6th of August 2007 brought a new year for me. It’s my 3rd & last year in my college, SXC. I love it for so many reasons & maybe I have more reasons to hate it but whenever I remember that I’m a Xaverian, I can’t help but love it! I’m proud to be a part of this ancient yet modern institute. It has a completely different culture. So varied & cosmopolitan that sometimes my identity blurs & sometimes I’m too conscious of who or what I am. Xavier’s’ mean a lot to me! It’s another world for me, really! It has given me, taught me, made me something!
Xavier’s can proudly boast of being one of the most beautiful colleges in Kolkata. The building looks good, the chapel is so peaceful and the greenery can mesmerize you! This is a view from the front gate, but you must enter from the back gate at least once to know how Xavier’s actually is! Then only you can feel its charm, its vastness. The ground is soo big man! The green grasses looks & feels like velvet, you’ll at once know that it is regularly taken care of. The Green Benches, no no, not the one in court but green coloured benches where Xavierians sit, chat, chillax & have gala time in the afternoon & parents, especially mothers of the school students wait for their children. The path which leads you to the main building is known as the Catwalk. It’s so rightly named! We acquire a certain grace like a swan while walking on it! Whenever I enter through the back gate, walk on the catwalk, view the ground & head towards the college building, I get a feeling that this is my passport to my dreamland! This walk has varied in all these 3 years. 1st day of 1st year I was a shaky girl, walked on the catwalk with not so confident steps, having lots of doubts & confusion going on in my suddenly grown up yet childish mind. 2nd year, my group SPARK was formed properly & we 4 moved on it in a careless careful attitude! We tested how it felt being seniors & yet we were conscious of the so called senior most batch or the 3rd years! We seemed prudent to the juniors but appeared silly in front of the seniors! Yet another year has passed & we now hold the prestigious & much awaited position of the 3rd years! Our moves are the most confident! It has been our 2nd home by now. We walk on the Catwalk as if it’s the entrance to our drawing room. We are so confident! We need not think of any one as we are on the apex now. So the passerby’s are either our juniors or batch mates.
But this year, the college authorities made a decision to do away with the Green Benches. We are having staff quarters instead & so, our dear Catwalk has to suffer. It is undergoing attacks of the various digging instruments & it is heaped with cement, mud & all such rubbishes! Our beautifully cemented & tiled catwalk is now replaced with a temporary arrangement of bricks. Mind you, the difference is heaven & hell! This brick walk instead of cat walk reminds me of the atrocious road of Paikhala village which we visited as a part of NSS trip. It was a horror during last few days of heavy downpour. Water logged & it was filled with mud & we lost all our grace while walking on it. Yuckkk!!! This shift is like waking up from a beautiful dream. But this is not done! Seriously I want my Catwalk back! Not only Catwalk has suffered, all those beautiful trees which we used to have in the compound have been cut down. It has undergone such a drastic change that it hurts to have a look at it! I just hope this work finishes soon & our compound becomes as beautiful as before, with Catwalk & those trees! Though Green Benches won’t be there but since we were not that much attached to it, I can do without it but I can’t compromise with Catwalk! Come back Catwalk! I miss you!!!
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Tagged Again
Here I go...
If I were a beginning, I would be:- the beginning of life
If I were a month, I would be: -july
If I were a day of the week, I would be :– thursday
If I were a time of day, I would be: - dusk
If I were a planet, I would be:- jupiter
If I were a season, I would be:- fall
If I were a sea animal, I would be:- the blue whaleI
f I were a direction, I would be:- east
If I were a piece of furniture, I would be:- book shelf
If I were a sin, I would be:- an apple
If I were a liquid, I would be:- water
If I were a fraud/scare, I would be:- lies
If I were a gem, I would be:- diamond
If I were a tree, I would be:- mango tree
If I were a tool, I would be:– pen
If I were a flower/plant, I would be:- Shiuli
If I were a kind of weather, I would be:- raining cats & dogs
If I were a musical instrument, I would be:- piano
If I were an animal, I would be:- dog
If I were an emotion, I would be:- happyness
If I were a vegetable, I would be:- potato
If I were a sound, I would be:- laughter of a baby
I were an element, I would be:-water
If I were a car, I would be:- chevrolet avio
If I were a song, I would be:- JeTore Pagol Bole Tare Tui Bolishne Kichhu
If I were a food, I would be:- eggs
If I were a place, I would be:- Kashmir
If I were a material, I would be:- Cotton
If I were a taste, I would be:- chocolaty
If I were a scent, I would be:-the scent of a baby
If I were a religion, I would be:- humanist
If I were a sentence, I would be:-If its truth, it shouldn't hurt u. If its not a truth, it shouldn't hurt u
If I were a body part, I would be:-the eyes
If I were a facial expression, I would be:- smiling
If I were a subject in college, I would be:- sociology
If I were a shape, I would be:- circle
If I were a quantity, I would be:- meagre
If I were a colour, I would be:-baby pink
If I were a thing, I would be:- a watch
If I were a landmass, I would be:- rugged
If I were a book, I would be:- Ho Jo Bo Ro Lo
If I were a monument, I would be:- The Taj Mahal
If I were an artist, I would be:-a singer
If I were a collection of poems, I would be:- that of Tagore poems
If I were a landscape, I would be:- sea side
If I were a watch, I would be.- ahead of time
If I were God, I would be:- impossible
If I were a vowel, I would be: i
If I were a consonant, I would be: s
If I were a formula, I would be:- a confusing one
If I were a Science, I would be:- social science
If I were a theory, I would be:- criticised
If I were a famous person, I would be.:- Barkha Dutt
If I were an electronic equipment, I would be:- computer
If I were sport, I would be:- hide n seek
If I were a movie, I would be:- sound of music
If I were a cartoon, I would be:- noddy
If I were an explorer, I would be:- colombus
If I were a scientist, I would be:- an Indian scientist
If I were a relation, I would be:-a daughter
If I were a river, I would be:-Teesta
If I were intoxication, I would be:-life
If I were alone, I would be:- free
If I were a question, then I would be:- tai naki???
If I were a hobby, I would be:- reading
If I were a habit, I would be:- biting nails
If I were in an atom, I would be:- no idea what
If I were an end, I would be:- dead
If I were you, I would be:- not me.
I tag Pujasree & Arnab Da.
If I were a beginning, I would be:- the beginning of life
If I were a month, I would be: -july
If I were a day of the week, I would be :– thursday
If I were a time of day, I would be: - dusk
If I were a planet, I would be:- jupiter
If I were a season, I would be:- fall
If I were a sea animal, I would be:- the blue whaleI
f I were a direction, I would be:- east
If I were a piece of furniture, I would be:- book shelf
If I were a sin, I would be:- an apple
If I were a liquid, I would be:- water
If I were a fraud/scare, I would be:- lies
If I were a gem, I would be:- diamond
If I were a tree, I would be:- mango tree
If I were a tool, I would be:– pen
If I were a flower/plant, I would be:- Shiuli
If I were a kind of weather, I would be:- raining cats & dogs
If I were a musical instrument, I would be:- piano
If I were an animal, I would be:- dog
If I were an emotion, I would be:- happyness
If I were a vegetable, I would be:- potato
If I were a sound, I would be:- laughter of a baby
I were an element, I would be:-water
If I were a car, I would be:- chevrolet avio
If I were a song, I would be:- JeTore Pagol Bole Tare Tui Bolishne Kichhu
If I were a food, I would be:- eggs
If I were a place, I would be:- Kashmir
If I were a material, I would be:- Cotton
If I were a taste, I would be:- chocolaty
If I were a scent, I would be:-the scent of a baby
If I were a religion, I would be:- humanist
If I were a sentence, I would be:-If its truth, it shouldn't hurt u. If its not a truth, it shouldn't hurt u
If I were a body part, I would be:-the eyes
If I were a facial expression, I would be:- smiling
If I were a subject in college, I would be:- sociology
If I were a shape, I would be:- circle
If I were a quantity, I would be:- meagre
If I were a colour, I would be:-baby pink
If I were a thing, I would be:- a watch
If I were a landmass, I would be:- rugged
If I were a book, I would be:- Ho Jo Bo Ro Lo
If I were a monument, I would be:- The Taj Mahal
If I were an artist, I would be:-a singer
If I were a collection of poems, I would be:- that of Tagore poems
If I were a landscape, I would be:- sea side
If I were a watch, I would be.- ahead of time
If I were God, I would be:- impossible
If I were a vowel, I would be: i
If I were a consonant, I would be: s
If I were a formula, I would be:- a confusing one
If I were a Science, I would be:- social science
If I were a theory, I would be:- criticised
If I were a famous person, I would be.:- Barkha Dutt
If I were an electronic equipment, I would be:- computer
If I were sport, I would be:- hide n seek
If I were a movie, I would be:- sound of music
If I were a cartoon, I would be:- noddy
If I were an explorer, I would be:- colombus
If I were a scientist, I would be:- an Indian scientist
If I were a relation, I would be:-a daughter
If I were a river, I would be:-Teesta
If I were intoxication, I would be:-life
If I were alone, I would be:- free
If I were a question, then I would be:- tai naki???
If I were a hobby, I would be:- reading
If I were a habit, I would be:- biting nails
If I were in an atom, I would be:- no idea what
If I were an end, I would be:- dead
If I were you, I would be:- not me.
I tag Pujasree & Arnab Da.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
The Hottest Day
I think today was the hottest day of my life! I’ve never felt so hot before! Not that my skin felt hot, but my taste buds also! You must be thinking what I ‘m trying to say! Ok, lemme make it clear!
SPA(R)K i.e. the full form of we 4 friends, Sreetama, Pallabi, Angana & Khushbu who is more commonly known as Rakhi among us, so, R for Rakhi. SPARK has been friends for the last 2 years. We have become a full fledged group & have some rules & regulations of our own. Among that one of the rules is that 2 of us will give the other 2 a grand birthday treat. Angana’s birthday is on 21st May & mine is on 24th July. While Khushbu’s & Pallabi’s birthdays fall on 18th August & 17th October respectively. So me & Angu give Pallu & Khushbu treat & vice versa. Today was the D day for me & Angu. For the last 2 years, we give treat in Hatari restaurant in Triangular Park. We love that place! Thai Fish is our favourite dish over there & we love to have it with Shahi Pouao. Thanks to Pallu who had introduced us to these 2 delicacies & specialties of Hatari. Whenever we go there, Thai fish is a must! Thai fish is a preparation made from fish. Though I dunno the recipe, but when it is served, it looks like this: Small pieces of fish, dry, golden brown in colour, crispy & garnished with spring onions. It is very spicy & has a little tangy flavour. Sometimes it gets little hot due to the higher proportion of spices. That’s why we team it up with Shahi Pulao which is rather sweet owing to the presence of pine apple, raisins, carrots, peas, paneer etc. Thus, these sweet & spicy dishes provide us awesome tang to our mouth! It went just fine last year where we had also ordered a chicken dish.
This year, we decided to have just Shahi Pulao & Thai fish & nothing else. When we reached there, it was almost 3 & needless to say, we were more than hungry!!! Due to the excitement we didn’t even have our break fasts properly & went to college, attended 3 classes & rushed to Hatari! We ordered Chicken Lollypop as starters! It tasted awesome! It was served with onion pickle which I had never tasted before & needless to say, we had a gala time having them! It was very irrational on their part to serve 6 lollypops & we were 4! :P We had 1 full & ½ lollypops!!! Never mind! Dosti me aisa chalta hai!!! After that, we waited for a couple of minutes & our wait was at last finished! Aaahhhhhh!!! We were served with our much awaited & cherished dishes of Shahi Pulao & Thai Fish! Tada! Sang our hearts!!! We almost broke on them! Since we had ordered 2 plates each, we had enough fish to have for ourselves! While I helped myself by taking some pieces of fish, Angu said to me, “Eto chhoto piece nichhish keno, boro boro ne!” I replied, “Are nebo, tui age bhalo kore ne to! Prochur achhe, pore roshiye roshiye khabo!” But then also we didn’t know what was in store for us!!!
We sang Bingo & took a spoon full of pulao along with a piece of fish. Ummmmmm!!! Heaven, thought me! Had another piece of fish & Ahhh it’s so hot!!! Not only me, everyone felt that. We sipped water & splurged again. Nah, it wasn’t any better, a whole glass of water was finished in a millisecond! Among us, Khushbu & Angana just can’t tolerate the hot flavour. Poor they but I & Pallu weren’t in a better position! The pulao was still quite warm & we could feel our tongues burning! Khushbu complained of giddiness due to the over spicy taste. I could feel some fluid rolling down from my eyes to my cheeks! Uhhh! Tears came out from not only mine but every ones’ eyes. We gulped gallons of water but that helped little, rather it was adding our woes! Dunno what the waiters were doing, every time we had to shout & cry out for water. Khushbu now complained of a burning sensation but we all felt that on our lips, tongues, throat & it gradually moved down! But despite of the terrible condition, we were giggling & laughing! We were making funny remarks & actions & laughing to ourselves only!
I could see few heads turning at us to see what’s making the 4 young ladies laugh out loud! But we always give a damn to people! We kept on….
Angana had all the sweet fruits before & now had only Thai fish & rice left to have. She looked petrified! Pallabi acted in a rather normal way. She finished her share of Pulao & took some more & finished that too. Khushbu, remarked so many things but had her pulao & left only with fish. She also looked terrified as if we were served bhat, daal & neem pata, (comparison courtesy Angana). My condition was rather funny! I picked up a spoon full, looked at it for sometime, thinking of to have it or not & at last I prayed Joy Ma Jhaleshwari & had it! It tasted as terrible as before but we couldn’t afford to waste it. Pallabi had a brilliant idea of having them with tomato sauce. It sounded weired before but it really worked! The severe hot taste mellowed down. We considered ourselves as if given a task of MTV Roadies! We cheered up each other & tried to have it. Though we became a little stable but not normal! Pallabi suddenly became chivalrous & said "Ei dekh, ebhabe khete hoy!" & put a big piece into her mouth & then u should’ve seen her face! She was on the verge of crying & she was laughing at the same time. Man, what a day it was! Angana & Khushbu took a vow not to have that demon in disguise again! They hated it like anything! But there was no such thing with me & Pallu. Though we tried hard but couldn’t have it all. Few pieces were still left but nothing doing! We just paid the bill & came out to find ourselves drenched in sweat. A hot & humid day outside & equally hot feeling inside! After that we had Feast & felt a little comfortable. Whew! I’ll never forget this day! But no matter, we enjoyed the day like anything! Bingo!!!
SPA(R)K i.e. the full form of we 4 friends, Sreetama, Pallabi, Angana & Khushbu who is more commonly known as Rakhi among us, so, R for Rakhi. SPARK has been friends for the last 2 years. We have become a full fledged group & have some rules & regulations of our own. Among that one of the rules is that 2 of us will give the other 2 a grand birthday treat. Angana’s birthday is on 21st May & mine is on 24th July. While Khushbu’s & Pallabi’s birthdays fall on 18th August & 17th October respectively. So me & Angu give Pallu & Khushbu treat & vice versa. Today was the D day for me & Angu. For the last 2 years, we give treat in Hatari restaurant in Triangular Park. We love that place! Thai Fish is our favourite dish over there & we love to have it with Shahi Pouao. Thanks to Pallu who had introduced us to these 2 delicacies & specialties of Hatari. Whenever we go there, Thai fish is a must! Thai fish is a preparation made from fish. Though I dunno the recipe, but when it is served, it looks like this: Small pieces of fish, dry, golden brown in colour, crispy & garnished with spring onions. It is very spicy & has a little tangy flavour. Sometimes it gets little hot due to the higher proportion of spices. That’s why we team it up with Shahi Pulao which is rather sweet owing to the presence of pine apple, raisins, carrots, peas, paneer etc. Thus, these sweet & spicy dishes provide us awesome tang to our mouth! It went just fine last year where we had also ordered a chicken dish.
This year, we decided to have just Shahi Pulao & Thai fish & nothing else. When we reached there, it was almost 3 & needless to say, we were more than hungry!!! Due to the excitement we didn’t even have our break fasts properly & went to college, attended 3 classes & rushed to Hatari! We ordered Chicken Lollypop as starters! It tasted awesome! It was served with onion pickle which I had never tasted before & needless to say, we had a gala time having them! It was very irrational on their part to serve 6 lollypops & we were 4! :P We had 1 full & ½ lollypops!!! Never mind! Dosti me aisa chalta hai!!! After that, we waited for a couple of minutes & our wait was at last finished! Aaahhhhhh!!! We were served with our much awaited & cherished dishes of Shahi Pulao & Thai Fish! Tada! Sang our hearts!!! We almost broke on them! Since we had ordered 2 plates each, we had enough fish to have for ourselves! While I helped myself by taking some pieces of fish, Angu said to me, “Eto chhoto piece nichhish keno, boro boro ne!” I replied, “Are nebo, tui age bhalo kore ne to! Prochur achhe, pore roshiye roshiye khabo!” But then also we didn’t know what was in store for us!!!
We sang Bingo & took a spoon full of pulao along with a piece of fish. Ummmmmm!!! Heaven, thought me! Had another piece of fish & Ahhh it’s so hot!!! Not only me, everyone felt that. We sipped water & splurged again. Nah, it wasn’t any better, a whole glass of water was finished in a millisecond! Among us, Khushbu & Angana just can’t tolerate the hot flavour. Poor they but I & Pallu weren’t in a better position! The pulao was still quite warm & we could feel our tongues burning! Khushbu complained of giddiness due to the over spicy taste. I could feel some fluid rolling down from my eyes to my cheeks! Uhhh! Tears came out from not only mine but every ones’ eyes. We gulped gallons of water but that helped little, rather it was adding our woes! Dunno what the waiters were doing, every time we had to shout & cry out for water. Khushbu now complained of a burning sensation but we all felt that on our lips, tongues, throat & it gradually moved down! But despite of the terrible condition, we were giggling & laughing! We were making funny remarks & actions & laughing to ourselves only!
I could see few heads turning at us to see what’s making the 4 young ladies laugh out loud! But we always give a damn to people! We kept on….
Angana had all the sweet fruits before & now had only Thai fish & rice left to have. She looked petrified! Pallabi acted in a rather normal way. She finished her share of Pulao & took some more & finished that too. Khushbu, remarked so many things but had her pulao & left only with fish. She also looked terrified as if we were served bhat, daal & neem pata, (comparison courtesy Angana). My condition was rather funny! I picked up a spoon full, looked at it for sometime, thinking of to have it or not & at last I prayed Joy Ma Jhaleshwari & had it! It tasted as terrible as before but we couldn’t afford to waste it. Pallabi had a brilliant idea of having them with tomato sauce. It sounded weired before but it really worked! The severe hot taste mellowed down. We considered ourselves as if given a task of MTV Roadies! We cheered up each other & tried to have it. Though we became a little stable but not normal! Pallabi suddenly became chivalrous & said "Ei dekh, ebhabe khete hoy!" & put a big piece into her mouth & then u should’ve seen her face! She was on the verge of crying & she was laughing at the same time. Man, what a day it was! Angana & Khushbu took a vow not to have that demon in disguise again! They hated it like anything! But there was no such thing with me & Pallu. Though we tried hard but couldn’t have it all. Few pieces were still left but nothing doing! We just paid the bill & came out to find ourselves drenched in sweat. A hot & humid day outside & equally hot feeling inside! After that we had Feast & felt a little comfortable. Whew! I’ll never forget this day! But no matter, we enjoyed the day like anything! Bingo!!!
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