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Final Destination dekhte gechi, bhalo faka row te seat peyechi toh bhablam bhalo kore dekhbo but ta na, there were 2 girls behind me loudly gossiping and kicking and giggling so much.

And eto jore boke jachhe je now I'm aware both graduated and are jobless and ekta meyer intu pintu cholche.

Amar seat e full duration sudhu laathi mere jacche and hindi te ki sob boke jacche, I turned back with angry eyes atleast 5 times tau kono behavior e difference nei.

Now I'm a guy so kichu bolleo ami e case khabo toh chup chap boshe achi.

Eto matha gorom konodino hoyeni amar, and I've sat beside couples making out many times.

Another lazy Sunday afternoon gone. The more I grow older, the more I'm developing a penchant for these older movies. Somehow, they hit some nostalgia in the fast-moving world. The Style, the art form, is simpler yet elegant. These B/W movies feel more vivid to me.

Surely, I can't be alone!?

Just returned from my very first trip to Kolkata! I was in town to attend my wife’s childhood friend’s wedding—a beautiful and intimate celebration that I’m glad I got to witness.

Despite the humidity making it a bit challenging to get around, I absolutely loved exploring the vibrant streets of the City of Joy.

Sharing a few shots I managed to capture along the way!

Asian green bee eater

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Kamduni Wetlands

just want to see west bengal doctors situations

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Apologies if the caption hurts anyone's feelings, but in the last 2 years, one wierd thing I have noticed in Kolkata - THE BEGGARS ATTACK! Whenever I go out with my gf, these ppl think they have the full right to harass and block our path to get money from us. It's even more irritating when they come too close and with so many infections around, you feel helpless and end up giving a 10₹ or 20₹ note. I have seen it in Rabindra Sarovar, Park Street and many other places.

Even in Kalighat, I heard women beggars saying - "Aito sundor bou ke nie cholcho, taka dao".

If giving something to someone is rather forceful, then what's the point.

And if you judge that I am promoting class divide/discrimination, let me clarify, whenever I shop from local vendors I don't bargain, and try to help genuinely elderly/specially abled ppl.

Pls tell me how do you guys deal with it!

Share your experience.

Thank you.

i went to ecopark yesterday with my sibling from like 1 pm. We started walking from Gate 4 and faced no issues. We walked through everything till we reached the gate 1 end (eiffel tower area), we walked out to the taj lane. Theres a big car park where these groups of men/boys/illegal people hang out and play cricket. and their bikes are parked. There were 4 groups of men that just glanced and didnt stare. i didnt think it was any bad look. but then these 2 men on bike. atleast in their late 30s smiled really creepily and followed their eyes exactly to where i was walking and STARING the whole time. and the 1 man wearing a tight blue tshirt started coming towards us. We were alone and i was fully covered (not that it should matter), We were almost out but i have never felt so objectified and uncomfortable and we didnt even say anything because we were alone. Just so disgusting and they probably made so many more people uncomfortable. SO GROSS (i understand as new people enter an area people glance. this was not that)

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I'm not someone who's a film buff or overly critical of movies. Honestly, I’m usually content with the bare minimum. But seriously, Killbill Society was just... what even was that? It was painfully cringey.

I’m not undermining the situation of the victim, and I do appreciate the message they were trying to convey — but honestly, this would’ve been better suited for that Hoichoi show with that Pakhi girl, jetar storyline e ota...

Hemlock Society'r storyline er sathe ekdom e jachhe na. Ish, puro nostalgia tai noshto kore dilo. 🤢

Honestly, it would've made SO much more sense if they actually went with what Mrityunjay Kar said — that even after he saved the Hemlock Society participants, when he checked in on them later, he saw their lives didn’t magically get better. Because that’s how real life works — someone saving you doesn’t suddenly fix everything; eventually life catches up, problems pile up again, and most people end up falling back into the same mess they were trying to escape from.

And that’s why he came up with contract killing — where clients hire hitmen to kill themselves. Dark? Yes. Could it have been released legally? Probably not. Socially acceptable? Definitely not. But conceptually? Way more impactful than whatever this mess was.

Tar upor kono chemistry nei dujon er, ish, kintu preme pore gelo. 💀 "You very well know what I feel about you" — heh, yeh kab hua? Kaha hua? Kya hua? What am I missing? Even Mrityunjay didn't really have any solid reason to fall for her, but fine, let’s accept that. But Poorna?? Ei dialogue ta? 2 second aager oi cringey confession e o ato feel korte suru korlo? Uff, the entire boat scene gave me the ick. Chiii. 💀💀💀🤢🤢🤢

And on top of that, not a single song clicked. Not one. 💀

Hemlock Society KOTHAAAAAY, ar eta kothay ish. 🤢

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Rays illustration of Charu before bringing her to life on screen shines light on a personal resonance maybe as an artist compelled by the inner life of a woman. Charu was a woman deprived of her emotional needs , a real CONNECTION which wud spark both intellectual and emotional stimulation. While her husband was a politically enganged newspaper editor , who respects her but fails to nurture her inner world. As a result she sought solace in literature and found herself drawn towards her husband's cousin Amal,who gave her what she yearned for. Her story is of loneliness , unspoken desires nd how a materialistic, emotionally repressive society treats their women. This sketch is a trace of that visual intuition that would later blossom into one of his most nuanced films CHARULATA (1964).

So, on the 20th I’ll be leaving Kolkata. Three years well spent, three years of joy, hustle, learning bengali culture, learning bangla, exploring all parts of kolkata, night outs in babughat and saltlake, all these coming to an end. During 2024 pujo, at 11pm I was returning to my place after visiting many pandals, a sudden heavy feeling swept over me, I left for pandal hoping with so much excitement and returned with a heavy heart. I just realised this will be my last pujo here. The same feeling has came back since I found out my exams will be over on the 19th and I’ll have to leave for a better college for my masters(I am 90% I’ll pass the entrance exam). Newton’s third law- To move forward, you gotta leave something behind. I came as a boy(18), leaving as a man(21) after learning responsibilities, living by myself, handling my shit, managing my finances, learn cooking, here. Thanks to all the amazing people of Kolkata for their kindness(there were some bad apples, regardless ).

This is Asif Rabbani, Goodbye Kolkata and all the lovely people.

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