November 2007 – Page 2 – My Turing Machine

For your eyes only – 5

November 4, 2007 by prempiyush

The month of the October and excellent climate in our home town, with the festivity around. The air was full of zeal and new energy.

Puja means shopping. Our small town has only few shops of branded dresses. At those town shops, even not finding so many ranges of colors and fabrics, I prefer to buy one from those shops on Puja occasion. In those shops, with my Ma, there is nostalgic shopping experiences since last 30 years. Another fact is, I am not very good at choosing dresses for myself, whereas I can find good ones for others. Still today, from the exclusive showrooms in Bangalore, I myself, have not bought an exclusive shirt or pant. Or better say I am a bit careless towards my updated dressing sense. ( p.s. Myself kanjoos in fashion consciousness ! No. Have you bought the inaugural launch issue of Vogue in India- its really good one, worth buying 🙂 )

Anyway, next day of reaching home was Ashtami and the main puja started. Here are the snaps of Durga Puja, from my hometown Kishanganj located at the border of Bihar- Bengal. In the first snap is Pushpanjali at Durga bari, where you may find the purely traditional way of Puja. While uploading the photo – I was searching for the possible hand of my Ma, as she did Pushpanjali before me ! Wow I found her 🙂 The gold ring !

Puspanjali @ Durga Bari, Dey Market

Navami Sandhya Puja is going on @ Durga Bari, Dey Market

Durga Puja Pandal @ Manoranjan Club

A Closer Look @ Deity

या देवी सर्व भुतेषू शक्ति रुपेण संस्थिता…

For your eyes only – 4

November 3, 2007 by prempiyush

Lets go through the villages, where I still find myself deeply rooted. Still I do die for the mud chulha cooked food, walking in sleepers on the village roads, and spending night in lantern within the absolute peace and of course plenty of oxygen.

Below are the photos of the nearby villages , from where I do actually belong. The snaps are taken from the train which must be running at speed not less than 80 km/hr. ( Click the snap for bigger view in album)

Electricity, Wireless, Rail, Greenery and a road connecting them

Lush Greenery After Monsoon

A village pond

Boiled paddy being dried

A village scene

Fields , bullock and farmers

Grazing lands ( There is a different story when the grazing cattle sneak into paddy fields 🙂 )

Paddy Fields ( our main crop after jute )

Jute Sticks

Outside – Inside.

November 2, 2007 by prempiyush

Whether songs do make me,
Or I do make one ?

Whether rivers do carry me,
Or I do carry, A river ?

Whether clouds are around me,
Or I have a cloudy vision ?

Whether thunders I did fear,
Or a thunder is inside me ?

Whether falling leaves I do see,
Or I cause them fall ?

Whether the questions are around,
Or I am a question ?

For your eyes only – 3

November 1, 2007 by prempiyush

As I reached Dumdum airport, at check out point, seeing the very long queue of prepaid taxi counter and the need to catch the connecting train, I preferred to take a shared taxi outside the airport. Though the taxi passed through the M.G. Road famous Saari shops, due to time constraint and shared passenger with me, I could not do shopping this time for family members.

Anyway I reached Howrah station well before time, that was decorated elaborately on occasion of Durga Puja, so looked great the adjoining Howrah bridge. Get the glimpse of the huge mural at Howrah station, which depicts the cultural and social scenario of West Bengal very well. Snapped at night, the mural photos are not so clear, but you can get the essence.

The current header image is of a labourer aged around 25, reading a religious book with apt attention in a train compartment. He is returning to his home.

Howrah Station