Anjali: Baisakhi Issue 2010 by Sutapa Datta

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Editorial Dear Anjali Readers, Every day we receive quite a few e‐mails and letters that relate to friends and friendship. But do we have the time in our life to think about these after we read them? There is something about going the extra mile that says more than words… The word friendship is simple yet has tons of power in it. Being a friend is an asset that is like gold, and having good friends is like platinum. It is interesting that some people profess to be a friend as long as everything is going smoothly, but true friends stand beside you through the good times and the bad. A real friend will tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear. A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring. The Baisakhi issue of Anjali 2010 has many articles based on the topic of friendship. My friend Jaba Chaudhuri once suggested me the idea of covering this particular topic, which I grabbed at once. It is amazing that we have received tremendous amount of cooperation and support from our readers and contributors, which is a live example of friendship in my life! The articles reveal the fact of human perception of friendship from various angles.

My sincere thanks to all of my friends, who have helped me to publish this Baisakhi issue. I am thankful to my stars for having sincere friends around me. This year Anjali has decided to go paperless, and promote eco‐friendly approaches through creative steps. Our magazine is available in CDs and on the net, which will help achieve our goals to some extent. Our next issue will be published during the Durga Puja, in October 2010. Please feel free to send your articles at: editor@pujari.org for the forthcoming issue. I hope you all enjoy this issue of Anjali as much as I have. Sincerely,

Baisakhi 2010

SutapaDatta Editor, Anjali pujari.org

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My Soul Is Looking Down Souvik Mukherjee I look around no one is around, Look up in the sky, I see your eyes, Looking down at me, I know you’re watching over me, I can only imagine, If you were not watching over me, I don’t know, What I would do, I would cry for you, You would cry for me, But the thing you can do, Is watch over me, Make sure I am safe, I want to tell you, What is on my mind, All we will do is cry, For each other, I look up in the sky, I see you watching over me, I know your love is all around me, I would say I miss you, You would spell it in the clouds, You would spell it, So I know you’re missing me, I put on a happy smile, I would cry happy tears.

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Someone Special Suporna Chaudhuri There’s someone in your life With whom you can laugh and cry; There’s someone in your life Who will hold your hand before you die… That someone knows just what to say When the sun backs down and the sky is gray. That someone knows how to wipe your tears And ward away your hidden fears. That someone in your life has a voice so strong That you can’t help but sing along When fate hands you options that are hard to choose And all that slips off your tongue is the blues. That someone is the one who never lets you down And acts as a secret‐keeper or a clown As long as you reward them with the smallest smile Just to make everything worthwhile. So yeah, there’s someone in your life you couldn’t live without, The one whom you can trust in beyond a shadow of a doubt. That someone is a person who’ll take you through the bends – That someone is a person I like to call…a friend.

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ME Tinny Datta This year has been a time for many changes, All of them from various ranges. Not too big, and not too small, Just the enough amount of all. Change is a big word you see, For it can mean a lot to me. This is a phase when things transform, Or even whip up a different storm. But a change is a change is a change, It is a part of life, yet strange I have said so much about this, Yet it insists It insists talking about me, I will do that soon, you will see. Let’s start now, I’ll say things that’ll make you go wow Here I go, Let’s begin with grow‐ Growth, growth, growth It’s not only an oath I have grown too, Along with the amount of dew Baisakhi 2010

A simple snip in the hair, It does so much more than care Confident strides, It chooses sides Being well organized, A person who was once disorganized Has gone through this mystical phase, The phase that goes on for days. Feelings and emotions are things we cannot ignore, For they are the things that make my feelings soar. Soar high, in the sky, Having the feeling that I can fly. Fly to the left and fly to the right Feelings will blow as fast as dynamite. Now, these were some of my changes, Even though I could go on for ages. A change is a change and will always be a change It depends on you on how you arrange But always remember, The feeling and the thought, Can never be bought.

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A king had a daughter who was beautiful beyond all measure, but so proud and haughty that no suitor was good enough for her. She sent away one after the other, and ridiculed them as well. Once the king made a great feast and invited, from far and near, all the young men likely to marry. They were all marshaled in a row according to their rank and standing. First came the kings, then the grand-dukes, then the princes, the earls, the barons, and the gentry. Then the king’s daughter was led through the ranks, but to each one she had some objection to make. One was too fat, the winebarrel, she said. Another was too tall, and long and thin has little in. The third was too short, and short and thick is never quick. The fourth was too pale, as pale as death. The fifth too red, a fighting cock. The sixth was not straight enough, a green log dried behind the stove. So she had something to say against each one, but she made herself especially merry over a good king who stood quite high up in the row, and whose chin had grown a little crooked. Look, she cried and laughed, he has a chin like a thrush’s beak. And from that time he got the name of King Thrushbeard.

King Thrushbeard By: Trishna

A proud and haughty princess refuses to marry because no man is good enough for her. She mocks every suitor, especially a king whom she calls “Thrushbeard”. Her father devises a plot to make her less proud. You may notice that this story by the Brothers Grimm has much in common with The Taming of the Shrew, the comedy by William Shakespeare.

But the old king, when he saw that his daughter did nothing but mock the people, and despised all the suitors who were gathered there, was very angry, and swore that she should have for her husband the very first beggar that came to his doors.

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Anjali 2010 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A few days afterwards a fiddler came and sang Then they came to a large town, and she asked beneath the windows, trying to earn a few pennies. again, to whom does this fine large town belong. When the king heard him he said, let him come up. “It belongs to king Thrushbeard. If you had taken So the fiddler came in, in his dirty, ragged clothes, him, it would have been yours.” and sang before the king and his daughter, and when he had ended he asked for a trifling gift. The king said, your song has pleased me so well that I will give you my daughter there, to wife. The king’s daughter shuddered, but the king said, I have taken an oath to give you to the very first beggar-man and I will keep it. All she could say was in vain. The priest was brought, and she had to let herself be wedded to the fiddler on the spot. When that was done the king said, now it is not proper for you, a beggar-woman, to stay any longer in my palace, you may just go away with your husband. The beggar-man led her out by the hand, and she was obliged to walk away on foot with him. When they came to a large forest she asked, to whom does that beautiful forest belong. “It belongs to king Thrushbeard. If you had taken him, it would have been yours.” “ Ah, unhappy girl that I am, if I had but taken king Thrushbeard.” Afterwards they came to a meadow, and she asked again, to whom does this beautiful green meadow belong. “It belongs to king Thrushbeard. If you had taken him, it would have been yours.”

“Ah, unhappy girl that I am, if I had but taken king Thrushbeard.” “It does not please me”, said the fiddler, “to hear you always wishing for another husband. Am I not good enough for you?” At last they came to a very little hut, and she said, “Oh goodness. What a small house! To whom does this miserable, tiny hovel belong?” The fiddler answered, “That is my house and yours, where we shall live together.” She had to stoop in order to go in at the low door. “Where are the servants?”, said the king’s daughter. “What servants?” answered the beggar-man. “You must yourself do what you wish to have done. Just make a fire at once, and set on water to cook my supper, I am quite tired.” But the king’s daughter knew nothing about lighting fires or cooking, and the beggar-man had to lend a hand himself to get anything fairly done. When they had finished their scanty meal they went to bed. But he forced her to get up quite early in the morning in order to look after the house.

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Anjali 2010 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For a few days they lived in this way as well as “Alas, what will happen to me?”, cried she. “What might be, and came to the end of all their will my husband say to this? She ran home and told provisions. Then the man said, wife, we cannot go on him of the misfortune. any longer eating and drinking here and earning “Who would seat herself at a corner of the marketnothing. You must make baskets. He went out, cut place with crockery?” said the man. “Leave off some willows, and brought them home. Then she crying, I see very well that you cannot do any began to make baskets, but the tough willows ordinary work, so I have been to our king’s palace wounded her delicate hands. and have asked whether they cannot find a place “I see that this will not do”, said the man. “You had for a kitchen-maid, and they have promised me to better spin, perhaps you can do that better.” take you. In that way you will get your food for She sat down and tried to spin, but the hard nothing.” thread soon cut her soft fingers so that the blood The king’s daughter was now a kitchen-maid, and ran down. had to be at the cook’s beck and call, and do the “See, said the man, you are fit for no sort of work. I dirtiest work. In both her pockets she fastened a have made a bad bargain with you. Now I will try to little jar, in which she took home her share of the make a business with pots and earthenware. You leavings, and upon this they lived. must sit in the market-place and sell the ware.” It happened that the wedding of the king’s eldest “Alas”, thought she, “if any of the people from my son was to be celebrated, so the poor woman went father’s kingdom come to the market and see me up and placed herself by the door of the hall to sitting there, selling, how they will mock me.” But look on. When all the candles were lit, and people, it was of no use, she had to yield unless she chose each more beautiful than the other, entered, and all to die of hunger. For the first time she succeeded was full of pomp and splendor, she thought of her well, for the people were glad to buy the woman’s lot with a sad heart, and cursed the pride and wares because she was good-looking, and they paid haughtiness which had humbled her and brought her her what she asked. Many even gave her the money to so great poverty. and left the pots with her as well. So they lived on The smell of the delicious dishes which were being what she had earned as long as it lasted, then the taken in and out reached her, and now and then the husband bought a lot of new crockery. With this she servants threw her a few morsels of them. These sat down at the corner of the market-place, and she put in her jars to take home. set it out round about her ready for sale. But suddenly there came a drunken hussar galloping along, and he rode right amongst the pots so that they were all broken into a thousand bits. She began to weep, and did now know what to do for fear.

All at once the king’s son entered, clothed in velvet and silk, with gold chains about his neck. And when he saw the beautiful woman standing by the door he seized her by the hand, and would have danced

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with her. But she refused and shrank with fear, for she saw that it was King Thrushbeard, her suitor whom she had driven away with scorn. Her struggles were of no avail, he drew her into the hall. But the string by which her pockets were hung broke, the pots fell down, the soup ran out, and the scraps were scattered all about. And when the people saw it, there arose general laughter and derision, and she was so ashamed that she would rather have been a thousand fathoms below the ground. She sprang to the door and would have run away, but on the stairs a man caught her and brought her back. And when she looked at him it was king Thrushbeard again. He said to her kindly,

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do not be afraid, I and the fiddler who has been living with you in that wretched hovel are one. For love of you I disguised myself so. And I also was the hussar who rode through your crockery. This was all done to humble your proud spirit, and to punish you for the insolence with which you mocked me.â&#x20AC;? Then she wept bitterly and said, I have done great wrong, and am not worthy to be your wife. But he said, be comforted, the evil days are past. Now we will celebrate our wedding. Then the maids-inwaiting came and put on her the most splendid clothing, and her father and his whole court came and wished her happiness in her marriage with king Thrushbeard, and the joy now began in earnest. I wish you and I had been there too.

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New and Old Friends Nairita Nandy

Don’t let new friends replace the old What the old have taught you The new will just unfold The old has seen your virtues and vice But not the new You’ll have to play nice Eventually, new friends may falter But not the old The friendship won’t alter However, to you it may surprise That some new friends In the test of time, they rise And becoming in value Same as old Just to show you To not let new friends replace the old What the old have taught you The new will just unfold

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Adieu Friend Kasturi Bose Delve deep and you shall find

How some people lose their sanity?

A soul pure unblemished mind

To give way to their pride and vanity

A friend in need is a friend indeed

Insensitive dealings on their part

They said so and we all agreed

Initiate precious lives to depart

Busy with life and its daily grind

Dreams to fulfill, challenges to conquer

Out of sight but never out of mind

Set off to give shape to their goals afar

Flawless in all he possibly not be

Leaving behind a doting family so fond

Yet is there for you in adversity

Home elsewhere made with work to bond

The world opens up a new appeal

Little did they know their end was so near

Renders an all new and vibrant feel

Unnurtured ambition thrown out of gear

A tune forgotten and words astray

Bizarre violence is the order of the day

Melody lost to years and its sway

Innocent lives perish as they make hay

Yet the song yearns to be hummed

Untimely, too hastily comes a premature end

Buried under the debris was my dearest

A friend chips in when all are numbed

‘Friend’!

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India is one of the oldest and living civilizations in the world

The Indian film industry, Bollywood, produces the most films in the world, ranging from about 2‐4 movies in a day

The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, who also created the concept of the Pythagorean theorem

The world’s largest employer is Indian Railways, with over millions of employees Yoga and martial arts both originated from India

India was the world’s richest country up until the 17th century

India never invaded any country in her last 100,000 years of history

The world’s first university Nalanda, was established in 700 BC in India, where students came from all over the world and studied over 60 subjects

The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh India exports software and other computer related technology to over 90 countries

Ayurveda, a medical school in India, is the school known to mankind

Varanasi, the “ancient city”, is the oldest and continuously inhabited city in the world

Until 1896, India was the world’s only source of diamonds

The oldest European church, built in the early 1500s, still exists in India

The art of navigation and navigating originated from the Sindh river in India

Sanskrit, invented in India, is the mother of all European languages

The Baily Bridge, built by the Indian soldiers in 1982, is the highest bridge in the world

India is the largest English speaking country in the world

The first medical surgery was conducted in India by Sushruta The World's first granite temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu, India

Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart

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