On a dewy petrichor of the post-rain afternoon
Kolkata was before her as a land of promise
A fusion of modernity and old school - unpolished.
And, as the days passed…
Nudging her towards the art of free - wheeling conversation
often prolonged;
that comes naturally to every bong*.
Encouraging her – the river Hooghly
To move forward
To have a soul that welcomes deep healing.
The city, where her bhalo naam*
is as common as her daak naam*
Anushree - the roots of the name has Bengal fame.
Remembrance of her mother’s amber blushed tea
On summer afternoon sultry
Nothing could remind her of Meerut more
…here after all - all are cha-khors*!
True...that her dadi’s gujiya* was second to none
But here she ferociously devoured herself on the sourness of the desserts
Peculiar were the taste…but so were the other things.
There were;
The Feluda series…delighting the adventure seeker in her
The Boi mela*…delighting the bookworm in her
The Bandor Topi*…cushioning the thin blooded like her
The Madhyamik*…engaging the philomath in her
Yellow were the cabs
And, so was she wrapped in colour of basant
The kind of yellow - of warmth of thousand splendid Sun
The kind of yellow that shows that the world may be blushy pink, envious green, gloomy grey, icy blue, but it could never ever be an impenetrable black!
And as more days passed by- she was witness to
That huge wave of humanity and human emotion
the day Durga Puja bisorjan happened
Humbling was the experience
As she too left behind her roots
…With the belief
Sighroi abar dekha hobe*.
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*Bong: A slang term for Bengalis
*Bhalo naam: Proper name used for official purpose
*Daak Naam : Pet name
*Cha-khors : Lovers of tea
*Gujiya : Indian sweet
*The Boi mela : Book fair
*Bandor Topi : Monkey cap
*Madhyamik : Examinations
* Sighroi abar dekha hobe : See you soon
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