MY DAYS OF LIFE

I, SOUMYADEEP BANERJEE, GOING DOWN MY MEMORY LANES HAVE RECOLLECTED SOME THOUGHTS OF MY CHILDHOOD DAYS. THOUGHT TO SHARE THOSE FEW FACTS WITH YOU. SO AM WRITING THESE. IF EVER YOU GET SOMETIME FREE I WILL BE HIGHLY OBLIGED IF YOU GO THROUGH THE PAGES OF THIS BOOKS. HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY MY THOUGHTS. IT STARTS FROM 29/11/1993(MONDAY)…………….

MY FIRST DAY, 29/11/1993 I WAS BORN IN KOTHARI MEDICAL CENTRE AT EKBALPUR,SOMEWHERE IN CALCUTTA AT ABOUT 11:59p.m.. MY FIRST EXPRESSION WAS MY LOUD CRY. ALL THE DOCTORS CAME TO MEET ME AND ALSO THE ATTENDENTS THERE VISITED ME. EVERY COULD SEE MY CRYING FACE. THE BAWL ON MY FACE WAS DUE TO ALL THOSE UNKNOWN FACES. A LADY HUGGING ME A LOT WITH A BIG SMILING FACE. I WAS UNABLE TO REALISE ANYTHING AND WENT ON WEEPING. LATER I REALISED THAT LADY AS MY MOTHER. MY FATHER, GRANDFATHER, GRANDMOTHER, AUNT, UNCLE, AND SO MANY PEOPLE CAME TO MEET ME IN THE HOSPITAL. BUT NOBODY COULD STOP MY SOBBING. THEN CAME MY MATERNAL GRANDFATHER WHO WAS THE FIRST ONE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING ME SMILE. FROM THEN I REMAINED IN THE LAPS OF MY ‘DADU’.

ONE MORNING I WAKE UP TO FIND ME IN A NEW HOUSE. I WAS TOO MUCH ASTONISHED AND STARED AT EVERYBODY. ALL WERE TRYING TO CONFESS ME THE FACT AS FAR I UNDERSTOOD, WAS THAT IT WAS MY HOUSE. THEN I STARED AT MANY BEAUTIFUL COLOURED ITEMS PRESENT ON THE FLOOR. I THOUGHT,” LEAVE THE HOUSE, LET’S CONCENTRATE IN THESE THINGS. THEY SEEM INTERESTING…..” HOPE YOU HAVE REALISED WHAT WERE THESE THINGS. HEE! HEE! MY TOYS. THEN GRADUALLY MY DAYS WENT BY HAPPILY WITH MY ‘DADU’ AND THE OTHER PERSONS PRESENT NEARBY. EVERYDAY I USED TO SEE NEW FACES. THEY USED TO KISS ME AND HUG ME WHICH I DID NOT AT ALL PREFER. I USED TO GROWL AT THAT SOMETIMES. BUT THEN AGAIN I CONCENTRATED ON MY TOYS. AT THAT TIME AS FAR I REMEMBER I WAS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD.

AT AN AGE OF FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS I REALISED SOMETHING WHITE TOUGH THING IN MY MOUTH. HEEEEEEEE! HEEEEEEEEE! THAT WAS MY FIRST MILK TEETH. MY PARENTS WERE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE A SIGHT OF THAT. SOME HAIRS HAVE ALSO GROWN ON MY HEAD IN BETWEEN THAT TIME. I FIRST CALLED MY “MA” AT FIVE YEARS WHEN MY MOTHER WAS SO PLEASED THAT SHE COULDN’T CONTROL HER EMOTIONS AND BREAK CRYING. I WAS SMILING VERY MUCH THEN. NOW I REALISE THE ACTUAL FEELINGS. AT THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS WHEN I STARTED REALISING VERY FEW THINGS, I WAS PERHAPS INVITED TO A CEREMONY WHERE MY ‘DADU’ FED ME. THE FOOD REALLY TASTED NICE. MANY PEOPLE CAME THERE. LATER WHEN I COULD READ LETTERS PROPERLY I REALISED IT AS MY ANNAPRASAN CEREMONY AND ALSO READ MY ANNAPRASAN CARD.

GRADUALLY DAYS WENT BY, I SAW MANY SUNRISE AND MANY SUNSETS. I ENJOYED THOSE DAYS TO THE FULL BRIM WITH MY PARENTS AND OTHERS. WITHIN ALL THIS FUN MY ‘DADU’ WAS PRESENT EVERY TIME. THOSE WERE THE GOLDEN DAYS OF MY LIFE. SLOWLY I LEARNT HOW TO SPEAK AND HOW TO READ. I ALSO LEARNT TO PAINT. NOW WHEN I SEE THOSE PAINTINGS A SHORT SMILE COMES ON MY FACE STILL. BUT THEN THOSE WERE MY PAST TIME ACTIVITIES. ONE DAY I WAS TAKEN TO A PLACE WHICH I LEARNT FROM MY MOTHER THAT IT WAS THE SCHOOL. IT WAS NAMED “TINY TOT SCHOOL”, A SMALL BUILDING. I SAW MANY OTHER BOYS AND GIRLS THERE OF MY AGE. BUT I WAS A LITTLE AFRAID. I AND MY PARENTS WERE ASKED BY A PERSON AT THE GATE TO SIT ON A BENCH IN THE CORRIDOR. WE WENT AND WAITED FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES. AFTER THAT I WAS CALLED INSIDE BY ANOTHER ATTENDANT. WE WENT INSIDE AND MET WITH A WHITE-HAIRED LADY. SHE SMILED AT ME AND ASKED US TO SIT IN THE OPPOSITE CHAIR. I WAS ASKED MANY QUESTIONS BY HER LIKE “MY NAME, PARENT’S NAME etc. “TO ALL I ANSWERED SOME AND TO REST I SMILED. PERHAPS SHE WASN IMPRESSED BY MY SMIRK AND GAVE ME SOME CHOCOLATES. LATER I LEARNED THAT I WAS DIVULGED IN THAT SCHOOL.

BUT ON THE FIRST DAY TO THE NEW PLACE I WAS NOT AT ALL HAPPY. I WAS CRYING BITTERLY WHEN MY PARENTS WERE BIDDING GOODBYE TO ME WITH A SMILING FACE. I WAS ENRAGED AT THEM; THEY WERE SMILING AT ME WHEN I WAS CRYING. BUT THE LADIES PRESNT THERE TRIED TO APPEASE ME. HOWEVER I SUDDENLY SLAPED ONE OF THEM.STILL I FEEL BAD WHEN I MEET HER. SHE SAYS,” SOUMYADEEP, MY CHEEKS STILL PAIN.” TO WHICH I JUST GIVE A SHAMELESS SMILE. AS I REGULARLY WENT TO THAT STRANGE PLACE, WHERE IN A ROOM MANY OF US WOULD USE TO SIT TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS COLOURFUL PICTURES ALL AROUND BECAME AQUAINTED WITH ME. AFTER TWO THREE MONTHS I USED TO LOVE GOING TO SCHOOL. THERE ARE MANY LOVING TEACHERS AND MANY FRIENDS WITH WHOM I GOSSIPED WHOLE DAY. I STAYED THERE FOR TWO YEARS IN THE MONTESSORI SESSION.

THEN I CAME TO “MY SECOND HOME”, SOTH POINT SCHOOL, A WHITE-BLUE COLOURED BIG BUILDING. THIS TIME I WAS NOT AT ALL AFRAID. I THOUGHT MYSELF GROWN UP AND GATHERED COURAGE TO ENTER. THE TEACHERS CAME TO GREET ME. I MADE MANY FRIENDS THERE IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS. THE WHOLE DAY I ENJOYED WITH THEM. THOSE JOVIAL DAYS CAN NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. DURING MY PENSIVE DAYS NOW, I RECOLLECT THOSE MEMORIES AND STILL A GRIN COMES ON MY FACE. TIME WENT BY AND I WAS SUCCESSFULLY PROMOTED FROM LOWER CLASS TO SENIOR CLASS. I LEARNED THE NAME OF ALL THE TEACHERS WHICH I THINK AS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. Mrs. MADHU KOHLI WAS OUR PRINCIPAL WHO THOUGH BEING A VERY SRTICT TEACHER HAD A GREAT HEART. WE ALL RESPECTED HER A LOT. THERE WAS A MATHS MAM WHOM I STILL REMEMBER, NAME PERHAPS S..H…I…NON..TI MAM. SHE LOVED ME A LOT AND ALWAYS ENCOURAGED ME A LOT. DON’T KNOW WHERE SHE IS NOW. I MISS HER A LOT. I MISS SUPRIYO SIR, MY ENGLISH SIR ALSO.

THEN I WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR BUILDING i.e. IN THE HIGHER SECONDARY SECTION. Mrs. JOYOTI SOLOMON, THE PRINCIPAL OF THAT BUILDING GREETED US. THE TEACHERS WERE ALSO GOOD AND TOO POLITE LIKE THE TEACHERS IN THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL. WITHIN TWO YEARS I REALISED THE NAMES OF ALL THE TEACHERS THERE BUT DID NOT ACHIEVE A LOT.

ONCE IN THE LIBRARY IN THE SCHOOL CAMPUS, I FOUND A BOOK ON COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY. THEN I WAS PERHAPS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE CLASS SEVEN SESSION. IT WAS NAMED “COMPUTER AND THE WORLD”. IT WAS A THICK BOOK. I WAS NOT ALLOWED FROM THE LIBRARY TO ISSUE IT. SO EVERY DAY I WENT TO THE LIBRARY AND READ IT. ONCE THE LIBRARIAN ASKED ME IF I REALLY HAD INTEREST IN THE BOOK OR NOT. THE BOOK WAS THE SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO ME TO BE A SOFTWARE ENGINEER. IT ALSO CONTAINED VARIOUS FACTS AND FACTUALS ABOUT BILL GATES. ONE QUOTATION OF Mr. GATES, THE OWNER OF “MICROSOFT” WHICH READ AS:

STUDIED BUT NEVER TOPPED. NOW ALL THE TOPPERS OF ALL UNIVERSITIES ARE MY EMPLOYEES.

THIS PARTICULAR QUOTATION STILL SOUNDS IN MY EARS AND I GET INSPIRATION. SEEING THE FINANCIAL CRICIS INT THE PRESENT ECONOMY OF THE WORLD, MY PARENTS FORBID ME TO CONTINUE MY STUDIES WITH COMPUTER. BUT I ONLY CONSULTED WITH MY ‘DADU’. HE SAID THAT THE SUBJECT IN WHICH YOU GET INSPIRATION YOU MUST CONTINUE WITH THAT. I ABIDE BY HIS WORDS. I CONTINUED MY STUDIES WITH COMPUTER SCINCE AND REALLY SCORED GOOD MARKS IN THAT SUBJECT ALWAYS. MY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS ENCOURAGED ME AT EVERY ASPECT. ENCOURAGING AND ENCOURAGING ME HE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY GIVING ME A LOT OF PAIN. I COULDN’T HELP, I REALISED EVERYBODY HAS TO LEAVE THIS WORLD ONE DAY OR THE OTHER. I BELIEVE THAT HE IS STIIL WITH ME AT EVERY TURNS OF MY LIFE. WITH HIS BLESSINGS I SUCCESSFULLY PASSED MY MADHYAMIK EXAMINATION. I SCORED NEAR ABOUT A GOOD MARKS, THOUGH I EXPECTED A LITTLE MORE. BUT NOT ALWAYS EVERYTHING HAPPENS ACCORDING TO YOUR WISH. PERHAPS THERE WAS SOME DEFFICIENCY IN MY LABOUR. I FAILED TO GET CHANCE IN SOUTH POINT. I WAS REALLY HEART BROKEN AND WAS DEPRESSED A LOT. I RECOVERED FROM THAT GLOOMY CONDITION AND GOT CHANCE IN A.K.GHOSH MEMORIAL. MANY PEOPLE TOLD ME MANY ABUSING WORDS BY MY FAILURE. I TOLERATED ALL OF THEM AND DETERMINED TO PASS WITH A REALLY SUCCESSFUL RESULT FROM THIS SCHOOL.

HOPE FROM MY EARLIER WRITINGS, MY FELLOW READERS YOU HAVE LEARNT THAT I DON’T HAVE ANY ATTITUDE OF APPEASING ANYONE. SO FRANKLY SPEAKING I REALISED THAT I HAVE STUDIED IN TWO SCHOOLS EARLIER WHERE I HAVE COME ACROSS MANY TEACHERS. BUT THE TEACHERS IN THIS SCHOOL THEY ARE NOT AT ALL TEACHERS. THEY ARE ALL LIKE FRIENDS WITH WHOM WE HAVE A GAYFUL TIME. THEY TEACHES US WITH SO CARE THAT WE ENJOY THE STUDIES AND ENJOY THEIR SMALL HUMORS TOO. WE REALLY HAVE GREAT TIME WITH MY A.K.GHOSH FRIENDS AND TEACHERS. NOW IF SOMEBODY COME TO SAY ANY OFFENSIVE WORDS ABOUT MY SCHOOL, I STOP TALKING WITH THAT PERSON FOR EVER- I LOOOOVE MY SCHOOL SO MUCH. I SHARE ALL MY NONSENSE THINGS WITH MY TEACHERS ALWAYS. THEY NEVER GET IRRITATED WITH MY NATURE. HOPE WILL BE ABLE TO FULFIIL MY DREAM OF BECOMING A PERSON LIKE BILL GATES AFTER PASSING SUCCESSFULLY FROM THIS LOVING PLACE OF MINE!!!!!!!!

HOPE MY FRIENDS; YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE STORY OF MY LIFE TILL THIS SEVENTEEN YEARS OF THIS GLORIOUS LIFE OF MINE. ANY COMMENTS OF YOURS ATRE READILY ACCEPTED ON THE SITE, soumyadeep.93@gmail.com

THANK YOU!