SAVE WATER -SAVE EARTH

Recently ,while watching SATYAMEVA JAYATE  I was surprised to know how our holy water GANGA is being polluted.We at the name of our holy rituals drop so many things in the river .GANGA as we all know used to carry pure drinking water, which is still used in  our prayers and Pooja.It is is regarded so holy that all your sin gets washed off once we take bath in it.It is being given to dying people with a belief that it will clear his soul of all evils and reach him to the heaven.........But now the river is polluted.Whom to be blamed? The onus is on us.There is scarcity of drinking water in so many places but the people who get it sufficiently don't realizes it's value.

              On the other hand lack of proper sanitation inIndia is also responsible for making our holy river dirty. INDIAcelebrated it's 66th  INDEPENDENCE DAY but truely how many of us have done something for this nation.Statistics conducted by UNICEF in the year 2008 have shown that only 31% of India's population is using improved sanitation facilities . A  UN study observed more people in India having access to a mobile phone than to a toilet as in 2010.Just 366million people (30.5%)had access to proper sanitation.

           Due to improper sanitation facilities in India people defecate in the open rivers .1gram of feces could potentially contain 10 million viruses,1 million bacteria,1000 parasite cysts and 100 worm eggs.The Ganges river in India has a stunning 1.1 million lts. of raw sewage being disposed into it  every minute.

           Can we imagine of what's going to happen to our holy water? So friends it's a high time to make  people aware of the reactions of their own action.We all have a group and we all are leaders.So why not start awareness program   from our own.         

COOL MONSOON WITH RATHA YATRA IN DURGAPUR --THE SEASON TO REJOICE

Hello friends,

            With the arrival of monsoon, Durgapur is also ready with its fair which is organized every year on 'Rath Yatra'. Celebrating the festival of Sri Jagannath going to his uncle's (mama) house Durgapur gets adorned with lights ,stalls ,rides etc.Many people visit this fair .Stalls from many places come here to grace the occasion. 

Stalls of boutique from Shantiniketan,local boutique supported by govt., cloth stores for children dresses,bed sheets, bed covers, Kurtis's, leg-ins, sofa covers set up on this grand Mela. Stuffs made of mud are also ready with its variety of show pieces and jewellery . Plastic balls, dolls, pencil erasers and stickers stalls are well decorated with all its products.  Food stalls like Chat, Bada, Ice-Cream, Coke etc. are also available there.

                                   

Another most important part of this fair is BOOK FAIR. Books of various famous writers like Saratchandra, Bankim, Rabindranath and many more,are readily available on those stalls. Fairy tales for children are also there. Even study books are not left out. You can get Books on designs, stitches,etc.and CD'S and what not.

       

   There are abundance of stalls of 

jewellery  and show pieces with all its innovative varieties of designs. There are plenty of rides like Aeroplane, Car, Horse, Jeep, Dragon train, Boat, Merry -go-round and many more.

There are shows likeMagic show,3D show,and the most dangerous "Mot ka kua" which is by any means the most life threatening show .Hats off to those Brave-heart who make the show successful .Those JABAZ players  ride Bike and Car all together at a time in a half oval shaped space with there life at risk -'Apni Jaan Mutthi Me Lekar'.They spin up and down with their bikes and cars showing various activities with their hands and legs.They get out of the car window, wave their hand as they move in a circle going up and down. With an error of split of a second, life of the driver, I suppose, will end there itself. The show ends and all of us get thrilled and leave the center stage.But those artists of that stage of theater are ready for their next show which starts in a few minutes of time. Thats life for them as it gives the means for livelihood of their family.GOD save those great performers.
           
               Overall this fair is a good past time for your family and friends.

CHANGES IN LIFE................

                                             
Just back from the get together .............thinking  about the early days .With time people's way of thinking also changes.;Feeling very nostalgic..........before getting merried whenever my parents used to tell me about an invitation I simply used to deny .I never liked to join any gatherings ,because i used to  get bore.I was happy with my work schedule in my student life ....and later with my my job.I never liked to go somewhere where there  are lots of people looking at me and the place where I can't be like how I am.
    Now  ,at present situation when i have to quit my job for my daughter...I have to stay back at home....no relatives, no friends ....no duties other than family  I really get bore.Now I want to mix with people ,Iwant to make friends,Iwant to get back to my teaching proffession .........but all seems running away from me .Now I realise why we should always be in touch with our relatives....our friends .....its only because some time they become our medicine for our lonely life. Mixing with people knowing them sometimes helps us to solve our  problem.
         I realised that the thought came to my mind after I became mother. Before that I never had such strong feeling to mix up.
          With parenting lots of changes comes . As you go on teaching your child you too have lots of things to learn from your kids. Your patience  and love also grows with your child. You learn to cope with worst situation by handling them.My daughter is now 4yrs. old and now I realize those changes in me .                                                                                                                          When I joined school I used to see the tensed parents living there child for the first time in school and think why on earth they are so worried.Am I going to beat there child?But believe me friends when that time came to me I was shaking.......looking at my daughter shouting and crying.I couldn't move from the school gate  and after 2hrs I came home with my daughter.That experience made me think many things.
          It made me apolozise to those parents whom I always used to avoid because of their worries for their child.It's really true that unless you have one child you miss out many emotions in this world and you never understand others feelings.
         I am blessed to have one .Thanks to the almighty to give me an oppotunity to go through all such emotions and understand other .Now I think it would be more easier for me to handle other parents when I will start again with my teaching proffession.

A Composition on this Bengali New Year by Ms. Panchali kar

   

১৪১৯-এর অঙ্গীকার

নতুন প্রভাতেরে আজ করি আহ্বান,

বিগতকে বিদায়, নতুনের হোক জয়গান।

‘১৪১৯’এর আজ শুভ আগমন,

সানন্দে তাঁরে, করি গো বরণ।

মুছে যাক সব,হীন দীনতা,

উজ্জ্বল ঊষা আনে আনন্দ বারতা।

দৃঢ় চিত্তে মোরা, করি অঙ্গীকার,

ব্যাথিতের সাথে যেন থাকি অনিবার।

ধরণীতে আনব মোরা স্নেহের পরশ,

মায়ার বাঁধনে‘করব জীবন সরস।

বিভেদ ভুলে মোরা করবো বিজয়

অমৃতের পুত্র সবাই, হবে জয় নিশ্চয়।

               -পাঞ্চালী কর। ১৫।০৪।২০১২

                         The following poem was composed by one of my aunt (Mrs. Panchali kar) when she first met my daughter "Shreya" a few days ago. My daughter is three and half years old now and by relation, she becomes grandmother to my daughter. The poem was written in Bengali language which is her mother tongue. The composition is quite rhythmic and carries true  love, affection and blessings that we usually find in our life.

                           I shall try to translate the composition in English in future for better understanding of my readers.

'শ্রেয়া' কে-

ছোট্ট মেয়ে 'শ্রেয়া' যে বাবার আদরিণী,

মায়ের কাছে সে যে ভুবন মোহিণী।

ঘ্যান-ঘ্যান প্যান-প্যান করে নাকো সে,

আপন মনে সারাদিন খেলে বেড়ায় যে ।

যদিও তার নেই কোন আব্দার বায়না, 

দুধভাত খেতে সে যে মোটেই চায় না।

খেলার পুতুল খেলনা-বাটি ছুঁড়ে ফেলে সে,

মোবাইল বন্দুককে তার সাথী করেছে।

দুচোখের চাউনিতে দুষ্টুমী মাখা,

ছোট্ট মাথাটি তার বুদ্ধিতে ঠাসা।

খেলাধূলা পড়াশুনা সবেতেই আছে,

মায়ের মমতা তাকে ঘিরে রেখেছে।

হবে সে একদিন বিদুষিনী নারী।

রইল তার সাথে আশীর্বাদ আমারি।

                                                                                          ---মামিদিদা

                                                     (পাঞ্চালী কর)  ১৪।০২।২০১২                                                                                             

A Tribute to the Colour of Festival---Holi 2012

A Tribute to the Colour of Festival---Holi 2012
By
Panchali Kar
ফাগুনের রঙ

দোল দোল দোল,

বাজুক খুশীর বোল।

ভুবনে আজ প্রেমের জোয়ার,

আনন্দ ভরপুর।

ব্রজগোপী সাথে হোলি খেলে মদনমোহন,

আবিরে গুলালে রাঙে রাধিকার বদন।

পিচকারি রঙে আজ সেজেছে আকাশ,

মৃদুচালে চলেছে দখিনবাতাস।

রঙের ছোঁয়া আজ লেগেছে মনে,

প্রজাপতি মেলেছে ডানা মধুআহরণে।

হিংসা দ্বেষ মান অপমান মুছেযাক্ আজ,
খুলে যাক মনের দুয়ার, ধরুক সবাই হাত।

আনন্দ উৎসবে এসো মাতি সবাই,

মিলে মিশে রঙে রসে মেতে উঠি ভাই।          

               -পাঞ্চালী কর।
                        ০৬।০৩।২০১২

Holy 2012 : A composition on Holi festival

               Once again, the festival of colors " HOLY" has arrived announcing the entry of spring. It falls on the march 8th of this year, 2012. People of India and Indians all over the world celebrate this occasion by playing colors and singing Holy songs with friends and distributing sweets to each of those families and neighbors.

               It is a myth that Lord krishna wanted to colour the fair complexion of Radha and played Holy with her for the first time. Gurudev Rabindra nath Tagore, the Indian noble laureate also wrote so many of his songs in connection with  festival  Holy. He started Vasant Utsav at Shantiniketan in West Bengal of India to mark the festival. COLOUR - brings joy in our life,changes our mood, gives self-confidence, and the faith in GOD.
       
             So friends  lets welcome  the begining of spring ,the season of colour , with a small poem written by my aunt(MAMI), Mrs. PANCHALI KAR  .

  'দোল' 

           বসন্তেরই মাতাল বাতাস প্রাণে দেয় দোলা,

         জাগায় প্রাণে রঙিন স্বপন, চিত্ত বিহ্বলা ।

      ধরণী আজ উঠল জেগে রঙিন পরশে ,

   পলাশ ফুলের শোভা যে নীল আকাশে ।

 কোকিলের কুহুতান , ভ্রমরের গুঞ্জন , 

ভরিয়ে তোলে যে মোদের প্রাণের স্পন্দন । 

  রঙের নেশায় মাতুক সবাই, হোক না মনের মিলন , 

    সব অবসাদ ভুলে মোরা ,করি যে তার আগমন ।

 দোলের আনন্দেতে মোরা করি জয়গান , 

  আজি এ ধরণীতে জগিয়াছে প্রাণ।

  শান্তিনিকেতনে যাও রে আজ সবাই নেচে নেচে , 

দেখবে সেথায় দোলের নাচন উপচে পড়েছে। 

                                                             -পাঞ্চালী কর ২৮।০২।২০১২

                                           

Poetry for Kids : A Splendid Composition by a Grandmother for a Granddaughter

                         The following poem was composed by one of my aunt (Mrs. Panchali kar) when she first met my daughter "Shreya" a few days ago. My daughter is three and half years old now and by relation, she becomes grandmother to my daughter. The poem was written in Bengali language which is her mother tongue. The composition is quite rhythmic and carries true  love, affection and blessings that we usually find in our life.

                           I shall try to translate the composition in English in future for better understanding of my readers.

'শ্রেয়া' কে-

ছোট্ট মেয়ে 'শ্রেয়া' যে বাবার আদরিণী,

মায়ের কাছে সে যে ভুবন মোহিণী।

ঘ্যান-ঘ্যান প্যান-প্যান করে নাকো সে,

আপন মনে সারাদিন খেলে বেড়ায় যে ।

যদিও তার নেই কোন আব্দার বায়না, 

দুধভাত খেতে সে যে মোটেই চায় না।

খেলার পুতুল খেলনা-বাটি ছুঁড়ে ফেলে সে,

মোবাইল বন্দুককে তার সাথী করেছে।

দুচোখের চাউনিতে দুষ্টুমী মাখা,

ছোট্ট মাথাটি তার বুদ্ধিতে ঠাসা।

খেলাধূলা পড়াশুনা সবেতেই আছে,

মায়ের মমতা তাকে ঘিরে রেখেছে।

হবে সে একদিন বিদুষিনী নারী।

রইল তার সাথে আশীর্বাদ আমারি।

                                                                                          ---মামিদিদা

                                                     (পাঞ্চালী কর)  ১৪।০২।২০১২