"The Complete Adventures of Feluda" (vol.1) - I finished it last month and dying to buy its vol.2. Next time I go out - I'll make sure that I buy it. Originally its written by Satyajit Ray in Bengali. As my Bengali is very poor (which i am working on) - I prefer to read the translation of it by…
Month: March 2009
Music I like
CDs I bought for Maa.. I love music, especially the old melodies - from 60s till 80s. Gazals, classic, raags, jazz and rock (not hard rock). I can listen to anything from Lata Mangeskar, Kishor Kumar, Heemant Mukhopadhyay and Manna De. Anything written by Gulzar and music given by R. D. Burman - even this pair is unique. But I…
Jhumpa Lahari’s “Unaccustomed Earth”
I just finished reading a book by Jhumpa Lahari -"Unaccustomed Earth". Her language might be good but her narrating the story has something missing. It seems as if she is not involved in the story - she simply narrates what she sees. Most of the stories were sad, unhappy ending - death and illness. Fine - the tittle suggest that…
Brishti-er Char Din…
BRISHTI-R CHAR DIN (First part) Khola janlar dhar-e boshe aanmi Jhom-jhomi-ye brishti cholchhe, shara-din shara-raat. Dube jachchhe rasta, dube jachchhe lotano maath. Janlar dhar-e lal rongona-r jhar, Bhije hawa-r dola-ye , dulchhe taar paapri daar phool-er thoka guli. Gaaro-halka paata-r gaa beye - tip tip tope-ye porchhe brishti-r jol. (second part) Aaj rod uthechhe - Khara lomba narkol gachh-er paata-ye…