Back in the Archipelago...!

....the transit in Bangalore,though short was invigorating as we saw our small abode under construction in the suburbs near completion....reminded me of my late father who opted for a small dwelling in Gurgaon in 1992 purely with the visionary thought of relocation ,education of children & grand children.Gurgaon was a small upcoming town and we cherised the small dwelling.My younger brother Neil had his fledgling career and I relocating bolstered by many a relatives following suit.The toil and tears and success we tasted there is history now and we owe this to my late father who showed us the way.So....when Bangalore with its ambient clime appealed to us always in transit to MALE',Maldives, I planned a similar coup for my children in having seen the fabulous educational instititions there....! and just 2 1/2 hrs flight to MLE.Today,Basant Panchami little Nanu's Hathey Khori was solemnised with tropical flowers an Saraswati Bandana.....! with little Doel and Ma Archana as witness.True,being expats away from home we miss the environs but the gaiety remains in our heart and Archana ensures that..Coincidentally ,a distant call to Madhupur with nanu calling my ageing Mother in gibberish ,garnering her blessings was just when she was at Puja there....yes,my sister has never failed to have a Saraswati Puja there as we had left in 1990 in the Railway Quarters....!

Return Journey.....!!!!!!

...the fabulous holidays are in its terminal stage.Laccadive sea is again beckoning us to guide us to MALDIVES yet again welcoming us as unassumingly as it did 5yrs back.The completion of a professional qualification,the trip to the Desert,trip to the land of our choice Bihar/Jharkhand & the chilly winter of the Northern Plains have offered more than we could ask for.....& above all the kids with cousins relatives had a gala time & my trips to Sadar Bzr in BD dose have made up whatever we missed there in the island...!Also,there are sombre moments in  one of our mother's passing away on the 29thDec.Late Gouri Das was our CHHOTO Ma my late Uncle's wife.I am in regular touch with my cousins in Pondicherry in their moment of grief.It was time for me to flip over old albums where we as cousins met in vacation in Madhupur literally every winter...!!May her soul rest in peace...!It is in this vacation I learnt where my true bearings lay.....my old school campus in facebook,my childhood railroad town of Madhupur.I felt extremely energised and embalmed so soothing and felt my roots strongly...!So,this Oct end when we come again for Pujas a major part will be spent in Madhupur and also wish to visit Dehri on sone my wife's native place her school her children must visit...!!!!