Monday, November 2, 2009
THE WALL!!
I have gone through a vast plethora of emotions the past few weeks. Some of these emotions have been momentary and their fleeting presence in my life have left me feeling dazed...thankfully..*sighs*...i have struggled yet again to regain conscious and have vehemently tried to protect the balance that i had consciously created in my life...This time,I decided.. i wouldn't let THEM win..yet what Victory..what fight am i talking about??...over the past few months..i had deliberatly n consciously created a protective wall around myself...a wall which is strong n impenetrable and the perfect facade to the overtly sensitive..scared..insecure individual lurking beneath...This WALL was everything that I was NOT and EVERYTHING that i wanted to be..I wanted to believe my WALL was strong,impassive intransigent,independent as opposed to the delicate,fragile confused soul within..it gave me the power..the succour to fathom the beauty n uncertainity of life..it gave me the strength to fight..to survive and to WIN...
But this WALL is sadly disintegrating today....
THis WALL will cease to exist ..the day all the people who helped to create this WALL ceases to exist in my life..
the pain of separation is something which i have learnt to live with now..out of necessity n sheer compulsion than out of desire..yet at times..much to my utmost annoyance n frustration..this pain re emerges like some sort of a decapitated..dismembered spirit from the Past and leaves me feeling tainted..mutilated...and yet again Insecure..
these r the moments..when i silently cower behind my WALL..behind its strong..reassuring..inscruatable presence..
these r the moments when i want to believe i am beautiful n the luckiest girl on this planet..
these r the moments..when i escape in my own world that i have again created for myself..
these r the moments when i count all the people who matter to me in my life n try n obliterate the scars of all the unpleasant memories in my life..
these r the moments when i want to LIVE..when i actually want to fight back with a new surge of optimism..
These r the moments..when i try to fall in love with myself all over again!!
All these moments brings me closer to myself...
this is just one of those days when i am at the end of my tether..when nothin works out n leaves me musing at the futility of all the mundane aspects of life..this is just one of those days when i sit down n THINK..
i am sure this phase will soon pass..n the cheerful..exuberant, optimistic girl u all know will be back..
P.S
I have been lately counting all the people who matter the most to me these days...
n i admit..i feel truly BLESSED to have u all in my life..i love u all..u guys r shit important to me..
Amrita...[its d narcissistic me speaking..yet again}
Thursday, October 1, 2009
of vermillion...dhaak n finally d end of it all..


i woke up on doshomi morning to realize that everything was about to end.. and it was with a queer feeling of sadness mixed with this sense of deja vu that i trudged sombrely upto my para pandal to have my last discourse with MA before she left for her pleasure-dome....but i was awaited by a different spectacle all together....i saw women resplendently clad in red bordered white saris engaged in "sindur khela"...for the first time maybe i saw vermillion in this different light but there was no mistakening the glow on their faces as the newly married women smeared vermillion onto each other.....its amazing how beautiful the quintessential true indian beauty truly is just like Ma..who is austere..pristine yet impassive..intransigent...the vermillion signified something more than just them being married..it was the epitome of bonding for all these women who embraced each other and smeared 'sindur' on each other's fore-head united by the common thread of bondage that at times segregrate a woman from a girl...a mother from a daughter..
it was a beautiful sight..something which is ineffable and cannot really be comprehended by a mere eighteen year old girl with abysmal maturity and understanding..
i am still trying to understand the "quintessential indian beauty"
this post today is more for all the kindred spirits in my life than for anyone else....
Monday, August 3, 2009
The Brighter side of Life...
But as i said before acceptance does at one point of time lead to happiness....
so here goes my lame effort to capture the most enjoyable moments of college in my blog..
Well i'll go a step forward by actually saying that i love JUDE now....Upasana saw my previous post and was damn pissed off with me....so i apologize now...n upasana and chandrima..i just LOVE YOU GUYZ...and i am not exactly trying to hit on you both,,hehehe..
i love it when i have to half run, half wade, through the slush en route the S9 bus stand to be greeted by an ever smiling bunch of idiots who shout out aloud in unision "You are late yet again!!"...[am not generally late but prannoy n rajarshi is always before time n rats just manages to be on time while ritu is the self confessed late lateef..she has this whole history behind her for being late right from her school days so it isn't too surprising..]...but lately the 5 of us rarely make it together in the mornings due to different timings but we do make an effort to match our timings when we return home after a hard day's work [read:2 periods of incessant core classes-bunking ED's for me- relegiously devoting some time at milan da's and ah yess..SCM when the weather is nice and v feel particularly indulgent and yess how could i forget, as kalpan n dipankar calls it a considerable amount of "jheeling" these days for the necessary socializing bit..you see we judeans have this entire reputation of being highly sociable people....so this more or less can be safely categorized under "hard day's work" bit..lolzz]..but yess i just lost the thread again [this is so like me]...
so as i said, we do make an effort to match our timings while returning home, sometimes squeezing in unplanned pleasure trips to SCM...its this 'effort' which matters and its this 'effort' again which still binds us together months after school....wether its giving missed calls to each other for no apparent reason whatsoever in the middle of the class or texting some profane languages to rats just for the sake of time pass and ahh yess stalking chin chin throughout the university, irritating cole,hitting sayan n teasing prannoy with my trademark question "tor bepare kisob sunchi jeno??"replete with the v amritaish voice of supressed laughter n attempted seriousness at the same time..lolzz...its such a reassurance to know that half the people i love and adore are just at the other side of the university and i just need to text them once [ cuz its cheaper that way..lolzz] to let them know that i am missing them n i need them by my side....yet some things definitely have changed...rats is at his "keta marofying" best these days...n ritu is attempting to set the stage on fire with her new found dancing skills..never did i imajine in my wildest dreams that i would live to see the day when she would be performing onstage...i on the other hand have become even more voluble n is proudly scaling new heights of carelessness these days....the "terrefic trio" still does exist in spirit even today but i can sadly see the equations between the three of us changing as we struggle to cope with the fact that we have "new friends" ....rats, all that i can tell you is that no matter how many new friends, me n ritu we both have...you will always remain special and no one can really take your place in our lives..the bond that we three share is special and is not so WEAK..!!!
Sub has changed a lot over the last few months as is evident from his newly created orkut account....IIT has definitely contributed a lot to his new found lingo which is going down v well with my idiotic friends..sub..theres really nothing to be so proud of learnin such objectionable slangs and hurling them at each n everyone..lolzz..n i am serious..but its amazing to know that even though shaggu n sub are separated from us "geographically"..nothing has really changed....[read: we still abuse each other and talk crap like we used to ..in fact sub is talking a hell lot of crap these days..]
yet i miss riju even though we have bonded even more strongly in the last few months...bro, there is this sudden urgency within me to share so many things with you which i have to brutally supress...i just can't wait to meet u..
though there is this still major SLS hangover enveloping my life...i can say i am enjoying lot in JUDE land these days..accentuated all the more by the presence of the two new found kindred spirits, upasana n chandrima in my life..i really do not know what would i have ever done without you two...i never thought i would actually find an extension of myself in college, but i did find you both..its amazing how well we have bonded in such a short time...i love it the way you two actually take the patience to listen to all my never-ending crap, babysit me and try and get me out of the stickiest situation possible...i love upasana's hyperactivness, her cute "popeye" voice and the way she jumps up n down when shez excited..yet there's so much more to her than what just meets the eye..shez a dynamite and i love you for your spirit and accepting me for what i am....chandrima..well shez my first friend in college and shez actually the one who changed my entire definition bout JUDE....shez a fighter and a survivor...its impressive, the way she turns the most unfavourable situation to her advantage..i love the way she silently and powerfully commands respect..unlike upasana n me she is more restrained... but again,unlike both of us she fights back when required with enviable confidence while me n upasana are left tongue-tied..i love the way she constantly monitors my actions so i do not land myself into trouble time and again which i am perfectly capable of...
i know i have said this to you both a hundred times before but i'l say this again..i really love you both and you two r shit important to me...thank you guyz for being there for me...
even though a lot has changed, while a lot still remains the same.... i know for sure that a part of myself has changed for the better while another part of me has died for ever..its the pessimistic, negative part of me that i have killed today so that i can have ample room for optimism in future...
AMrita..[its me back again!!]
Friday, July 31, 2009
S9 n US!!!!!!!!!
I would have to say God has been extremely kind to me and i can do out with that tinge of nonchalance in my voice with ease now...yess the TERREFIC TRIO IS BACK again!!!.,..its really asking too much from Providence when you want your two best friends to be with you in college....but even the impossible does become possible at times...
So you would find 3 friends..one voluble....the other restrained and the third armed with new innovative ways to irritate me....the three of them trudging up the bus-stand wading through generous amounts of mud when relatively dry n slush when the Weather is not so kind and thoughtful..and yess you would find them making way to their favourite bus which would take them to their destination that talks of promises galore... especially whem the three of them decides to sit together....you'll find them unoblivious to the other occupants of the bus...immersed in their own cheerful banter... reminiscent of their blissful school days most of the time..sometimes the topic does shift to the oh-so -usual hot girls n hunks in college and their romantic exploits...sometimes ragging becomes the sole crux of their discussion..with girl no1 boasting of extremely friendly,sophisticated,intellectual seniors who condemns ragging as cheap and unintellectual....girl no 1 frequently elucidates every point by talking about the huge intellectual contrast between her department and theirs..[the other 2 sadly belongs to the same dept]..and also she has this habit of lecturing you blue into the face....After an eventful 1 hour highly rejuvenated..you would find cthe three warriors ready to combat any circumstances that comes their way as long as they have each other to fall back upon....sometimess girl no 1 is extremely elated to find other people from the SLS brigade and even a ignorant passer-by cannot miss out that that look of ineffable happiness as she exuberantly n cheerfully blurts out.."idiots...wassup with you guys!!"...those are the best moments of her life....nostalgia overflows and sometimes you would find her pushing back a tear or two..there's no reason for her to cry....yet sometimes things such as they have all "grown up".."mature individuals"...becomes suddenly starkly evident to her leaving her a bit shaken..To her "growing up" is something that does not come gratis but with a generous helping of increasing "detachment"..its this increasing detachment that brings tears to her eyess..girl no 1 is too sensitive for her own good..
girl no1 has made lots of friends in her department too..some shez indifferent to..some she absolutely adores..some she thinks are v sweet n ahh..the inevitable some..who keeps on reminding her..that therez so much that they know and she doesn't..its good in a way ..she feels at times..
Lately, girl no 1 has become v passionate about her chosen field and shez determined to be a winner this time..all in all unlike her previous thread of thoughts bout people being extremely unfriendly, distant and disinterested...her new opinion is definitely a departure from the previous and is more inclined towards being increasingly positive....and a large dosage of this positivity comes from the presense of her two best friends..she knows she can run to them whenever she wants to..
finally its the end of yet another hectic day and you would finds..RAts, Ritu n Amrita seated in S9 heading back home..ah sweet home..especially after a tired day....you would find dishevelled hair,tanned faces..but that look of vitality as they fill in each other in turn about how their day has been is unmistakable...
S9 is just not a bus for them....
m just too tired now...so i'll pause my post here..but therez more to S9 than just this....
missing SLS a lot.....
Amrita..[a part of my former self is back again..ritu..i love u]
Friday, July 17, 2009
THE EPOCH IN MY LIFE!!!
I had always wanted to study eng hons..as i always nurtured a passionate, romantic frenzy of the concept of studying eng hons....its the place where you get to show your creative prowess..weave magic with your words...open up new untramelled vistas of all the highly energetic and inspiring political theories, romantic novels..it was the place where you get to read all those gripping, scintillating novels that you never got to read in school as your so called 'text-books'...spend hours in the land of literature romancing your favourite authors..it was the place where you had the choice to choose your own books..[after having spent two agonizing yearsin the materialistic world of science..i was lookin for a respite from the 'logical' tirade]...in a way you could say...studying english was to me akin to taking a trip in the land you love....you have always wanted to embrace, ever since the time you got hooked to the world of enid blyton..the world of pixies, elves, fairies,,boarding-school..and ah yess..the frenzied world of magic!!!..Magic Realism!!!, i prefer to call it now....the land where surrealism replaces your unromantic. materialistic Reality...so maybe i guess i was destined to be disappointed. I was in seventh heaven [read:super excited} when i suddenly found out i could call myself a JUDEan...trust me..[please do trust me on this one]..i have always wanted to be a JUDEan..have dreamt, fantasized about the concept so much that even before the results had actually come out..i would actually behave as if i was already there...so it was with mixed feelings i recieved the news..i was undoubtely elated [read: i spent the entire night awake pacing in my room, dreaming about all the new unexplored horizons that was going to open up]...in a way, gettin JU..marked a new epoch in my life..a bend in the journey of my life that alone had the immense fortitude to change my life forever....i quote one of my seniors saying this to me "You can either make or break your life at JU..the choice is ultimately yors!"...i felt myself weighed down by the immense debt of gratitude that i felt for God for blessing me with this opportunity at the most crucial juncture of my life..
So it was with a lot of pre-conceived opinions about it being highly acclaimed and offering the best courses in Calcutta, i went to class..having astronomical expectations from my three year stint at JU....and also i have heard oh so much about the so called "congenial" ambience...the secret in order to be happy is to stop expecting anything from life..there you go...am truly a genius when it comes to preaching and not practising all the advices that i so munificently hand out..
but somehow JU did not appeal to me....in a matter of few seconds [read:hours]..the image that i had created in my mind was smashed...somehow to me everyone seems to be disinterested, disinclined, unfriendly.....the floodgates opened up in my heart..and every moment that i seem to spend there reminds me of my days spent at SLS, the fun,the frolic, the camaraderie,the fights...the mimicry,the link-ups...as opposed to the silent. indifferent, cynical temparament that has come to describe "ME" today...the most frightening thing was that when i suddenly looked at myself today in the mirror..i was shocked to see a v disinterested person staring back at me..the look of vitality and the gregarious nature that had always been a part of myself was distinctly missing..i really do not remember the last time when i had laughed heartily over some joke which one of my many idiotic feriends used to crack ritually..i would do anything to getback to my 'idiotic' friends now...more than the apparent idiocy that describes them..its their simplicity which made all of us bond so strongly..its this simplicity which is definitely missing at JU and again its this simplicity which i am looking for here....ah so much for all the fantasies and dreams!!!...yess i can see that cruel, self-satisfied satanic smile on the Devils countenance that seem to spell out the infamous adage "do not count your chickens before they are hatched"....
But as i said..coming to JU does mark a v vital epoch in my life..something within me tells me ..my life is about to change forever!!..it might be for the better or for the worse..i do not know why but i think..the propensity is more on the latter..yet i am hoping that just lyk a zephyr amidst my disillusionment..JU would come to symbolize my haven just as it did 5 yrs back when i joined SLS..with uncertainity to bank upon then....i am hoping for the best and yess i do not hav any choice today other than to succumb into the hands of Destiny...
Amrita..[in a pathetic attempt to rediscover myself yet again]
Saturday, June 27, 2009
A DAY WELL SPENT
Lately, i have become sort of a recluse as opposed to the gregarious, outgoing extrovert i once was...maybe as a result of my peristent failures or simply due to my impending exams.With all my exams finally over, i relented easily towards this outing. since i had missed rat's birthday treat just the day before, i did not want to be the spoil-sport on this occasion as well and also i was really lookin forward to meet Ritu after a long time. As usual, i arrived fashionably late..lolzzz and was taken aback to find both of them actually before time for the first time.
The movie has been labelled 'unwatchable' going by the T2 review. The highly exaggerated and overrated T2 review was further accentuated by the words '150 mins of complete boredom'...i somehow disagree...maybe it wasn't great, neither was it flawless or impeccable in any sense but still it was v much 'watchable' in every sense..and i seriously do not regret spendin 90 bucks.maybe i'm a bit biased because the movie revolve round 3 friends n we were also 3 friends together in the movie hall but nevertheless the movie was highly emotional and had some defining moments which did tug at my heart-strings.i did identify with the character of Omar, torn between his love for Katrina's Maya and his loyalty to his best friend Sameer on one hand and his betrayal on the other hand.in a very simple way it hints at a v distorted theory of life-- whom you percieve to be your worst enemy is in reality your truest well-wisher....sounds weird but yess its v much plausible...
The end was unpredictable and so director Kabir khan scores brownie points on that note.the peppy "yaaron" number made me nostalgic and brought back lots of memories of school life which was heightened by the presense of two of my closest friends n even before i realized, my eyes had become moist.a lot of memories came back suddenly to me.
I still remember the day when Rats first came to my house for Premraj sir's tuition in cls 9...previosly our maths tuition comprised only two freaked out specimens, me and Ritu. So we were both a little bit apprehensive of this "new" inclusion to our group.we were v possessive of our privacy..lolzz.Even though i had known Rats, ever since i was a little kid n used to study at CGHS, still before that, we were never exactly 'close' friends.His initiation to our group was however a defining moment and ever since then,we three have bonded v strongly....the two years passed in a daze and suddenly we found ourselves in cls 11, with no premraj sir's tuition to fall back upon.However surprsinglyly instead of weakening the bond between 'the terrefic trio' strengthened with time.The only visible change was the fact that me n ritu stopped calling ratul, 'ratullaaa' n started calling him 'rats' [no rats, u don have to get inflated, it has got no relation to a certain Samadrita saying out of the blue that you resemble Imran Khan..lolzz]...but Rats it did become....he is v much proud of his 'wig' trick n his paintings and was upset with me as i had not talked about them explicitly in my post about him..so ok guyz let me enlighten you about his myriad talents in diverse fields...
He always used to entertain us with his pathetic jokes and his infamous "wig trick" [ highly publiscized: courtesy, RItu and yours truly]..even my sis found it highly entertaining.His artisic endeavours for me however lies unparalleled...and sometimes some of his drawings...showed signs of a 'true genius' besotted by art..and no maybe for the first time..i am not exaggerating...Its amazing, the way he hand paints most of the shirts he wear....rats..next time i want a hand painted shirt for both me and ritu..and if you agree, we three can start a business as well..you will look after the artistic department while me n Ritu would conveniently look after the finance department...lolzz..
Ritu on the other hand has been my bestest friend for a long time ..so it wasn't premraj sir's tuition which brought us close..but still our bond strengthened as we started 'reading minds' and 'faces'...this girl is really clairvoyant in a weird quirky sort of a way...she seems to understand a lot of untold things and the way she handles pressure and excessive stress is highly commendable....this girl never fails to intrigue me and they say 'experience is your best teacher'..i have learnt a lot just by being a silent [not so silent at times] spectator of her life..
So the three of us that day had a highly exhilarating time, heightened by our brief stint at KFC....and the snaps that we clicked..am sure the three of us resembled lunatics who were out of their mind in our quest to find someone who would be more than ready to click a snap of the three of us together...it was perfectly hilarious, the way i confidently went up to the security-man to get our snaps taken, who politely refused..straight to my face..hehehe..
The much talked about snaps are however not with me...and so when i myself can lay my hands on it, i'll publish it on my blog....
I really had a good time and for me it was a trip down memory lane...few moments of togetherness with two of my closest friends, i don't think i could ever ask for anything more....even though we have grown up now, beneath the garb of an 18 yr old responsible, mature [am talking about you 2, keep me out of this..am still yet to become responsible], individual lies three children always in the lookout for security and familiarity...it was this security and familiarity that we three had felt in Premraj sir's tuition and that is the reason why we are so comfortable with each other....something, tells us we were destined to meet Sir n go to the same tuition..because this iconic tuition paved the way for this beautiful friendship that we share today..
Ritu and Rats..i need to congratulate you two for your brilliant results this year..JU calling..lolzzz...i hope we three make it to the same college..am sure we'll make sure half the people at JU goes mad...Also last but not the least, i want to thank you two for always being there for me irrespective of the thousand times i have misunderstood you both...i have shouted at you both, been extremely rude at times...hurt you both in many ways..but still i somehow knew you both can't remain angry with me for long...so lolzz..i'll continue to shout at you both..i'll really miss the cheerful banter that we three shared on every topic under the sun ranging from highly philosophical, didactic lectures to the cheapest joke possible..lolzz..n ooh..yess ..sometimes censored stuff as well..how could i forget that..
i wouldn't say i'll miss you two because i know, i wouldn't ever get that opportunity to miss you both ..because you two are a v important part of my life,,,missing you guyz would be akin to missing a part of my own self..
LOve u guyz..a hell lot..n we three ROCK..[ upside down..am convinced..lolzz]
Saturday, June 13, 2009
TO ALL OF YOU WITH LOVE...
SAGNIK...aka our very own "shaggu"...there can never be any serious moment in close proximity to this guy...hez like your 24 hrs free "entertainment" channel...having everyone in splits with his inane weird self-improvised antics....me and ritu truly agree that you are an unique sample and not everybody has such good fortune to come across such an unique specimen in his or her entire life-time.i must say, i am very lucky..lolzzz..you are terribly funny..sometimes, i really wonder how come, you managed to escape from the zoo??..but you are a very simple person and at the end of the day , its wholly your simplicity which sets you apart from all of us and gives you that 'special' place in our hearts..your simplicity ROCKS..shaggu..i still remember all the funny moments that me, ritu, rats and you shared at premraj sir's tuition..still remember your huge crush on "sayanti"..your so called "body-guard"..hehe.. and even today you.. have never ceased to entertain us with your never-ending anecdotes bout your current love-inerest.."tayeeeee"..it used to be highly entertaining, when in midst of a boring class, you used to suddenly break the silence screamin "tayeeeeee, i want you"..[sorry, no offence ritu]..but thats the way you are, weird, simple, sweet and terribly funny..you are really this highly lovable "cartoon character"..and even my sis seems to agree with this..your reputation is on the rocks, shaggu...we love you simply the way you are..distorted, crazy, topsy-turvy with your weird unparalelled sense of humour..lolzz god bless u always..never ever change ...muaaaahhhhhh..to you "specially" from me...lolzz... SAPPY.....the "DEVDAS" of our class lolzz....you always seemed to be upset bout somrthing or the other...but at the end of the day you have always been and will always remain one of my closest friends....you have always been one of my strongest support system who have been there with me throughout beside me, irrespective of me being rude to you more than once....i know i have hurt you many times but i have never ever done it deliberately..its just that i used to get irritated with your ever-complaining ang highly sentimental nature..you have to forgive me for that..i still remember how every single day, despite your getting late from your tuitions, you used to accompany me on my way home from school...you were always partcular about me reaching home safely...we both have shared a lot of memories together..have been there for each other through good times and bad....sappy,my only advice to you from me is that you have to overcome your highly emotional nature, in the long run it never does help...you are very talented, not to mention your beautiful hand-writing and your spectacular paintings..[yessi still remember your paintings]..creativity runs in your veins..and you are more talented than you yourself realize or give credit to your own self..i know this year has not been very lucky for you..but i want you to believe that only good things can happen to you from now on....never ever look back but move forward with a new zeal, a new inspiration...and never ever consider yourself to be a 'loser'[ i won't forgive you if you do]...sappy, you are truly very special to me and just remember this i am your friend..the entire world can say whatever they want to..it doesn't matter to me..i'll be there for you always...i'll really miss you a lot..god bless you..god bless my dearfriend..!!!............. SAKALLYA aka RIJU...firstly i want to tell you bro that i have increased a lot over the past few months and now i am almost 6 ft..and no..i have not yet started wearing heels...lolzz..jokes apart..dear bro, you are truly very special to me....my "confidante" in times of distress, your reassuring voice fills me with an immense sense of positivity and maybe that's solely the reason why, i do not think twice before confiding in you about my troubles....i still remember how i had started crying over the phone a few days back when things had'nt been working..and talking to you filled me with lot of "self-belief" and gave me the will to have my last tryst with adversity..in that master combat..i still do not know who succeeded but today i know whatever may be the outcome, i am prepared to face it....and thanx to you, i have the strength to do that...sakallya, you are special, truly very special to me..you are a very good human being and again you are very simple...and that's exactly the reason why i love you so much.a very talented musician but first and foremost, you are a very sweet and a caring brother to a very sweet and equally crazy sis [ yours truly..lolzz].....i have always had your support when i have needed you the most..and today i feel truly very happy for you...i love you a lot dear bro....god bless you always and whenever you need me, remember your sis is always there by your side...
there you go..am still not done yet!!..i'm very sleepy now..will get back to you guyz very soon..till then CHEERS!!!!...