Month: February 2009

Today I watched Dev D. It was the 6.30 evening show at Navina. The crowd was enthusiastic as ever. The cheers and jeers perfected with comic timing makes watching movies here all the more fun. As for the movie, well I liked it and I wrote a review of Dev D on Bong Buzz.

Sharatchandra’s works have not only translated the barrier of time, but have been translated in all the major Indian languages as well. He is equally popular in all these languages. It is said that he is so popular in South India, many there mistake him to be an author from there.

Sharatchandra himself attempted to translate গৃহদাহ into English. It was never complete. He could translate the first few chapters. I read the piece long ago. It is worth appreciating that Sharatchandra used French to translate the phrase ‘অভিমান ক্ষুণ্ন কন্ঠস্বরে’. He wrote – ‘in a tone of amour propre’.

I have read all the works by Sharatchandra, my favourite author. That includes all novels, short stories, plays, letters, essays, unfinished works, most of which I had read in school years. Whatever I was yet to read, I completed reading in the first two years of college. By the third year in my college, I had already read Srikanta 4 times, Pather Dabi 3 times, all his novels and short stories at least twice – with the exception of Grihadaha which I fully read only once, a fact that can be attributed to its huge volume, but I reread it in parts many times.

I remember reading Sharatchandra all the time. My teen years were full of his novels. Every vacation I would read his works, again and again. I have been out of touch for years though. I invite all fans of the great author to join the Sharatchandra group I created on Facebook. Sharatchandra Facebook group

Some folks from IIT Roorkee (2008 batch)  are doing a wonderful job of spreading awareness to save electricity and make the earth greener! Their campaign has already got a huge response from all over the world. Now it’s your turn to pledge for green! You can do so from this link – Pledge For Green.

If each one of us be more concerned about the environment, then this earth will be a much better place to live in. A green earth is impossible without a conscious effort of the masses, which is what Green 1.0 is trying to promote. My salutes to such a great human effort.