“There she goes, there she goes again
Racing through my brain
And I just can’t contain
This feeling that remains”………
Me Canzonetta promise, vouch, declare, swear, not enough???....okay take an oath….no am not in love and more so not with a girl!
Fine then why am I singing this song? That’s very simple – am jobless, bored, lack the intellectual supremacy to profess anything worthwhile and because I’m ‘struck’.
‘Struck’- not by an arrow, lightning, a bully, hunger and definitely not cupid. Suspense!!!! Am struck by a strike. Simple eh??
Okay wait a minute there might be people outside my small friend circle in my sonar bangle reading my mindless babble (yes soooooooooooooooooomeday they will…..wishful thinking I know!!!)But if ever they do they will perhaps not find it all that simple. Then I must take up the endeavor to introduce all and sundry to this glorious festivity of Bengal. For starters a strike or closer home a ‘bandh’ is supposedly a ‘peaceful’ instrument of protest against uh…..well just about nethng.A democratic right!!
Still confused????Okay I’ll elaborate (I get to talk more….am lovin it!!)
On a typical bandh day the city of joy takes a joyous holiday. empty streets, closed shops, disrupted assemblylines, schools and colleges vacant (we don’t need no education!!), offices unpenetrable.Local tendulkars and ronaldos occupy the lanes and saranis.Bangali babus offer their opinions on the necessity/(un)necessity of a bandh over several rounds of ‘gorom cha’.Political parties(supporters and non supporters with equal zeal) take out rallies. Several obscure faces sigh. They will not get lunch perhaps not even dinner. But then who cares???”We do, we do”-all colors (red, green, blue, yellow, orange…..)Shout out in unison.Afterall everything that they do is for the betterment of the people of Bengal. But upon my word I have till date not managed to get a glimpse of ‘those people.’ An old lady couldn’t make it to the hospital she made it to heaven instead. My neighbor who had her eyes on the ‘red and white bravery award ‘and likewise attempted to reach her workplace was awarded with 9 stitches on her forehead. But its still ‘peaceful’ and such inconveniences should be considered for the greater cause. Of course we do. Options neone???
That’s nouf I guess. For more updates it’s necessary to spend one bandh day in kolkata (one might even decide to stay back forever-such surprise holidays r never possible newhere else u see)
Very soon from now we will again be blessed with a purposeful holiday. I’ll again be struck! And I’ll again sing “there she goes, there she goes again……”
Racing through my brain
And I just can’t contain
This feeling that remains”………
Me Canzonetta promise, vouch, declare, swear, not enough???....okay take an oath….no am not in love and more so not with a girl!
Fine then why am I singing this song? That’s very simple – am jobless, bored, lack the intellectual supremacy to profess anything worthwhile and because I’m ‘struck’.
‘Struck’- not by an arrow, lightning, a bully, hunger and definitely not cupid. Suspense!!!! Am struck by a strike. Simple eh??
Okay wait a minute there might be people outside my small friend circle in my sonar bangle reading my mindless babble (yes soooooooooooooooooomeday they will…..wishful thinking I know!!!)But if ever they do they will perhaps not find it all that simple. Then I must take up the endeavor to introduce all and sundry to this glorious festivity of Bengal. For starters a strike or closer home a ‘bandh’ is supposedly a ‘peaceful’ instrument of protest against uh…..well just about nethng.A democratic right!!
Still confused????Okay I’ll elaborate (I get to talk more….am lovin it!!)
On a typical bandh day the city of joy takes a joyous holiday. empty streets, closed shops, disrupted assemblylines, schools and colleges vacant (we don’t need no education!!), offices unpenetrable.Local tendulkars and ronaldos occupy the lanes and saranis.Bangali babus offer their opinions on the necessity/(un)necessity of a bandh over several rounds of ‘gorom cha’.Political parties(supporters and non supporters with equal zeal) take out rallies. Several obscure faces sigh. They will not get lunch perhaps not even dinner. But then who cares???”We do, we do”-all colors (red, green, blue, yellow, orange…..)Shout out in unison.Afterall everything that they do is for the betterment of the people of Bengal. But upon my word I have till date not managed to get a glimpse of ‘those people.’ An old lady couldn’t make it to the hospital she made it to heaven instead. My neighbor who had her eyes on the ‘red and white bravery award ‘and likewise attempted to reach her workplace was awarded with 9 stitches on her forehead. But its still ‘peaceful’ and such inconveniences should be considered for the greater cause. Of course we do. Options neone???
That’s nouf I guess. For more updates it’s necessary to spend one bandh day in kolkata (one might even decide to stay back forever-such surprise holidays r never possible newhere else u see)
Very soon from now we will again be blessed with a purposeful holiday. I’ll again be struck! And I’ll again sing “there she goes, there she goes again……”
hmmmmmm well written... starts on a jobless note... but then delves into a more serious note... like the style of makin a point n follin the reader into readin an imp issue by lurin him by startin ona light note...
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