Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Don't tell my mistakes to others (Sarcasm)

My friend - Tell me my mistakes... not to others

Me - Ok...so here it is..these are your mistakes

My friend - WTF!!!! Those are not my mistakes.... it is your mistake to think that those are my mistakes....

Me - Hmm...ok!

My friend - But next time please tell me my mistakes... I seriously want to rectify them.

Me - Hmmmm.... okkk ....sigh!!

Disclaimer : Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental. So please do not call the author and tell her that it is her mistake to use your mistake in her writing :D

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Undo और Redo

मुझे कंप्यूटर की दुनियां बहुत पसंद है। तैश में आकर कुछ लिख दो। फिर सोचो नहीं नहीं शायद ये पढ़ने वालो को अच्छा न लगे तो undo का बटन दबा दो। सब लिखा हुआ सफा चट। पढ़ने वालो के बाप को भी पता नहीं लगेगा कि आपने क्या लिखा था।

लेकिन फिर अगर  undo दबाते ही आपका ज़हन आपको कचोटे, आपको लगे कि अरे यही तो वो जगह है जहाँ आप सच्चे हो सकते है। जो मन करे लिख सकते। जैसी भाषा चाहे इस्तेमाल कर सकते है और अपने अंदर की भड़ास निकाल सकते है। आखिर इसी में तो आपकी ओरिजिनालिटी है। आपके लेखक होने का वजूद आपकी इसी सच्चाई पर तो टिका है। तो no worries.... झट से redo का बटन दबाएं और ये क्या आपके शब्द वापस....आपका असल चेहरा...आपकी सच्चाई वापस...'आप' वापस।

पर असल ज़िन्दगी में ऐसा नहीं होता। वक़्त आपको बदल देता है। लोग आपको बदल देते है। आप सब भूलकर redo का बटन दबाना चाहते है। पहले जैसे मस्तमौला, बिंदास, निष्पाप, मासूम बनना चाहते है पर नहीं बन पाते। न undo हो पाता है न redo।।

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Porer jonme ...... Mone thaakbe?

Porer jonme boyesh jokhon sholoi shothik,
Tokhon aamra preme podbo,

Mone thakbe?

Booker modhye mosto bodo chaad thakbe,
Shitol paati bichiye debo,

Shondhye hole boshbo dujon.
Ekta duto khoshbe taara,

Hotaat tomaar chokher paataay, taaraar chokher jol godaabe,

Kaanto kobeer gaan gayibe,
Tokhon aami chup ti kore, du chok bhore thakbo cheye.

Mone thakbe?

Ei jonmer durrotto ta Porer jonme chukiye debo,
Ei jonmer chuler gondho Porer jonme thake jyano
Ei jonmer maataal chaawa Porer jonme thaake jyano..

Mone thakbe?

Aami hobo udon chondi ebong khaanik ushkho khushko
Ai jonmer paari patto shobaar aage khuchiye debo
Tumi kaandle gobheer shukhe,
Ek nimishe Shob tuku jol shushe nebo.

Mone thakbe?

Porer jonme kobi hobo,
Tomaay niye hajaar khaanik gaan baandbo.
Tomaar omonishtho niye, naak chabiyaar nupur niye, gaan baaniye, melaay melaay baaul hoye ghure byadabo.

Mone thakbe?

Aar ja kichu hoi ba na hoi,
Porer jonme titaash hobo,
Dol moncher aabir hobo,
Shiuli tolaar dhurbbo hobo,
Shorot kaaler aakaash dekhaar ononto neel shokaal hobo

A shob kichu hoi ba na hoi, tomaar prothom purush hobo..

Mone thakbe?

Porer jonme tumio hobe neel pahaader paagla jhoraa
Gaayer poshaakh chude fele tripto aamaar obogaahon.

Shaara shoreer bhore tomaay hirok chinno bhalobasha.
Tomaar jolo dhara aamaar ohonkaar ke chiniye nilo

Aamaar onek kothaa chilo
A jonme taa jaaye na bolaa

Bookey onek shobdo chilo
Shajiye guchiye tobuo thik kaabbo kore bola gyalo na

A jonmo to kete i gyalo oshombhober oshongote

Porer jonme maanush hobo,
Tomaar bhalobaasha pele, maanush hobo i

Miliye niyo..

Porer jonme tomaay niye...

Bolte bhishon lojja korche..bhishon bhishon lojja korche...

Porer jonme tomaay niye...

Mone thaakbe?

- Aryanak Basu

Friday, May 6, 2016

How Rabirndranath was there at every step of my life.

My journey with Robi Takhur (Rabindranath Tagore) started from the various poems Maa recited when I was a child and of course with our National anthem and ‘Ekla Cholo Re’.

But the first time I would say I fell in love with him was when Maa read out Karn-Kunti Samwad from Sanchayita.

As I am born and brought up in Maharashtra I couldn’t read Bangla well and so Maa read out the poems and stories in Bangla and I used to write the my favourite ones in English or Hindi script.
Karn – Kunti Samwad was the first poem that I wrote in my diary.

You can hear the poem here:

https://youtu.be/qx7wof_82fc

When I was in my teens songs like ‘maya bono biharini horini’ and ‘Amar bela je jaye’ became my favourites.

Listen to ‘Amar bela je jaye’ in the voice of the legend Kishore Kumar

https://youtu.be/i9aywSaMMQ8

As I grew up as a young lady and fell in love for the first time Rabindra Sangeet played the magic with songs like ‘Amaro porano jaha chaaye…tumi taayi’.

Listen to the beautiful song here..

https://youtu.be/mlRmTkh33Po

Once I got married and got my soul mate Tagore’s ‘jibono Moroner shimana chaadaye bondhu he aamaar royecho daraye’ made more sense :)

https://youtu.be/2yqtjholKGI

Then came my princess…my daughter and the cycle repeats now…

I introduced my daughter to Robi Thakur with the story of ‘Kabuliwalah’.

And as I see her playing I often sing… “Ai kotha ti mone rekho..tomader ai haashi khelaay’.

Listen to this song in the voice of Hemanta Mukherjee.

https://youtu.be/4vurfNUc77E

And at the end can’t stop myself from sharing this beautiful Rabindra sangeet album sung by Shaan..

https://youtu.be/qGXVB9atnGk