ANOTHER NOTE FROM SATYENDU SANAYAL

WHEN I INVITED SATYENDU TO VISIT THIS SITE , HE WROTE :

"I haven't a clue as to blogs........howone goes about opening and populating it etc.............but you have my"Blessings.......".

HE SENT A 'CHHARA' , WRITTEN IN BENGALI, BUT PENNED IN ROMAN ALPHABETS. I POST IT HERE . ENJOY.

M aidaney Awnek Alo, bolchhey h*enkey Indrajit /
A mi boli ‘Ei boyeshey khelbo ki bhai Choo Kit Kit /
I ndro bawley ‘Voy-ta ki tor, shawkto moder haddi’ /
D oudey giye a*kdey dhawro – ei jeebon-ta kabaddi. /
A mi boli ‘Awnek holo, h*apiye gechhi ei khelay’ /
N yada jawkhon hoyei gechhi, ar kyano jai Beltawlay ? /
E r modhdhey Suman abar pawn korechhey amakey /
Y udhisthir baniye debey. Palai ami kon f*ankey ? /
A chhi dibbi bidi f*unkey, majhey modhdhey whiskey /
W ith water, with soda, nai ba thakuk Lewinsky. /
N a rey, achhi hashyo-mookhey, jatey matal, taley thik /
E i dyakhna, acrostic-ey kobir hashi dyay jhilik /
K awtha karo nyayna kaney, shudhoy bujhi Suman-bhai /
A rey beta lassi piyo, khao dahi, doodh , malai /
L assi chhedey ‘V*oshshi’ tano, eitey tomar bawddo dosh /
O poretey jabar shomoy dekhbey gayeb awndo-kosh. /

RETIREMENT PLAN of SATYENDU SANYAL

We ,who know Satyen , is aware of the fact that he has remained immersed in literature since he was a boy. Over the years , his writing has also become quite readable.

I wanted to know what is retirement plan is . Read on .... his reply is here for you to enjoy :

"My dear Shyamal,

Apropos your queries on retirement blues and our not meeting for fourdecades etc.Came across a gem from Ogden Nash :

"Reflection on the Fallibility of Nemesis"
He who is ridden by a conscience
Worries about a lot of nonscience;
He without benefit of scruples
His fun and income soon quadruples.
-- Ogden Nash.

Unfortunately, having the benefit of scruples, my income has not quadrupled.As such, with retirement looming large, one does wonder ---- "dimly reckoning from traces of a distantly heard echo what my unfinished lifetime will still bring". ( Pasternak's words in the poems attached to hisDr.Zhivago ).

But at the same time, as an innate, if errant, believer in "Mangal-bodh",one hopes to muddle through somehow, somewhere.Does this strike you as a hopelessly unplanned state of affairs ?It is.But then...........

"Into this universe, why, not knowing /
Nor whence, nor whither, willy nilly flowing /
And out of it, as the wind along the waste /
I know not whither, willy nilly blowing //"

I'm sorry if this leaves you even more unclear and befuddled as to whatever you wanted to know.But that is how it stands at present.

All the best and take care.

Satyen.

A QUOTE FROM MAIL RECEIVED FROM UJJAL MONDAL

I receive mail from many of my IITian friends . I have retained some of them for use in a compilation. When I staarted , BLOGS were not a familiar concept.But , now , I can easily bring out the gems, put them here for others to enjoy. The one posted here is from Ujjal , who is now in Canada.He circulated this one on 4/10/2005. Please read on .

Ethnicity of Jesus

My Cajun friend had 3 good arguments that Jesus was a Cajun.
1. He liked to serve fish to his friends.
2. He could make his own wine.
3. And he wasn't afraid of water.

My Black friend had 3 good arguments that Jesus was Black.
1. He called everyone "brother".
2. He liked Gospel.
3. He couldn't get a fair trial.

My Jewish friend had 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Jewish.
1. He went into His Father's business.
2. He lived at home until he was 33.
3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and his mother was sure he was God

My Italian friend gave his 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Italian.
1. He talked with his hands.
2. He had wine with every meal
3. He used olive oil.

My California friend also had 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was a Californian.
1. He never cut his hair.
2. He walked around barefoot all the time.
3. He started a new religion.

My Irish friend then gave his 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Irish.
1. He never got married.
2. He was always telling stories.
3. He loved green pastures.

But my women friends have the most compelling evidence of all that Jesus was a woman.
1. He fed a crowd at a moment's notice when there was no food.
2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just didn't get it.
3. And even when he was dead, he had to get up because there was more work to do.