List of popular Durga Pujo Pandals in North & South Kolkata

North Kolkata

1. Mahatma Gandhi Road (near Sealdah)

a) Santosh Mitra Square

b)College Square

c) Md. Ali Park

2. Dum Dum & Lake Town

a) Sree Bhumi Sporting Club

b) Dum Dum Park Bharat Chakra

c) Dum Dum Park tarun Sangha

d) Lake Town Netaji Sporting

e) Lake Town Adibasi Brinda

3. Sobhabazar & Girish park (Metro)

a) Kumortuli Park Sorbojonin

b) Ahiritola

c) Shimla Street

d) Kumortuli Sorbojonin

e) Jagat Mukherjee Park

f) Beniatola

g) Pathuriaghata

h) Darpanarayan Street

i) Bagbazar Sorbojonin

j) Tala Prottoye

k) Tala Barowari

4. Shyambazar & Hatibagan

a) Hatibagan Sarbojonin

b) Kasi Bose Lane

c) Nalin Sarkar Street

d) Nabin Pally

5. Ultadanga

a) Ultadanga Pallyshree

b) Ultadanga Sangrami

c) Golaghata Sorbojonin

6. Maniktala

a) Chaltabagan

b) Loha Patti

c) Vivekananda Sporting

d) Bayam Samity

e) Lala bagan

f) Kar Bagan

7. Khanna Thetre Crossing & Kankurgachi

a) Beleghata 33 Pally

b) Kankurgachi Mitali Sangha

c) kankurgachi Yubak Brinda

South Kolkata

1. New Alipore

a) Suruchi Sangha

b) Buro Shibtala

2. Khiddirpore

a) pally Sharadiya

b) 75 Pally

c) 25 Pally

d) Nabarag

e) Yubak Sangha

f) Kabi Tirtha

g) Yuba Gosthi

3. Behala

a) Behala Natun Dal

b) Friends Club

c) Debdaru Fatak

d) Shree Sangha

4. Chetla

a) Chetla Agrani

b) Akal Bodhan

c) Alipore Sarbojonin

5. Deshapriya Park

a) Deshapriya Park

b) Tridhara

c) Hindustan Park

d) Hindustan Club

e) Samaj Sebi

6. BallyGaunge

a) BallyGaunge Cultural

7. Thakurpukur

a) SBI Park

8. Haridevpur

a) Ajeyo Sanghati

b) 41 Pally

c) Vivekananda Sporting

d) Vivekananda Park Athletic

9. Naktala

a) Naktala Udayan Sangha

b) Nabadurga

c) Panchadurga

10. Rashbehari Avenue

a) 66 Pally

b) Badamtala

c) Nepal Bhattacharya Street

d) Shib Mandir

11. TollyGaunge

a) Mudiali Park

12. Gariahat

a) Ekdalia Evergreen

b) Singhi Park

13. Dhakuria & Jodhpur Park

a) 95 Pally

b) Babubagan

c) Selimpur

14. Kasba

a) Bosepukur Sitala Mandir

b) Talbagan

15. Bhawanipore

a) Bhawanipore Roopchand

b) Jatin Das Park

c) Abasar Sorbojonin

16. Santoshpur (Jadavpur)

a) Santoshpur Avenue

b) Santoshpur Lakepally

c) Trikon Park

d) Pally Mangal Samiti

Source: Compiled

Better Words in English to express TRAVEL !

1. Resfeber (n.): the restless race of the traveler’s heart before the journey begins, when anxiety and anticipation are tangled together; a travel fever that can manifest as an illness

2. Sonder (v.): the realization that each random passer-by is living a life as vivid and complex as your own

3. Solivagant (adj.): wandering alone; (n.) a solitary wanderer

4. Wanderlust (n.): a strong, innate, impulse or desire to travel the world

5. Fernweh (n.): “distance-sickness”

6. Coddiwomple (v.): to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination

Source: Internet

A destination as beautiful as the journey

Now this is the kind of high that we don’t mind.

Life, as we know it, is very short, and the more you travel, the better.

Na matha Na mundu

basto bohul aamar ajker ei din ta
shuru hoyechilo besh ghoomer ghorei
mon ta thik thik thak nei aajkal
hoyto onek din aloo paratha khaini boley

bikele matha ta bhalo chilo
kaajer modhey sunchilam gaan
hariye jawa uchit chilo aamar
khunjtey ashto kichudine hoyto se

ektu onnomonoshko hotei
hotat horn marlo side theke aasha ek bus lokjon
hosh e firey eshe thik bhalo lagchena aabaar
hoyto weather tai ato bhalo chilo!

In between ...

In between the pauses during my fast spoken words, in between my long monologues with my inner self, in between those time taking queues for earthly stuffs, in between my wandering thoughts about our discovered universe, in between my mixed feelings of calmness and the undefined, and in between everything else that's there for me to do, I keep on painting a beautiful world, for us.

A short history of nearly everything - my review

Even with all the cumulative learning from the past, humans are still insecure about the same old problems. Billions of years ago, probably this earth was not the kind of place it is now. Some wonderful thinking minds have already outlived a large part of their lives to understand about it and it's a proud thing to say that still there lies a great amount of uncertainty in everything that we know or say. Theories and postulates which tend to unite many of our experiences, may or may not hold good even in some of the simplest of exceptions. No wonder that we have evolved, in many sense, in a great way, but it's the kind of importance we give to inconsequential things in our prime which then eludes us from all the truly significant ones. Only because of the few relentless ones, science could fathom (or at least we think that it can) a small amount of curious outcomes, but imagine what can happen if, irrespective of all our differences and struggles, we come together to do numerous thought-experiments about every little thing and be worthy of our existence. After all, we owe a lot.

Thank you, A short history of nearly everything!

किस लम्हें में...

किस लम्हें में, खो गया फिर से मैंजाने कहाँ, फिर मैं खो गया | 
यून तो mood अच्छा था अब तक,
जाने क्यूँ अचानक philosophical सा हो गया |

ढूनडता रहा जो सब मैं,
मिल गया मानो सब कुछ मुझे,
तुम्हारी इन आँखों में |

सरसराती हुई नज़रों के इस भीड़ में,
कई खिलखिलाते हुए चेहरों पे उदास आँखें देखीं हैं मैंने,
मगर अब चाहूँगा की तुम्हें कभी मेरी इन आँखों को पढ़ना नसीब ना हो |

Bus Conductors in Kolkata !

In Kolkata, usually, a typical bus conductor performs the following things, like a boss and it makes me wonder if I am living my life up to its true potential wink emoticon

• He is The boss. It's his bus. His rules and his calculations of the fare.
• He is The marketeer. Sales will follow only if he screens through his target passengers and resolves their queries (bus stops) promptly. It's a thankless job, really.
• He is The live Google directions/ maps. The route, the bus stops, the pit stops, the abrubt stops, the not so popular stops. All. He just needs a breath's time to name them !
• He is The negotiator. Be it the traffic police, or his thakurdada, 100 means 100. He just can't get enough out of this hero.
• He is The singer. All the idiotic songs which got the coveted chance to feature in the playlists, at some time in the distant past, for the stereo in the bus, are known to him. And his voice is earthy, rusty, mystic and hysterical grin emoticon
• He is The funny guy. Astey ladies, kole bachcha, chepe bosun, dhore thakun !
• He is The fin guy. All accounts receivable and accounts payable, time value of money (his understanding of 50p coins) - he collects and he dispenses. All day. Also, fair deals, without bills - side income after all smile emoticon

He might not be the one who drives the bus, but surely the bus rides drive me crazy grin emoticon

Aastey Aastey. Nambar ache wink emoticon

কলকাতায় আমার ফিরে আসা ...

কুয়াশাই ভীজে ছিলো চোখ দুটো,

ক্লান্তো হয়ে পড়েছিলো চোখের পাতা,

তবু চেয়েছিলাম, খুঁজেছিলাম সেই,

চেনা মানুষের চেহারাগুলো |

রোদে বৃষ্টিতে একই রকম কাটাচ্ছিলাম যখন দিনগুলো,

বাংলা ভাষার মধুরতর স্বরের ওই টান ভুলে,

নির্বাক শ্রোতা হয়ে ঠিক পড়ছিলাম যখন,

খুঁজে পেলাম শহর কলকাতাই আলোক দর্ষন |

दिन ढल जाए - lyrics :)

दिन ढल जाए, हाय रात ना जाए
तू तो ना आये, तेरी याद सताए

प्यार में जिनके सब जग छोड़ा और हुए बदनाम
उनके ही हाथो हाल हुआ ये, बैठे हैं दिल को थाम
अपने कभी थे, अब हैं पराये

ऐसी ही रिमझीम, ऐसी पुहारे, ऐसी ही थी बरसात
खुद से जुदा और जग से पराये, हम दोनों थे साथ
फिर से वो सावन अब क्यों ना आये?

दिल के मेरे पास हो इतनी, फिर भी हो कितनी दूर
तुम मुझसे, मैं दिल से परेशान, दोनों हैं मजबूर
ऐसे में किस को कौन मनाये?

Shine ablaze

Keep sailing in the waters,
Keep walking in the rain.

Sit quietly under a banyan,

Sing out loud, with an overly joyous grin.
Lie down under the stars,

Walk bare feet, do not stop.

Do not stop, till it hurts,

and then like sunshine, shine ablaze, shine ablaze.