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