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A good morning

By ANIRBAN CHATTERJIE

After staying awake whole night last night, I had a fresh start this morning!!

Enjoyed seeing the morning scenario after a really long time.

The streets thinly concealed by dew of night…the air so fresh and pure and the feeling after taking in a lung full – simply non-describable.

No sunlight hence No frowning on people’s face.

The busy newspaper vendors classifying the freshly delivered dailies. And the Fish mongers quarrelling for a better bargain or forecasting their sales for the day. Ah! What a sight…

The best of all: Seeing a small child, though all dressed for school and still wishing he was in bed!! That sleepy little cute face of the child is bound to make the teacher fall in love.

A minivan zoomed by me and there were so many faces inside: some sleepy. Some cheerful…though it was the excited bunch to wave me a good bye. What could I do in reply? Than fall in love…

I remember a teacher of mine back in school, used to teach me Bengali in Class 6. I see her this morning waiting to board the train on her way to teach.

Assembly, Prayer, Principal’s speech, in line to class, classes, friends and innocence: Why don’t the best things in life last forever?

I pick up something I used to throughout childhood: THE TELEGRAPH (I am Times reader now).

Parthoda responds with: “a very good morning”, a response I don’t get daily when I am late for work!

Surprisingly, the surprise on everyone’s face this morning didn't surprise me at all.

A very good morning guys…

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There are some incidents or moments in life which happens and the outcome or decision of which makes you stop and think. It may be over a decision you made or could be a behavior or over an action of yours leaving you pondering over whether whatever you have done is right?

Have I done the right thing?

"I just acted tough with a Bank guy. I had given him a cheque for opening a FD and he failed the date commitment, due to which I stopped payment of the cheque".

He pleaded not to stop payment saying his job would be at stake, admitted to his mistakes and asked for a second chance?

But in my temper as usual, I did something I shouldn’t have done: I stopped payment inspite of his repeated pleas not to do so.

We humans always look for our own interest before others. In this case when my interest was not met, I did to my capacity something I later wished I hadn't done cause after some time I started to feel bad over the whole issue. I didn't need to be so harsh, I thought. What if his job really goes because of my high handedness in dealing with his failed commitments?

On the flipside, my left mind argued that in the consumerism driven corporate world why the fuck should I give a damn over his callousness?

But a strange feeling inside me pinched; a feeling of guilt was it? A feeling that something wasn’t right? Or I wasn’t right in this case.

I stopped and thought.

The only person I am liable to answer is myself and I was ill at ease with the way I treated him. My left mind fought back: ‘He is no one to me; just a bank executive and I shouldn’t care a fuck about him’ . . . but something just wasn’t right.

Didn’t wish to carry this guilty feeling further so after a bout of SHOULD I? or SHOULDN’T I?, simply dialed him and asked him to collect a fresh cheque this evening itslef. He was more than happy and came to my office, apologized once again.

This time I apologized too.

Feeling better now...

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Cocktail Movie Poster: Loved the look

By ANIRBAN CHATTERJIE

Loved the look of this movie poster so I thought I will share. The designer has wonderfully played with the colours of the sky and the light from the sun. Should be a good movie.. at least the tagline suggests that! And Deepika this off shoulder dress of yours is really enticing!!

Looking forward to the movie..