Friday, May 7, 2010

The Tagore My Tagore

It was he, the great poet philosopher Rabindranath Thakur who shaped my mind to a great extent. In youth, yes, I was able to sing variety of songs, but my voice perfectly matched with Tagore songs. I started getting popular in signing his songs in my baritone voice. It was he who made me closer to the world of poetry. Wherever I went, whoever I met, a request would come through for a Tagore song. It was my weakness I never learnt classical music. Yet I was the master in truly copying his songs recorded by Hemanta Mukherjee and my dearest Jeorge Biswas. In those days, the songs the public would listen to my voice would invariably question the name of my music teacher. My well wishers thought one day I'll be a popular signer. But I failed to fulfill their aspiration.  Now I hardly find time and energy to sing songs.

It was rhythm in his poems that inspired me to write verses. Of course, the content of my poems was different. Those were more of social perspective than personal. It was he...he..and he who moved around my head that moved me closure to the melodies of Baul singers in rural Bengal. It was he who made me to take my first human rights lesson and observe the world from all angles. The internationalism what Tagore analysed a century ago, is still relevant in the current perspective. The great philosopher of our time who could foresee the pride of nationalism will soon be faded away with the globalisation. Thus he defeated all his contemporaries in his thinking and deeds. The university he founded a century ago bears the name of Viswabharati (international). 

It was his spiritual backing that gave me extra force in my essay writing and even publishing my short stories etc. In fine, I can conclude I never felt his absence even after 150 years of his departure. His influence will continue so long I live on this earth.  

Thursday, April 29, 2010

The Greed

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What a puzzle dad had to do for his spoiled kid other than searching for a supernatural power for doing some miracle? The gentleman who never believed in witchcraft or tantrik as called in India had to seek help from a tantrik to cure the kid in a magical way so as to enable it to regain its everything lost. His cowardice act was vehemently opposed by his family.

Macbeth the all powerful king had to rush to the witch to know his fate. The greed to become a king of Scotland turned a brave fighter to a coward and a secret killer. The secret greed he possessed in his heart got support from those witches and his lady at home. The readers know the tragic death of Macbeth and restoration of peace in the country.

Shakespeare sent message to the civilised world that every human being posses the evil desires to make things magically possible. If the force of Resistance in a man or woman is weakened, the evil prevails in the heart. In the same story, Branco, the friend and co-commander of the Duncan's army never believed in evil spirit or prophecies of those witches. He was brutally killed by Macbeth's hired goons. But the spirit of Branco exposed the King the Traitor, Macbeth that ultimately brought his destruction. The future showed the generation who carried the great name of Branco really ruled England instead of Scotland.

The story suggests there is no short cut to success. Only one has to be very patient and honest in his/her thoughts and deeds, the success will follow in its own course.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Love

Love makes the human being beautiful. It never ends in individual relationship with opposite sex. It starts from loving your mom and dad. Its end up in a big canvas. The love for the blood relations, neighbours, locality and the nation has one meaning everywhere. But the love demands reciprocation what is not always visible. The non responsive love brings pains. Somebody can bear it and some not. Once the reaction for a negative love percolates down to create some positive, it is really recreated. The opposite action brings destruction. Precisely, this is the philosophy of love that remains unchanged for ages. 

Monday, February 22, 2010

Lessons from the Idiots

Of late, Hindi movies have walked towards maturity. 3-Idiots and My Name Is Khan like commercial works find place in the market. The popularity of these movies compels the other commercial producers to do something like. It is observed that the test of the Indian cinema lovers is undergoing change, thanks to the worthless sex and violence based Hindi movies.
Cinema is a strong media for social change. So far Indian film industry, except a few notable films, denied its positive role in building a healthy society. The spurious capital that had so far no place in the recognised economic activities invested in films to get quicker return. The mafia and substandard elements have been operating the Hindi film industry one way or other. Hence, propagation of values and virtues in their produced films are unexpected. The government investment in making good films through good makers is also insignificant. Yet those third or fourth graded Hindi films have so far been able to implement a strong agenda of propagation of Hindi language throughout the country, what political and linguistic opposition failed to resist imposition of Hindi on non-Hindi belt of the country.
With the onset of globalisation, the present generation has to find their future in an interconnected and interdependent world based on English Language where Hindi has lost all its relevance. Secondly, with the availability of satellite channels, English movies with all its technical up-gradations have given birth to a new generation with a new tests of cinema. Traditional Hindi movies now find little place to sustain in the present environment unless they change their way of making films.
The captains of the Hindi film industry considering the future of the industry as bleak has been experimenting investment in thought provoking films based on reality. And their efforts are largely successful with films like Lagan, 3-Idiot, My Name is Khan or Slum Dog Millionaire etc. With the wind of success in Hindi film of new era, the regional film makers in Indian states will also follow the line. A good days ahead indeed!

Thursday, February 18, 2010

"MAOISM"

Once I wrote in a journal questioning the term "Maoism" so used now by the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in order to justify their way of violent actions against the state machinery. I put forwarded my arguments based on my Marxist teaching and my arguments were debated across the political institutions in the country or outside. But I must admit that the writing though debated but failed to change the policy of the party in question. Some learned friends of mine suggested that a writer can not change the mindset of some political hotheads. I had no further comment than whatever I already put on record on Maoism.
I now say something different. The Indian state has heavily come down on the Maoist rebels in the affected village and towns. In this war my countrymen in uniform or civilians are massacred in one after another carnage. This political distrust of the innocent people are getting increased day by day. People are already squeezed by huge price rise on essential commodities. The majority Indian are directly affected with the non stop attacks by those black marketeers and hoarders. Well! they might not have died by the enemy bullets but are half dead by the price rise. But you wont hear that the hoarders and black marketeers are subjected to Maoists' attack.
Even then some political analysts say the Maoists are fighting for the rights of the tribal people in and around the forest area of the country. May be their way of actions disliked by many critics. Yet there is no proof that the Maoists are foreign agents aided by our enemy countries or groups. That means their patriotism is beyond question. Only their armed actions are condemned by the powerful and their stooges.
In my youth I saw Jaiprakash Narainji the great freedom fighter of India brought the infamous dacoits of Chambal area of Madhya Pradesh to the mainstream India. They were rehabilitated and all police cases were withdrawn in their favour by the government. Then why cant for the Maoists rebels? Why there should not be any sincere persuasion for a sustainable peace? Where is the statesman to act in order to get rid of the crisis? Unfortunately there is none. So the violence will be fought by violence and the red terror will be replied by the state sponsored white terror. And there is no end of it. The thrust for the human blood will never be ended.
In this war against the Maoists and their associates, the political managers are leaving no stone unturned in the corridors of power thereby providing dangerous opportunities to the real enemies , the Talibans or Al-Quida to divide India again on religious line. While some violent Maoists are committing gun battles for some economic gains of the tribal population in the countryside, the Talibans and their Indian mercenaries have threatened the existence of our country, our Parliament, our military, our democratic system and our people. Recently these evil force have threatened from one of our enemy lands across the border to destroy our peace loving citizens who will dare to watch our games and sports. They are regularly implementing their evil designs by committing Taj Hotel or Pune massacre and will commit so many in future.
I'm very sorry to conclude that the system in the Indian state machinery has been blaming each other and have miserably failed to protect its citizens and they may not be able to protect us in future too from the violent agents of Islam. This is because that Indian state power is yet to declare complete war to eliminate and drive out our main enemy from our holy land. The traitors are therefore allowed to cause destruction one after another to appease a section of the anti-national people only to secure the vote bank in order to sustain in power by the ruling political establishment even at the cost of the lives of our brave soldiers and innocent Indians. Hence, diversion of energy and wealth of the nation is felt essential to fight out those primitive Maoists groups by huge efforts. God bless my country India!

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Love That Never Ends

I'm blessed with a very good wife in my life. She has love and respect for me. She has not only presented two kids but also decorated my home with all her heart. Her contribution not only in terms of money but in terms of everything has filled my life what in one life time one can not expect. Her good deeds override her mistakes. I'm really fortunate to get her.
But I don't think I could make her happy. I tried my level best to do my duty towards her whenever situation occurred. Many a time, I with the blessing of God tried to rescue her from many threats of life occurred from serious illness. You may term it a simple duty towards an ailing wife. I agree. I recall in one occasion when I was sick it was none other than she despite her illness paid a regular visit to the hospital.
Her patience to tolerate any wrong doing on my part is noteworthy. I know she only blames her fate for choosing me as life time partner. I blame myself why I did injustice to her. Sometime I tried to expose my false pride of possessing vast knowledge in any dispute in order to undermine her. But she bears with the things and maintains solitude. She only breaks while she finds allegation of breaking the bond of love between me and she. But the allegation hardly comes true. But it is able to confuse our relationship.
There are witches and ghosts surrounding us those who always tried to damage our family making me as a soft target. In my youth, I remained extreme emotional and moved things without considering consequence. On my way, I got many who pretended to be my friends, but ultimately tried to poison me with only motif of breaking my family. With the grace of God, I was able to get rescued myself and restored my family peace. The evil force is still active. They will never be able to fulfill their evil desires. The force of resistance in me is more stronger than they.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The Construction

Man has no limit of his lust. Primary requirement of the human being is food, clothes and shelter. The stomach has its limit as it can not take food beyond its capacity. The clothes you wear may not exceed more than 2 or 3 pieces. But for shelter, one may have unnumbered if he can afford. The home you stay for long makes you bore and you look for a better option. You do not bother to leave it once you get your dream for another comes true. The home shelters another in place of you. It stands as it was, may be with some addition or alteration. It preserves the breaths of its owners and dear ones, their touches, their love. Those are not erased from its walls and floors even after change of owners. The man dies and his home stands alive for generation.