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#36 From: "DR.KALYAN BRATA SAHA" <kalyanbratasaha@...>
Date:: Mon May 9, 2005 1:20 pm
Subject:: This year's photo
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Hi,
You may like to see this year's photos
Kalyan





#37 From: i.dasgupta@...
Date:: Tue May 10, 2005 8:30 pm
Subject:: RE: This year's photo
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kato jon lok hoyechhilo? Khub fanka fanka lagchhe? mon-e hochhe aagerbar
beshi lok ese chhilo.
Joy ar Anidya Bose chhara ar kono natun mukh dekhlam na. Ki rakam jome chhilo
janas.

Indranil


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>From: "DR.KALYAN BRATA SAHA" <kalyanbratasaha@...>
>Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 13:20:17 -0000
>Subject: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
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>Hi,
>You may like to see this year's photos
>Kalyan
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#38 From: "K.B.Saha" <kalyanbratasaha@...>
Date:: Wed May 11, 2005 4:23 pm
Subject:: Re: This year's photo
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Photo mithya bale na. Gato bachhar er tulonai kam,  karan aneker
son/daughter Joint Ent. dite basto thakai aste pare ni. Mrityunjoy, Joy,
Murthy, Anindya, P.Anuradha (now Anuradha Ghosh) natun mukh. Murthy(DNB,
Card.) Madras (Perumbur Rly hosp.) theke esechhilo o amader campus a 4 din
katalo. Khub bhalo legechhilo. Next yr. date 2nd Sunday of January fixed.
Tora sabai ekhon theke asar jonye chesta karis.
Kalyan

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> kato jon lok hoyechhilo? Khub fanka fanka lagchhe? mon-e hochhe aagerbar
> beshi lok ese chhilo.
> Joy ar Anidya Bose chhara ar kono natun mukh dekhlam na. Ki rakam jome
chhilo
> janas.
>
> Indranil
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> >-- Original Message --
> >To: 83cmcbatch@...
> >From: "DR.KALYAN BRATA SAHA" <kalyanbratasaha@...>
> >Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 13:20:17 -0000
> >Subject: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
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> >Hi,
> >You may like to see this year's photos
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#50 From: "K.B.Saha" <kalyanbratasaha@...>
Date:: Fri Jul 8, 2005 4:20 am
Subject:: Re: This year's photo
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Dear Indranil,
Hope you and all our friends in U.K. are are well and not affected by the
explosions. Please inform us the condition at your and other friend's place.

With love,
Kalyan






#51 From: "parthapbhattacharyya" <partha@...>
Date:: Sat Jul 9, 2005 7:53 pm
Subject:: Re: This year's photo
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Dear Kalyanbrata,
We are fine. Thanks for your concern. Its nice to know that somebody is thinking about us back home.Hope you and your family are fine.
Love and best wishes.
Partha
 
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From: K.B.Saha
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:20 AM
Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo

Dear Indranil,
Hope you and all our friends in U.K. are are well and not affected by the
explosions. Please inform us the condition at your and other friend's place.

With love,
Kalyan




#53 From: "Pramod Pal" <palpramod@...>
Date:: Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:22 am
Subject:: Re: This year's photo
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Dear Partha,
Tui kothai achish? Ki korchish? Details junush.
Pramod

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>Reply-To: 83cmcbatch@...
>To: <83cmcbatch@...>
>Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
>Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:53:22 +0100
>
>Dear Kalyanbrata,
>We are fine. Thanks for your concern. Its nice to know that somebody is
>thinking about us back home.Hope you and your family are fine.
>Love and best wishes.
>Partha
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: K.B.Saha
> To: 83cmcbatch@...
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
>
>
> Dear Indranil,
> Hope you and all our friends in U.K. are are well and not affected by
>the
> explosions. Please inform us the condition at your and other friend's
>place.
>
> With love,
> Kalyan
>
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#54 From: i.dasgupta@...
Date:: Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:50 am
Subject:: Re: This year's photo
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Thanks Kalyan. We are all safe and sound. Dopu is in Cuba. Hope he is well
and
having a great time there.
Indranil
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>From: "parthapbhattacharyya" <partha@...>
>Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:53:22 +0100
>Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
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>
>Dear Kalyanbrata,
>We are fine. Thanks for your concern. Its nice to know that somebody is
thinking
>about us back home.Hope you and your family are fine.
>Love and best wishes.
>Partha
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: K.B.Saha
> To: 83cmcbatch@...
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
>
>
> Dear Indranil,
> Hope you and all our friends in U.K. are are well and not affected by
the
> explosions. Please inform us the condition at your and other friend's
place.
>
> With love,
> Kalyan
>
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#56 From: tushar das <dastk4@...>
Date:: Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:49 am
Subject:: Re: This year's photo
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hi everybody, i regularly check the interactions in 83cmcbatch esp. amongst indranil,partha,
kalyan,pramode.how r u all?we r down with Dengue and incessant drizzles in Calcutta.indranil,
i heard that u came and went back silently.                  Tushar

parthapbhattacharyya <partha@...> wrote:
Dear Kalyanbrata,
We are fine. Thanks for your concern. Its nice to know that somebody is thinking about us back home.Hope you and your family are fine.
Love and best wishes.
Partha
 
----- Original Message -----
From: K.B.Saha
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:20 AM
Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo

Dear Indranil,
Hope you and all our friends in U.K. are are well and not affected by the
explosions. Please inform us the condition at your and other friend's place.

With love,
Kalyan



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#57 From: i.dasgupta@...
Date:: Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:10 pm
Subject:: Re: This year's photo
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tushar
i tried to contact you. there was no response from your home tel and the
cell was unobtainable. it was a brief visit plus my father wasn't v well.
i did speak to some our batchmates and managed to meet mrityunjoy and bhu
at college canteen. hope you have recovered fully from dengue. best wishes.
indranil
>-- Original Message --
>To: 83cmcbatch@...
>From: tushar das <dastk4@...>
>Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:49:10 -0700 (PDT)
>Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
>Reply-To: 83cmcbatch@...
>
>
>hi everybody, i regularly check the interactions in 83cmcbatch esp. amongst
>indranil,partha,
>kalyan,pramode.how r u all?we r down with Dengue and incessant drizzles
in
>Calcutta.indranil,
>i heard that u came and went back silently. Tushar
>
>parthapbhattacharyya <partha@...> wrote:
>Dear Kalyanbrata,
>We are fine. Thanks for your concern. Its nice to know that somebody is
thinking
>about us back home.Hope you and your family are fine.
>Love and best wishes.
>Partha
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: K.B.Saha
>To: 83cmcbatch@...
>Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:20 AM
>Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
>
>
>Dear Indranil,
>Hope you and all our friends in U.K. are are well and not affected by the
>explosions. Please inform us the condition at your and other friend's place.
>
>With love,
>Kalyan
>
>
>
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#58 From: "Pramod Pal" <palpramod@...>
Date:: Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:45 am
Subject:: Dengue
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Dera Tushar,
You wrote "we r down with Dengue and incessant drizzles in Calcutta" --I
thought a general comment. Indranil interpreted you had dengue--.--if
so--how are you now?
Some comments from our epidemiologist--Kamalesh???
Pramod


>From: i.dasgupta@...
>Reply-To: 83cmcbatch@...
>To: 83cmcbatch@...
>Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
>Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:10:05 +0100
>
>tushar
>i tried to contact you. there was no response from your home tel and the
>cell was unobtainable. it was a brief visit plus my father wasn't v well.
>i did speak to some our batchmates and managed to meet mrityunjoy and bhu
>at college canteen. hope you have recovered fully from dengue. best wishes.
>indranil
> >-- Original Message --
> >To: 83cmcbatch@...
> >From: tushar das <dastk4@...>
> >Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:49:10 -0700 (PDT)
> >Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
> >Reply-To: 83cmcbatch@...
> >
> >
> >hi everybody, i regularly check the interactions in 83cmcbatch esp.
>amongst
> >indranil,partha,
> >kalyan,pramode.how r u all?we r down with Dengue and incessant drizzles
>in
> >Calcutta.indranil,
> >i heard that u came and went back silently. Tushar
> >
> >parthapbhattacharyya <partha@...> wrote:
> >Dear Kalyanbrata,
> >We are fine. Thanks for your concern. Its nice to know that somebody is
>thinking
> >about us back home.Hope you and your family are fine.
> >Love and best wishes.
> >Partha
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: K.B.Saha
> >To: 83cmcbatch@...
> >Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:20 AM
> >Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
> >
> >
> >Dear Indranil,
> >Hope you and all our friends in U.K. are are well and not affected by the
> >explosions. Please inform us the condition at your and other friend's
>place.
> >
> >With love,
> >Kalyan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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#59 From: "Dr. Kamalesh Sarkar" <kamal412496@...>
Date:: Thu Sep 15, 2005 7:53 am
Subject:: Re: Dengue
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Dear Pramod,
 
The situation of Dengue is really alarming in Kolkata and in whole of West Bengal. People are afraid like our friend, Tushar. I really do not know whether Tushar himself was affected or not. But our friend, Dr. Somnath Kundu's son was affected some days back. I came to know coz, Somnath came to NICED to get his son's blood tested for dengue virus.
 
Local health authority has understood the seriousness of dengue epidemic after long time. So control measures are also directionless. Actually multiple epidemics are going on simultaneously in West Bengal like Dengue, Malaria, Japanese Encephalitis, Gastro-enteritis.
 
Anyway, because of dengue, we could interact each other after a long gap.
 
Thanks,
 
Kamalesh
 
 
 
 

Pramod Pal <palpramod@...> wrote:
Dera Tushar,
You wrote "we r down with Dengue and incessant drizzles in Calcutta" --I
thought a general comment.  Indranil interpreted you had dengue--.--if
so--how are you now?
Some comments from our epidemiologist--Kamalesh???
Pramod


>From: i.dasgupta@...
>Reply-To: 83cmcbatch@...
>To: 83cmcbatch@...
>Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
>Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:10:05 +0100
>
>tushar
>i tried to contact you. there was no response from your home tel and the
>cell was unobtainable. it was a brief visit plus my father wasn't v well.
>i did speak to some our batchmates and managed to meet mrityunjoy and bhu
>at college canteen. hope you have recovered fully from dengue. best wishes.
>indranil
> >-- Original Message --
> >To: 83cmcbatch@...
> >From: tushar das <dastk4@...>
> >Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:49:10 -0700 (PDT)
> >Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
> >Reply-To: 83cmcbatch@...
> >
> >
> >hi everybody, i regularly check the interactions in 83cmcbatch esp.
>amongst
> >indranil,partha,
> >kalyan,pramode.how r u all?we r down with Dengue and incessant drizzles
>in
> >Calcutta.indranil,
> >i heard that u came and went back silently.                  Tushar
> >
> >parthapbhattacharyya <partha@...> wrote:
> >Dear Kalyanbrata,
> >We are fine. Thanks for your concern. Its nice to know that somebody is
>thinking
> >about us back home.Hope you and your family are fine.
> >Love and best wishes.
> >Partha
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: K.B.Saha
> >To: 83cmcbatch@...
> >Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:20 AM
> >Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
> >
> >
> >Dear Indranil,
> >Hope you and all our friends in U.K. are are well and not affected by the
> >explosions. Please inform us the condition at your and other friend's
>place.
> >
> >With love,
> >Kalyan
> >
> >
> >
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Date:: Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:04 pm
Subject:: RE: What 'Pujo' means to a Bengali
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What 'Pujo' means to a Bengali


Take a deep breath and please read it once.

Vir Sanghvi is the editor of The Hindustan Times.

Subject: Pujo By Vir Sanghvi



What 'Pujo' means to a Bengali

Most modern Indian cities strive to rise above ethnicity. Tell anybody
who lives in Bombay that he lives in a Maharashtrian city and (unless
of course, you are speaking to Bal Thackeray) he will take immediate
offence. We are cosmopolitan, he will say indigenously. Tell a
Delhiwalla that his is a Punjabi city (which, in many ways, it is) and
he will respond with much self-righteous nonsense about being the
nation's capital, about the international composition of the city's
elite etc. And tell a Bangalorean that he lives in a Kannadiga city
and you'll get lots of techno-gaff about the internet revolution and
about how Bangalore is even more cosmopolitan than Bombay.

But, the only way to understand what Calcutta is about is recognize
that the city is essentially Bengali. What's more, no Bengali minds
you saying that. Rather, he is proud of the fact. Calcutta's
strengths and weaknesses mirror those of the Bengali character. It has
the drawbacks: the sudden passions, the cheerful chaos, the utter
contempt for mere commerce, the fiery response to the
smallest provocation. And it has the strengths (actually, I think of
the drawbacks as strengths in their own way). Calcutta embodies the
Bengali love of culture; the triumph ofintellectualism over
greed; the complete transparency of all emotions, the disdain with
which hypocrisy and insincerity are treated; the warmth of genuine
humanity; and the supremacy of emotion over all other aspects of human
existence.

That's why Calcutta is not for everyone. You want your cities clean
and green; stick to Delhi. You want your cities, rich and impersonal;
go to Bombay. You want them high-tech and full of
draught beer; Bangalore's your place. But if you want a city with a
soul: come to Calcutta.

When I look back on the years I've spent in Calcutta - and I come back
so many times each year that I often feel I've never been away - I
don't remember the things that people remember about cities. When I
think of London, I think of the vast open spaces of Hyde Park. When I
think of New York, I think of the frenzy of Times Square. When I
think of Tokyo, I think of the bright lights of
Shinjiku. And when I think of Paris, I think of the Champs Elysee.
But when I think of Calcutta, I never think of any one place. I don't
focus on the greenery of the maidan, the beauty of
the Victoria Memorial, the bustle of Burra Bazaror the splendour of
the new Howrah 'Bridge'. I think of people. Because, finally, a city
is more than bricks and mortars, street lights and tarred
roads. A city is the sum of its people. And who can ever forget or
replicate - the people of Calcutta?

When I first came to live here, I was told that the city would grow on
me. What nobody told me was that the city would change my life. It was
in Calcutta that I learnt about true warmth; about simple human
decency; about love and friendship; about emotions and caring; about
truth and honesty. I learnt other things too. Coming from Bombay as I
did, it was a revelation to live in a city where people judged each
other on the things that really mattered; where they recognized that
being rich did not make you a better person - in fact, it might have
the opposite effect. I learnt also that if life is about more than
just money, it is about the things that other cities ignore; about
culture, about ideas, about art, and about passion. In Bombay, a man
with a relatively low income will salt some of it away for the day
when he gets a stock market tip. In Calcutta, a man with exactly the
same income will not know the difference between a debenture and a
dividend. But he will spend his money on the things that matter. Each
morning, he will read at least two newspapers and develop sharply
etched views on the state of the world. Each evening, there will be
fresh (ideally, fresh-water or river) fish on his table. His children
will be encouraged to learn
to dance or sing. His family will appreciate the power of poetry. And
for him, religion and culture will be in inextricably bound together.

Ah religion! Tell outsiders about the importance of Puja in Calcutta
and they'll scoff. Don't be silly, they'll say. Puja is a religious
festival. And Bengal has voted for the CPM since 1977. How can
godless Bengal be so hung up on a religions festival? I never know how
to explain them that to a Bengali, religion consists of much more than
shouting Jai Shri Ram or pulling down somebody's
mosque. It has little to do with meaningless ritual or sinister
political activity.

The essence of Puja is that all the passions of Bengal converge:
emotion, culture, the love of life, the warmth of being together, the
joy of celebration, the pride in artistic expression and yes,
the cult of the goddess. It may be about religion. But is about much
more than just worship. In which other part of India would small, not
particularly well-off localities, vie with each other to
produce the best pandals? Where else could puja pandals go beyond
religion to draw inspiration from everything else? In the years I
lived in Calcutta, the pandals featured Amitabh Bachchan, Princes
Diana and even Saddam Hussain! Where else would children cry with the
sheer emotional power of Dashimi, upset that the Goddess had left
their homes? Where else would the whole city gooseflesh when the
dhakis first begin to beat their drums? Which other Indian festival -
in any part of the country - is so much about food, about going from
one roadside stall to another, following your nose as it trails the
smells of cooking?

To understand Puja, you must understand Calcutta. And to understand
Calcutta, you must understand the Bengali. It's not easy. Certainly,
you can't do it till you come and live here, till you
let Calcutta suffuse your being, invade your bloodstream and steal
your soul. But once you have, you'll love Calcutta forever. Wherever
you go,a bit of Calcutta will go with you. I know, because
it's happened to me. And every Puja, I am overcome by the magic of
Bengal. It's a feeling that'll never go away.

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#64 From: "Pramod Pal" <palpramod@...>
Date:: Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:20 am
Subject:: RE: RE: What 'Pujo' means to a Bengali
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Thanks Indranil for the fascinating article.
Pramod


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>To: 83cmcbatch@..., 83cmcbatch@...
>Subject: [83cmcbatch] RE: What 'Pujo' means to a Bengali
>Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:04:08 +0100
>
>
>What 'Pujo' means to a Bengali
>
>
>Take a deep breath and please read it once.
>
>Vir Sanghvi is the editor of The Hindustan Times.
>
>Subject: Pujo By Vir Sanghvi
>
>
>
>What 'Pujo' means to a Bengali
>
>Most modern Indian cities strive to rise above ethnicity. Tell anybody
>who lives in Bombay that he lives in a Maharashtrian city and (unless
>of course, you are speaking to Bal Thackeray) he will take immediate
>offence. We are cosmopolitan, he will say indigenously. Tell a
>Delhiwalla that his is a Punjabi city (which, in many ways, it is) and
>he will respond with much self-righteous nonsense about being the
>nation's capital, about the international composition of the city's
>elite etc. And tell a Bangalorean that he lives in a Kannadiga city
>and you'll get lots of techno-gaff about the internet revolution and
>about how Bangalore is even more cosmopolitan than Bombay.
>
>But, the only way to understand what Calcutta is about is recognize
>that the city is essentially Bengali. What's more, no Bengali minds
>you saying that. Rather, he is proud of the fact. Calcutta's
>strengths and weaknesses mirror those of the Bengali character. It has
>the drawbacks: the sudden passions, the cheerful chaos, the utter
>contempt for mere commerce, the fiery response to the
>smallest provocation. And it has the strengths (actually, I think of
>the drawbacks as strengths in their own way). Calcutta embodies the
>Bengali love of culture; the triumph ofintellectualism over
>greed; the complete transparency of all emotions, the disdain with
>which hypocrisy and insincerity are treated; the warmth of genuine
>humanity; and the supremacy of emotion over all other aspects of human
>existence.
>
>That's why Calcutta is not for everyone. You want your cities clean
>and green; stick to Delhi. You want your cities, rich and impersonal;
>go to Bombay. You want them high-tech and full of
>draught beer; Bangalore's your place. But if you want a city with a
>soul: come to Calcutta.
>
>When I look back on the years I've spent in Calcutta - and I come back
>so many times each year that I often feel I've never been away - I
>don't remember the things that people remember about cities. When I
>think of London, I think of the vast open spaces of Hyde Park. When I
>think of New York, I think of the frenzy of Times Square. When I
>think of Tokyo, I think of the bright lights of
>Shinjiku. And when I think of Paris, I think of the Champs Elysee.
>But when I think of Calcutta, I never think of any one place. I don't
>focus on the greenery of the maidan, the beauty of
>the Victoria Memorial, the bustle of Burra Bazaror the splendour of
>the new Howrah 'Bridge'. I think of people. Because, finally, a city
>is more than bricks and mortars, street lights and tarred
>roads. A city is the sum of its people. And who can ever forget or
>replicate - the people of Calcutta?
>
>When I first came to live here, I was told that the city would grow on
>me. What nobody told me was that the city would change my life. It was
>in Calcutta that I learnt about true warmth; about simple human
>decency; about love and friendship; about emotions and caring; about
>truth and honesty. I learnt other things too. Coming from Bombay as I
>did, it was a revelation to live in a city where people judged each
>other on the things that really mattered; where they recognized that
>being rich did not make you a better person - in fact, it might have
>the opposite effect. I learnt also that if life is about more than
>just money, it is about the things that other cities ignore; about
>culture, about ideas, about art, and about passion. In Bombay, a man
>with a relatively low income will salt some of it away for the day
>when he gets a stock market tip. In Calcutta, a man with exactly the
>same income will not know the difference between a debenture and a
>dividend. But he will spend his money on the things that matter. Each
>morning, he will read at least two newspapers and develop sharply
>etched views on the state of the world. Each evening, there will be
>fresh (ideally, fresh-water or river) fish on his table. His children
>will be encouraged to learn
>to dance or sing. His family will appreciate the power of poetry. And
>for him, religion and culture will be in inextricably bound together.
>
>Ah religion! Tell outsiders about the importance of Puja in Calcutta
>and they'll scoff. Don't be silly, they'll say. Puja is a religious
>festival. And Bengal has voted for the CPM since 1977. How can
>godless Bengal be so hung up on a religions festival? I never know how
>to explain them that to a Bengali, religion consists of much more than
>shouting Jai Shri Ram or pulling down somebody's
>mosque. It has little to do with meaningless ritual or sinister
>political activity.
>
>The essence of Puja is that all the passions of Bengal converge:
>emotion, culture, the love of life, the warmth of being together, the
>joy of celebration, the pride in artistic expression and yes,
>the cult of the goddess. It may be about religion. But is about much
>more than just worship. In which other part of India would small, not
>particularly well-off localities, vie with each other to
>produce the best pandals? Where else could puja pandals go beyond
>religion to draw inspiration from everything else? In the years I
>lived in Calcutta, the pandals featured Amitabh Bachchan, Princes
>Diana and even Saddam Hussain! Where else would children cry with the
>sheer emotional power of Dashimi, upset that the Goddess had left
>their homes? Where else would the whole city gooseflesh when the
>dhakis first begin to beat their drums? Which other Indian festival -
>in any part of the country - is so much about food, about going from
>one roadside stall to another, following your nose as it trails the
>smells of cooking?
>
>To understand Puja, you must understand Calcutta. And to understand
>Calcutta, you must understand the Bengali. It's not easy. Certainly,
>you can't do it till you come and live here, till you
>let Calcutta suffuse your being, invade your bloodstream and steal
>your soul. But once you have, you'll love Calcutta forever. Wherever
>you go,a bit of Calcutta will go with you. I know, because
>it's happened to me. And every Puja, I am overcome by the magic of
>Bengal. It's a feeling that'll never go away.
>
>___________________________________________________________
>
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Date:: Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:12 am
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Thank you Partha, for the mail. We are fine here. With love,
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Dear Kalyanbrata,
We are fine. Thanks for your concern. Its nice to know that somebody is thinking about us back home.Hope you and your family are fine.
Love and best wishes.
Partha
 
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:20 AM
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Dear Indranil,
Hope you and all our friends in U.K. are are well and not affected by the
explosions. Please inform us the condition at your and other friend's place.

With love,
Kalyan




#55 From: "parthapbhattacharyya" <partha@...>
Date:: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:05 pm
Subject:: Re: This year's photo
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Dear Pramod,
Tor email peye khub bhalo laglo.Ami 1989 theke UK te achhi ar eye korchhi. Ekhon ami northwest e Preston e achhi.Amar ek chhele nam Arijit sare 5 bochhor boyesh.Ami ebare xaviers er reunion e gechhilam. Okhane Abhijit Ghosher sathe dekha hoyechhilo. Tui to ekhon Niemhans er boro daktarbabu. Shob khobor janash. Kal theke CMC r UK reunion hochhe. Indranil,Madhumita, Sanjoy o Mrinal er sathe dekha hobe.
Tui ar tor family amader shubhechha nish.
Jogajog rakhish.
Partha
----- Original Message -----
From: Pramod Pal
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo

Dear Partha,
Tui kothai achish? Ki korchish? Details junush.
Pramod

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>Reply-To: 83cmcbatch@...
>To: <83cmcbatch@...>
>Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
>Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:53:22 +0100
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>Dear Kalyanbrata,
>We are fine. Thanks for your concern. Its nice to know that somebody is
>thinking about us back home.Hope you and your family are fine.
>Love and best wishes.
>Partha
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#60 From: "K.B.Saha" <kalyanbratasaha@...>
Date:: Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:35 pm
Subject:: Re: This year's photo
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Now it is my turn to say something. Indranil talked to me in Kolkata but
unfortunately at that time I was a bit busy and mentally upset for a
suspected secondary of my father in skin . With your good wishes it was
confirmed as a benign lesion (Cutaneous Myxoma). That's why I could not be
so active to see Indranil or inform Tushar and others. Another bad news. Dr.
Meenakshi W/O our friend Late Arup Mridha and D/O Dr.I.S.Roy is suffering Ca
Ovary as informed by Lipika and she was operated upon at Woodlands on
13/09/05. Lipika requested if some us could just see her it would be fine .
Next Tushar is probably down with diagnosing Dengue cases. But Dengue has
really created a panic amongst us.
Anyway let's hope to overcome these and plan to meet on the 2nd Sunday of
January,2006.
Bye.
Kalyan.

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Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo


> tushar
> i tried to contact you. there was no response from your home tel and the
> cell was unobtainable. it was a brief visit plus my father wasn't v well.
> i did speak to some our batchmates and managed to meet mrityunjoy and bhu
> at college canteen. hope you have recovered fully from dengue. best
wishes.
> indranil
> >-- Original Message --
> >To: 83cmcbatch@...
> >From: tushar das <dastk4@...>
> >Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:49:10 -0700 (PDT)
> >Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
> >Reply-To: 83cmcbatch@...
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> >hi everybody, i regularly check the interactions in 83cmcbatch esp.
amongst
> >indranil,partha,
> >kalyan,pramode.how r u all?we r down with Dengue and incessant drizzles
> in
> >Calcutta.indranil,
> >i heard that u came and went back silently. Tushar
> >
> >parthapbhattacharyya <partha@...> wrote:
> >Dear Kalyanbrata,
> >We are fine. Thanks for your concern. Its nice to know that somebody is
> thinking
> >about us back home.Hope you and your family are fine.
> >Love and best wishes.
> >Partha
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: K.B.Saha
> >To: 83cmcbatch@...
> >Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:20 AM
> >Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
> >
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> >Dear Indranil,
> >Hope you and all our friends in U.K. are are well and not affected by the
> >explosions. Please inform us the condition at your and other friend's
place.
> >
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#61 From: "Pramod Pal" <palpramod@...>
Date:: Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:30 pm
Subject:: Re: This year's photo
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Dear Kalyan,
Sorry to hear about Meenakshi. Since I was out of touch with you all for
almost 2 decades--I just want to know--what happed to Arup. I heard about
his initial illness--what happened after that?
My best wishes to all of you in Calcutta for fighting the present situation
(of Dengue and other diseases as highlighted by Kamalesh).
Take care.
Pramod


>From: "K.B.Saha" <kalyanbratasaha@...>
>Reply-To: 83cmcbatch@...
>To: 83cmcbatch@...
>Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
>Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:05:18 +0530
>
>Now it is my turn to say something. Indranil talked to me in Kolkata but
>unfortunately at that time I was a bit busy and mentally upset for a
>suspected secondary of my father in skin . With your good wishes it was
>confirmed as a benign lesion (Cutaneous Myxoma). That's why I could not be
>so active to see Indranil or inform Tushar and others. Another bad news.
>Dr.
>Meenakshi W/O our friend Late Arup Mridha and D/O Dr.I.S.Roy is suffering
>Ca
>Ovary as informed by Lipika and she was operated upon at Woodlands on
>13/09/05. Lipika requested if some us could just see her it would be fine .
>Next Tushar is probably down with diagnosing Dengue cases. But Dengue has
>really created a panic amongst us.
>Anyway let's hope to overcome these and plan to meet on the 2nd Sunday of
>January,2006.
>Bye.
>Kalyan.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <i.dasgupta@...>
>To: <83cmcbatch@...>
>Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:40 AM
>Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
>
>
> > tushar
> > i tried to contact you. there was no response from your home tel and the
> > cell was unobtainable. it was a brief visit plus my father wasn't v
>well.
> > i did speak to some our batchmates and managed to meet mrityunjoy and
>bhu
> > at college canteen. hope you have recovered fully from dengue. best
>wishes.
> > indranil
> > >-- Original Message --
> > >To: 83cmcbatch@...
> > >From: tushar das <dastk4@...>
> > >Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:49:10 -0700 (PDT)
> > >Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
> > >Reply-To: 83cmcbatch@...
> > >
> > >
> > >hi everybody, i regularly check the interactions in 83cmcbatch esp.
>amongst
> > >indranil,partha,
> > >kalyan,pramode.how r u all?we r down with Dengue and incessant drizzles
> > in
> > >Calcutta.indranil,
> > >i heard that u came and went back silently. Tushar
> > >
> > >parthapbhattacharyya <partha@...> wrote:
> > >Dear Kalyanbrata,
> > >We are fine. Thanks for your concern. Its nice to know that somebody is
> > thinking
> > >about us back home.Hope you and your family are fine.
> > >Love and best wishes.
> > >Partha
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: K.B.Saha
> > >To: 83cmcbatch@...
> > >Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:20 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
> > >
> > >
> > >Dear Indranil,
> > >Hope you and all our friends in U.K. are are well and not affected by
>the
> > >explosions. Please inform us the condition at your and other friend's
>place.
> > >
> > >With love,
> > >Kalyan
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#62 From: "K.B.Saha" <kalyanbratasaha@...>
Date:: Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:35 pm
Subject:: Re: This year's photo
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Dear Pramod,
As I heard from some of our friends, Arup unfortunately died in a car
accident while he was driving the car about one and half years ago.
Kalyan

----- Original Message -----
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To: <83cmcbatch@...>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo


> Dear Kalyan,
> Sorry to hear about Meenakshi. Since I was out of touch with you all for
> almost 2 decades--I just want to know--what happed to Arup. I heard about
> his initial illness--what happened after that?
> My best wishes to all of you in Calcutta for fighting the present
situation
> (of Dengue and other diseases as highlighted by Kamalesh).
> Take care.
> Pramod
>
>
> >From: "K.B.Saha" <kalyanbratasaha@...>
> >Reply-To: 83cmcbatch@...
> >To: 83cmcbatch@...
> >Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
> >Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:05:18 +0530
> >
> >Now it is my turn to say something. Indranil talked to me in Kolkata but
> >unfortunately at that time I was a bit busy and mentally upset for a
> >suspected secondary of my father in skin . With your good wishes it was
> >confirmed as a benign lesion (Cutaneous Myxoma). That's why I could not
be
> >so active to see Indranil or inform Tushar and others. Another bad news.
> >Dr.
> >Meenakshi W/O our friend Late Arup Mridha and D/O Dr.I.S.Roy is suffering
> >Ca
> >Ovary as informed by Lipika and she was operated upon at Woodlands on
> >13/09/05. Lipika requested if some us could just see her it would be fine
.
> >Next Tushar is probably down with diagnosing Dengue cases. But Dengue has
> >really created a panic amongst us.
> >Anyway let's hope to overcome these and plan to meet on the 2nd Sunday of
> >January,2006.
> >Bye.
> >Kalyan.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <i.dasgupta@...>
> >To: <83cmcbatch@...>
> >Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:40 AM
> >Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
> >
> >
> > > tushar
> > > i tried to contact you. there was no response from your home tel and
the
> > > cell was unobtainable. it was a brief visit plus my father wasn't v
> >well.
> > > i did speak to some our batchmates and managed to meet mrityunjoy and
> >bhu
> > > at college canteen. hope you have recovered fully from dengue. best
> >wishes.
> > > indranil
> > > >-- Original Message --
> > > >To: 83cmcbatch@...
> > > >From: tushar das <dastk4@...>
> > > >Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:49:10 -0700 (PDT)
> > > >Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
> > > >Reply-To: 83cmcbatch@...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >hi everybody, i regularly check the interactions in 83cmcbatch esp.
> >amongst
> > > >indranil,partha,
> > > >kalyan,pramode.how r u all?we r down with Dengue and incessant
drizzles
> > > in
> > > >Calcutta.indranil,
> > > >i heard that u came and went back silently. Tushar
> > > >
> > > >parthapbhattacharyya <partha@...> wrote:
> > > >Dear Kalyanbrata,
> > > >We are fine. Thanks for your concern. Its nice to know that somebody
is
> > > thinking
> > > >about us back home.Hope you and your family are fine.
> > > >Love and best wishes.
> > > >Partha
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: K.B.Saha
> > > >To: 83cmcbatch@...
> > > >Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:20 AM
> > > >Subject: Re: [83cmcbatch] This year's photo
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Dear Indranil,
> > > >Hope you and all our friends in U.K. are are well and not affected by
> >the
> > > >explosions. Please inform us the condition at your and other friend's
> >place.
> > > >
> > > >With love,
> > > >Kalyan
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