Perspectives of a Soul- A tale of life

Simpler Living....... Times have changed with changing taste of civilization, our cities are wider, broader and fancier but in every city, even now I know there are people living and thriving on the values of a simple life. Walking on your city payments even if hawkers, wires, lamp posts, and add hoardings haven't left much space for walkers, such small journeys gives you an insight into the parallel worlds in our known existence. Walking with my camera to explore the roads is a very usual habit for me which gives me the oppurtunity to observe the simple people in an over crowded city space. Obeservation of life is the soul of the world and I feel lucky that it speaks to me very often. In all religious books or philosophers down the ages in their discourses have stated that a simple living is a way to attend peace of mind. When I see people like tin box and metal scrap sellers, corn and oil fried snack sellers, garam cholle sellers, pan and chat sellers and anyone who in sp

The Tale of Romeo and Juliet _ A Nature's Play... (Juliet pondering over things on the porch opposite my window) Nature is beyond our understanding and reach, If we open our hearts to her she never lets us lose our way. I feel deeply connected to her in search for life, something worth discovering. The humming of pigeons early morning outside my window,  my Terrace garden welcoming migratory birds now and then, evening winds, butterflies, spiders spinning web often in corners, sparrow hatchlings waiting to be feed in the nest in my old bag hanging out in the balcony, flowers old and new blooming everyday. All these I get to see often as Nature even if I am residing in concrete walls , finds a way to inspire me and make me feel good about this beautiful life. Nature is like Divinity, once your heart let's it guide your life, it yields you a peaceful existence. (Romeo gears up to begin a new morning) I share with you today the story of a family of pigeons who hav

Old not so Haunted Mansion's...My first encounter Old mansions has always been the core of many a haunted tale as its mysterious deaths, blood and gore intrigues us.What really draws me to old mansions is its stillness, its silence and its loneliness. It is like any human being lost and forgotten in its withered state. But There are things which really makes me feel connected to myself. I wonder about things not know to me ever, but it just appears in unaccustomed hours to me and reveals a buried philosophy. This Mansion I happened to stumble across in my habit of walking for lengthy hours on the streets of Kolkata to see world beyond the conventional visions. Every time I have ventured to discover something new, the roads have never disappointed me.Sometimes I like to walk without knowing my journey, it makes me feel the journey better.                       This Mansion happens to be located at the back side of elgin road behind brand factor, I had seen it first duri

My Mother's Enchanted Garden...... I wondered how people lived in this noisy over populated city like Kolkata in the four walls of their homes without a little green to feel life, a little sky to breathe in Everyday. I always feel suffocated whenever I am unable to see the whole sky and my mother's enchanted forest. Before the chain of diseases had struck my mother she was a garden enthusiast and a pet lover. (the green guava's in mom's garden. We had once harvested around 200 fruits from four trees) I remember my early childhood spent in raising pets and planting trees with my mom. We had all sorts of pets and we loved them.We had 20 rabbits, a chicken farm, a tank of 100 fishes, 50 kinds of birds whom we used set free very often.Some wild pigeons spending their holidays in our open terrace, four ducks, a weasel, a goat once I think, lost cats and so on. Childhood with mom and grandmother was some beautiful days. Our present life is so full of stress a