AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
*DHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP*
AAAA ...AAAA...AAAA...AAAA.

No points for those of you that think that I am referring to the much-laughed and much publicised popular joke about the sound emitted by a freely falling body [read human being] being directly proportional to the height of fall.

Oh okay, I shall substantiate. Here's the joke for the uninitiated.
Case 1. person falling from the twelfth floor of a high-rise.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
curtailed by a resounding *DHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP*
[Note that *Dhup* is a very Bengali sound equivalent to the English *crashing sound*]


Case 2. Person falling from the first floor of any building.
*DHUUUUUUUUP*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.


But none of these cases complement the sound image I have drawn at the beginning of my post.
I'll explain.
Let's divide the problem into three parts.

a)AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
b)*DHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP*
c)AAA ...AAAA...AAAA...AAAA.


a)-That's my neighbour's obstinately rambunctious daughter shouting out in glee for God-forsaken reasons.
b)That's a resounding slap on her back imparted by one of her parents, I know not which.[ Thank God they sometimes feel disturbed and react savagely! Pity we can't react thus to them inspite of being disturbed always and unceasingly. Love thy neighbours indeed!!]
c)That's the child bawling.

Reason enough for another headache!!
On the same note: Some Paresh Rawal quotes are unutterably accurate for such moments as these!

To think that my most beautiful dream could come true so beautifully!!
Now I have a truly beautiful and a beautifully true dream, thanks to a wonderful magician.
:).

Words have changed. Meanings too. And the emotions they used to arouse.It's a different world now. I'm too starry-eyed to see if it's better or worse...perhaps it's just the same...only I have more courage to face it now, more confidence, more freedom. Touchwood! :)
And I'm nearly a graduate now.Touchwood! :)
There!! I am growing superstitious!

I have a little c in the middle of nowhere.It's only mine and for me only.I'm flying.

8 Things I am passionate about:

Love

Poetry

Friends andFamily

Psychology

Babies

Fashion-designing

Photography

Music

...not necessarily in that order, but love tops the chart.

8 Things I wanna do before I die:

Make my parents really happy.

Be a deservingly(I hope) famous poet.

Earn loads of money.

See to it that those bloody bastards who abuse little children and women get corporal punishments.

Make laws against spitting on road.

Be happy and in love.

Make it up with people I've hurt, intentionally or unintentionally.

Make proper human beings out of my children.(heh heh)

8 Things I say often

Awww!!

Hyaan Hyaan!

Bloody hell!

yay!!

But that's not fair!

DUH!!

HUH!!

Puchithang.

8 Books I have read recently:

Persuasion

The Alchemist

If you are afraid of heights.

Fire on the mountains.

The Outsider

A street car named desire

Three plays:Eugene O'neil.

Loitering with Intent.

8 Songs I could Listen to over and over again:

Ami Srabon akashe oi diyechhi paati.

Aji godhuli logone ei badol gogone.

Hridoy aamr prokash holo ananto akashe.

Ogo tumi ponchodoshi.

Aji tomay abar chai shonabare je katha shunayechhi baarebaare.

Annie's song

Mera jahaan.

Tu hi re.

(There are so many more. Rabindrasangeet mainly, and songs by Rahman)

8 Things that attract me about my best friends:

Simplicity.

Innocence.

Unconditional love.

Will be there for you, anytime, anywhere- attitude.

Genuine concern.

Non-stop paglami and baje boka.

Understanding each other without having to say things out aloud.

Being different without having differences.

8 People who should do this tag:

Sree

Basu

Honey

Indra

Ashu

Anurima

Deya

Bunky.

Tag

Inihos tagged me. I tag none. Here goes.

1.LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN A THEATER: Kalpurush. Please don't watch it.

2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?- My Name Is Red

3. FAVORITE BOARD GAME? err...Ludo? Chess is good but I never win.

4. FAVORITE MAGAZINE? Graphiti. Nothing in particular really.

5. FAVORITE SMELLS? Old books, Napthalene, Freshly painted doors, knacha aam, babar gaayer gondho.

6. FAVORITE SOUND? My name being called out by loved ones.

7. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD? Feeling that you are mediocre.

8. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE? Fragmented dreams.

9. FAVORITE FAST FOOD PLACE? Roadside junk food stalls.

10. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME? .Child? I was planning to have children!

11. FINISH THIS STATEMENT. "IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY I'D end up with no money at all within a few days.

12.DO YOU DRIVE FAST? I drive people crazy pretty fast.

13. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL? Yeah. Two teddy bears and a doggy.

14. STORMS-COOL OR SCARY? Sublimely beautiful.

15. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR? Never had one, not even as a child.

16. FAVORITE DRINK? Water, sprite, nimbupaani.

17. FINISH THIS STATEMENT, "IF I HAD THE TIME I WOULD be the same old procrastinator.

18. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS ON BROCCOLI? What? why? how? where?

19. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE? Burgundy.

20. NAME ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES/TOWNS YOU HAVE LIVED IN. Beldanga, Kolkata.

21. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?, Tennis, Spelling Bee.

22. ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU. Bright as a flame.

23. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED? makorshar jaal ar jhhul.

24. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE BORN AS YOURSELF AGAIN? Yes, a little more practical perhaps.

25. MORNING PERSON, OR NIGHT OWL? Night owl.

26. OVER EASY, OR SUNNY SIDE UP? eh?

27. FAVORITE PLACE TO RELAX? I think it's all in the mind.

28. FAVORITE PIE? None.

29. FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Vanilla.

30. OF ALL THE PEOPLE YOU TAGGED THIS TO, WHO'S MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND FIRST? None.

I search for a soul-stirring emotion... an incident, a word, a glance, a touch that would induce it. Sometimes I need something to shake me into being...to help me comprehend that I'm alive.
Winter rain is more welcome, I think, unlike summer rain which comes only to exculpate so many...winter rain is more personal, whimsical, without a reason, more me.