possibly can.Let's see..