With tomorrow in mind, I was musing with my daughter that I first met her mother on a certain February 14th. And I am glad I did.
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About Me
- Suvro Chatterjee
- Durgapur, West Bengal, India
- I am 61, and for 22 years now a confirmed home-bird. I read, write, teach, counsel, listen to music, exercise, watch movies, have fun with kids including my own, have tried to be a good husband, think all the time, and generally endeavour to live the good life as I have understood it. It's tough, and it's been a long trudge.
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6 comments:
That's lovely to know. One of those happy coincidences!
I'll wish Boudi and you many more happy and lovely and laughter filled times...
Love and prayers.
Shilpi
Dear sir,
First, i would like to congratulate you for your happy married life and also wish you and madam lots of happiness for future. I am sure you will agree with me if i say you are truly lucky. In today’s India, majority of the people complain that they are so unhappy after marriage. For most of them, all the pre-marriage dreams, hopes and romance soon seem to vanish and one wonders how good it would have been if one could just go back in time and change certain things! But life hardly gives one a second chance. Divorces are so frequent among our young population now-a-days. We life in an age of temporary relationships where true love clearly stands out.
I have to admit I found the headline of this blog post quite amusing. Sir, I believe this word ‘authentic’ is generally not used in this way. I got a feeling you purposely put in the word to imply a thing or two.
sir, you always told us- ‘if you love somebody, everyday is valentine’s day’. In this context, i say that this annual celebration of love called valentine’s day is such a joke. This is just another instance of western culture which the majority of the people of India have imbibed without any thought or reflection. If anything, it brings in a host of business opportunities for card companies, multiplex owners, flower vendors, restaurants, pubs, club bands and of course, the media. The sad thing is majority of the people are willing to fall into the trap at ease. This day has been marketed so cleverly and successfully - it has almost been hammered into the minds of the youngsters that - how much money one spends on this day on one’s better half on such trivial things like watching a film, eating out determines how much one loves them. It’s as if celebrating on other days with one’s girlfriend doesn’t matter. In today’s times, I feel he or she is a braveheart who can stand out from the crowd and can have strong faith in his or her convictions – despite all the ‘tamasha’ surrounding him or her which he or she can hardly ignore even if they want to.
Many of my peers tell me this is a part of the India growth story. Young India believes in the theory of ‘have money, will spend’. They say the stress and tension in our work and personal lives have increased so much that people want to celebrate at every pretext that they get. However, I feel we have to look within ourselves to get an honest answer. Anyway, I feel this trend is going to say. I may sound like an introvert by analyzing this blogpost in this way but I think one needs to look at this issue from this perspective also.
Regards,
Avishek Mondal
( Student )
Dear Sir,
Very honestly I was waiting for you write something for Valentine's Day. And yes, you have fulfilled my wish as always. As I started to read I found it to be over. I told myself,'Just two lines?' And I read it again and I must say you had explained it all. I frantically went up to my room, opened up my dictionary, looked for the word 'authentic' and smiled to myself. I must say you were very lucky to find 'kakima', because you too are just made for each other. I love the way you call her "Ginni"!
Thank you for this post and I must say I have got to learn to write like this from you. And yes, I hope to find someone as authentic sometime in the future as well.
With love
Anurupa.
Thank you, Anurupa.
It has been said that brevity is the soul of wit, and sometimes, when two lines suffice, it is silly to write twenty, don't you think?
What better day to meet such a lovely lady with that unique, disarming smile which tugs at one's heart!
I haven't met a lovelier couple than you and Boudi, Sir. The way you address her is very unconventional and extremely sweet.
May God bless you and your family.
With love,
Rashmi
Delightful to see someone commenting on an old post, and that too on a most appropriate occasion. Thanks, Rashmi.
Sir
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