tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:46:22 +0000nostalgiamother's dayM syndromemilestonepink cloudbirthdayPOETRYbengalifunnyMahad tripnewsKolkattaGodPunePicsholidaycollegemusictagmusingMalaysiaschoolphilosophyweekendsightseeing tripsspiritualitymoviememoriescastsocietyfestivalsspammersfamilyawardspatriotismreligionsingaporeangerLIFEMUMBAIloveIndiaserious issuesbengali bhadra lok triologyfriendskal aaj aur kalhttp://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Ranu)Blogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-5950527760275176509Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:24:00 +00002011-11-22T11:08:31.057+05:30LIFEYesterday evening as I browsed through the newspaper the news of a techie couple committing suicide in Goa caught my eye. You can read the article here. I normally just read through and move on....... but it was this very trait of mine that made me pause and think again so much that it disturbed me. It made me dig deeper and by morning I had read all about it including all the stuff other peoplehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/KpANMcLEMEA/its-been-good-enough-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/KpANMcLEMEA" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-been-good-enough-life.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-276966345015823325Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:01:00 +00002011-11-04T12:33:49.814+05:30http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/Wp7ehH0uU_4/happy-diwali-to-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/Wp7ehH0uU_4" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2011/10/happy-diwali-to-all.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-3297330052631342099Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:58:00 +00002011-08-11T12:36:43.588+05:30LIFE A long weekend for us in India and that too a weekend full of festivities: Rakshabandhan and Independence day. Rakshabandhan is a celebration of the relationship between a brother and a sister. I don't have any brothers. Since I was little, I remember envying girls with brothers mostly for the gifts that they got on this day from their brothers and also the festivities that they got to be part http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/luiBEzHPKMA/festivities-and-what-they-mean-to-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/luiBEzHPKMA" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2011/08/festivities-and-what-they-mean-to-us.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-6108239246528081232Wed, 13 Jul 2011 05:35:00 +00002011-07-13T11:05:28.319+05:30I love music of any kind and creed no language barriers. I am especially partial to Indian folk. I simply love folk. Bengali folk is my favorite: The bhatialis and Bouls. The coke studio @ MTV is something that was probably made for the likes of me. Especially this fusion number...... I have always been a fan of bihu and Bhupen Hazarika but this song has made me a total fan of Khagen Gogoi as http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/ReXKfvxumO4/fusion-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/ReXKfvxumO4" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2011/06/fusion-music.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-1770044293424898558Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:14:00 +00002011-06-16T13:57:20.567+05:30loveNa hai ye pana Na khona hi haiTera na hona, jaane Kyon hona hi haiTumse hi din hota hai Surmayi shaam aati haiTumse hi..... Tumse hi Har ghadi saans aati haiZindagi kehlati hai Tumse hi..... Tumse hiAankho mein aankhe teri Baho mein Bahe teriMera na mujh mein kuch raha..... Hua kyaBaton mein batein teriRathe saugate teriKyon tera sab yeh ho gaya....... Hua kyaMein kahin bhi jaata hunTumse hi http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/KYgXdC-qzIo/song-is-always-better-than-words.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/KYgXdC-qzIo" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2011/06/song-is-always-better-than-words.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-7275939317498280771Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:00:00 +00002011-06-15T10:30:00.726+05:30LIFEAlienation and hate make loners of people. Time and again in life I have been alienated…….. sometimes because I was not the right color or the right gender or the right person what people expected of me. Did that hurt me??? Initially yes….. I think the first I remember is when a friend’s mother forbade her to play with me. Reason: I used a bad/foul word. I can’t exactly remember the bad word or http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/HWM1WrYjDx8/alienation-and-hate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/HWM1WrYjDx8" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2011/06/alienation-and-hate.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-9119554878152017649Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:58:00 +00002011-06-14T10:30:20.135+05:30LIFEIn life we think that we are invincible and that nobody can hurt us. We backup our reasons for being the way we are or the things we do with reasons that benefit us. But life is a great leveler. Sometimes we have to overlook the things even if we think that they are shortcomings or wrong doings. We have to leave it to life to do the justice that we so seek. I don’t do that..... I think that the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/qZWo-rmEDSM/i-am-nobody.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/qZWo-rmEDSM" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-am-nobody.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-1256139005624109778Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:06:00 +00002010-11-15T09:36:00.669+05:30LIFENo carpets !!! Life is scary!!! It means cleaning everyday!!! Now alongwith previously accumulated dirt there is also the new dirt that has to be cleaned everyday. Quite a hassle but the plus point is that you have less breakdowns and less phoenix episodes.In the begining it was physically reminding myself to be without the carpet. Seeing all the crap around and wanting to clean up all the time. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/kn2HtvCB6Wo/life-without-carpets-and-masks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/kn2HtvCB6Wo" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/11/life-without-carpets-and-masks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-4391233935229548703Tue, 09 Nov 2010 07:46:00 +00002010-11-11T09:39:11.865+05:30LIFEloveCarpets are one of the best things invented by man. Since carpets you dont really need to have very good flooring for your home for it to look good. You just throw in a carpet. Carpets come wide varieties: the silk ones, the woolen ones, the plastic ones, or simple cotton ones, or the more expensive persian ones.It takes a very long time and thought to choose the right carpet for your home. You http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/gl7ZjC9pJtk/carpet-and-mask-cleaning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/gl7ZjC9pJtk" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/11/carpet-and-mask-cleaning.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-3306369735340541072Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:17:00 +00002010-10-20T12:50:27.613+05:30LIFESince we were kids we have always been told that evil getteth evil and goodness getteth goodness. The nuns dinned that into our brains by repeating it over and over again. At home Ma did the same."Never ever hurt any being knowingly and unknowingly", that was reiterated so many times to me that I believed it. Even if I unknowingly hurt anybody I hurt as I had hurt somebody else. If I knowingly http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/Ftped0_WmTQ/just-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/Ftped0_WmTQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/10/just-world.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-7998535781160837833Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:33:00 +00002010-10-08T09:32:22.990+05:30musicmemoriesreligionfamilyfestivalsbengaliGod(THIS IS A REPEAT POST)I found the some videos of mahalaya and Chandi path. I think all of us bengalis have been tortured and some point or other on Mahalaya by our parents......... waking us at wee hours of the morning to listen to AIR and Mr Bhadra. The only part I ever heard was part 4..... only to go back to sleep. I found some videos of the same........ ENJOY!!!Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/b4W82JBBSWc/i-know-i-am-late-but-it-is-still.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/b4W82JBBSWc" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-know-i-am-late-but-it-is-still.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-6318907424487856770Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:17:00 +00002010-10-04T17:05:58.472+05:30MUMBAILIFEPunefamilyWho says that formula one racing is only happening in Singapore? This weekend I was fortunate to witness the same on my way from Mumbai to Pune. Earlier I was very upset at not being able to witness the event in Singapore. I was looking forward to getting some good shots of the racing. But alas as they say Man proposes God disposes. Though my consolation prize was to watch a similar event and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/76ar_pnYwHw/formula-one-racing-in-india.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/76ar_pnYwHw" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/10/formula-one-racing-in-india.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-1927686527897854757Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:43:00 +00002010-09-23T14:10:24.478+05:30LIFEPuneschoolfamilyloveI finally returned home. I am glad. Singapore is a fabulous place to live in BUT something really strange happened when the flight took off from Singapore I looked at hubs and said: "I already forgot Singapore". He thought I was strange and looked at me as though i had developed horns but when we landed at Mumbai, he realised what i meant. It felt as if i had never left. Its good to be home at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/RWEdKKRfy6A/mes-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/RWEdKKRfy6A" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/09/mes-back.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-1498970880633632561Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:35:00 +00002010-10-20T12:40:01.910+05:30singaporeLIFEMy Singapore stint is drawing to a close and I am really happy because I will be back home and be with Ma after a long long time. Infact on record this is the longest stretch I have been away from her. I will also miss singapore:Especially the escalators (I am arthritic.... remember. Here there are escalators in every nook and corner and you never ever have to climb any stair..... in some http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/T-H6M9_75-o/time-lost-and-lots-gained.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/T-H6M9_75-o" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/09/time-lost-and-lots-gained.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-8513134076258496899Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:10:00 +00002010-08-16T22:59:04.175+05:30singaporesightseeing tripsWent to Sentosa to fort siloso and butterfly garden and was astounded to find the national bird of India dancing in all its glory in full FREEDOM in a park. Doesnt he look lovely one of the best pics I have ever clicked and honestly the feeling of watching the peacock suddenly break into a dance is PRICELESS. Happy belated Independence Day folks. Hope you had a lovely weekend.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/8O5fLF5d5nA/happy-independence-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/8O5fLF5d5nA" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/08/happy-independence-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-2504505659650207999Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:33:00 +00002010-06-23T09:14:41.827+05:30LIFEPunefriendsfamilynostalgialoveLately all the posts in my blog have become nothing short of emotional atyachaar.... so I took a cue from NaBloPo and its daily topics for the month of June and this is the best topic that I could think of. If you could go back in time and meet your 16-year old self, what three things would you tell yourself?If I had to go back in time and meet my 16 year old self..... I would have been in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/C3OluCFQ3YE/when-i-was-ten-and-six.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/C3OluCFQ3YE" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/06/when-i-was-ten-and-six.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-6736231838908743000Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:25:00 +00002010-06-03T17:20:42.506+05:30LIFEM syndromeI lost something very important to me today. Another something important. The only consolation is that...... I did the right thing!!!!...... but it does not feel good. I don't feel happy. Aren't doing right things supposed to make you happy??? but what I feel is just remorse. Guess I learnt a new thing today....... The right thing does not always be the right thing for you. It could be the right http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/HxylrTbw6AI/tujhse-naraz-nahi-zindagi-hairan-hu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/HxylrTbw6AI" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/06/tujhse-naraz-nahi-zindagi-hairan-hu.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-4764895241645337447Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:22:00 +00002010-06-03T09:52:37.176+05:30Malaysia(Click on slide show to view pics in picasa)We went to Malaysia for the weekend. If somebody had told me this earlier I would be quite intimidated but considering that the countries here are really small....... the size of each being equivalent to some of the cities of our country, it is almost like going to Shirdi for the weekend from Mumbai. Only difference is that you need a visa.Going to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/QUYA39w5D78/malaysia-truly-asia-kuala-lumpur.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/QUYA39w5D78" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/06/malaysia-truly-asia-kuala-lumpur.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-6827751035618673789Mon, 24 May 2010 07:50:00 +00002010-06-03T09:58:11.411+05:30What is it with women????? Of late the women I have been meeting are all the Mere Pati mere bachche...... to the extent that I feel as though I am the judge in a Pativrata: Mera Pati Parmeshwar contest. Only the degree of Pativrataness varies. One lady comes up with "woh kitne thak jate hai sara din kaam karte hai". "Aaj unhone yeh kiya" etc etc. I cant help it but I just HAVE to roll my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/C6Otynh3Xto/nari-tera-jawab-nahi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/C6Otynh3Xto" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/05/nari-tera-jawab-nahi.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-2880866193875652627Mon, 24 May 2010 04:49:00 +00002010-05-24T11:30:44.586+05:30LIFEDon't you wish for things....... sometimes impossible but you keep hoping that only if..... I do that very often. I keep hoping for things impossible. I am not going to talk about macro stuff like world peace or anything or the sort....... that I think is tooooo impossible. I am talking about the very minuscule atomic world that is mine and mine only.People who have read my posts earlier will http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/4_pV-kITJVE/kash-only-if.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/4_pV-kITJVE" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/05/kash-only-if.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-7665569305812421553Fri, 14 May 2010 08:03:00 +00002010-05-14T14:23:15.446+05:30LIFEI adopted a virtual dog yesterday in farmville in facebook and the whole night yesterday I kept dreaming....... not good dreams....... about cookie...... my Alsatian dog....... more like a brother to me. I lost him years back but I think I havent had closure yet...... else why would I wake up today feeling that he was at my friends place, playing with her pet. It took me a whole one hour to get http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/VkhaGyK4S58/i-cant-title-this-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/VkhaGyK4S58" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/05/i-cant-title-this-one.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-3898272818462212895Thu, 13 May 2010 08:52:00 +00002010-05-13T15:09:40.971+05:30LIFEfriendsfamilySleeping is my favorite occupation...... the most precious thing in the whole world....... yeh aur baat hai that I never get much of it these days. Earlier as a kid I used to sneak in books under the blanket and later had to catch up on the sleep, much to my ma's wrath. So much that there are times when I thought that my ma was my precious sleep's worst dushman (enemy sound very subtle). I was http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/2LtK1gJqj84/sleeepy-tales.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/2LtK1gJqj84" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/05/sleeepy-tales.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-1543025640357282391Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:57:00 +00002010-04-30T08:50:41.789+05:30LIFEThe view from my window is really lovely amidst lots of green lawns, stand lovely tall trees..... very very tall magnificent pine trees..... lots of them. In the beginning I was quite confused because I always associated pine trees with cold places and places which had snow..... not tropical places but then my knowledge of geography was always very bad. In school I managed to sleep through most http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/2iQYuOuL2Bk/view-from-my-window.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/2iQYuOuL2Bk" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/04/view-from-my-window.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127989441370019522.post-5572321321885710122Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:49:00 +00002010-04-18T15:12:54.510+05:30singaporesightseeing tripsI normally dont like zoos. The animals are kept in confinement and most of them starving and really sad. This was a new experience. The animals looked good and healthy...... not happy because most of them had their backs to us. They didnt look confined. Amidst the tropical rain forest..... it was an experience!!! Specially loved the white tiger. There were three of them and they were beautiful. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ranu/~3/BKctwXrCRpw/singapore-meri-nazar-se-singapore-zoo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ranu)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ranu/~4/BKctwXrCRpw" height="1" width="1"/>http://ranuchakraborty.blogspot.com/2010/04/singapore-meri-nazar-se-singapore-zoo.html