I loved train rides as a child. The views, the open skies, the wind in my hair and the differences in terrain, people, customs, dialects and food would amaze me. To an eight year old, who's world was confined to roughly a ten square kilometre area in the city, train rides were portals to another world.
At nights i would sit up near the window and observe the black night and it's inhabitants.Electric wires running parallel to our train would run a marathon with us, going up and down, forming a crest at a transformer or a pole, and then descending into a gentle trough, then up again.... You could see blackened silhouettes of trees, poles and buildings passing by and the train lights reflecting on the ground whooshing past us. The moon was a co-passenger, tied to one of the bogeys with a really, really long piece of thread. The only thing constant were the stars and the soothing rhythm of the train chugging on slick rails. Rattle, rattle, rattle, rattle.
These sights, repetitive they might be, were an experience for young minds who look at the world with different eyes. Adult eyes don't see such things. Adult eyes only see things as they are.
Some years later, I became an adult and in the process of gaining the knowledge and capacities of a full grown mind, I lost my imagination and I had no way of finding it, till my daughter was born.
In her vivid imagination, there's little difference between the real and the imaginary. Bananas are telephones. Her toys have lives, preferences and names just like real people because her toys are real. Her cup of milk has chocolate islands. And Humpty Dumpty is someone to be scared of.
Everyday is a new discovery along with Anika. Everyday I look at things anew. It's like I'm living my life with Anika-colored-glasses so that everything looks new, possible, sparkly and good.
On your birthday, my darling little girl, I hope and pray that you never lose this capacity to imagine and believe. That you never fall prey to the obstinacy of a limited mind. That you always look and find wonder and ceaseless possibilities in the most mundane of things.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL! 😍😘💞🤗
So very well said.
The last line just captured me.
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Thanks Moushmi. How have you been?
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I have been great. Just a little occupied.
How about you?
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Great and the rest the same as you 😁😁
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I understand how it gets sometimes.
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Bah…durdanto…liked it…the poem gives a sense of anger in subdued yet prominent manner
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Thanks Sangbad but what does durdanto mean?
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oops…it Bengali term for near to English word excellent…
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Consign me to the past . Brand me an outcast – this was so mesmerizing . I loved the way you framed it so perfectly . Keep writing . Cheers !
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Thanks a lot for the words and the follow 😊 😊
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Anytime!
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That was beautifully expressed!
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Thank you so much Dahlia ☺️ ☺️ ☺️
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Love this!
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Thanks a lot 😊 😊 😊
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Best of my errors …loved this! 🙂
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Thanks a lot 😊 😊
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You are welcome 🙂
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Nicely done!
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Thanks Yuhu,, 😊😊
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So beautifully expressed… especially the last line
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Thanks gurl 😊 😊 😊
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Too good!👌Yo Pradita🤘
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Thanks a lot Sanjay. How have you been?
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Fine thank you pradita!busy in reading philosophy books!
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Oh! Wow…. You’re quite a reader then. I would never dare to touch them 😧
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Ack, that poem hurt! So so sad. ❤
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Thanks a lot 😊 😊 💞
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Best of my errors., loved that combination…
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Thanks a lot Akhila 😊😊😊
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Best of my errors…last line..nailed it…
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Thanks a lot. You always praise my work to the moon 🙂
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I m really very inspired by ur work n I realy love the name of ur blog…dats y in free tyms I read only selected works n urs z one among dm
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Awww! Thanks so much. Yet again, you praise me to the moon, and it feels good there 😉 😀
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Yeah welcome
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Just posted smthng…hope to hear good frm u
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Why this sudden outburst of self pity?
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Sir, please don’t be alarmed. This is only from my head onto paper,.a figment of my imagination, of how one who’s been abandoned must feel like someone who she still loves. Hope you liked it though and thank you for the concern 😊
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Yes. I felt alarmed. That is proof of your real success as a vivid and impressive writer.
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Aaaah! That made my day. Thank you so so much Sir 😊 😊 😊 😊 😊
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What I told you was true.
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I know that, Sir. Hence the thanks. Thank you yet again 😊 😊 😊 😊
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Imaginations !??
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yes, yes. Please don’t think this is my own experience. You’re the second one to ask me that 😀
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I knew that’s why I was asking 😀😀
I would like to say
Horror imagination
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Lol… Achha btw, I’ve added your blog to my blogroll. Just go to this link https://thepraditachronicles.com/home/ and scroll all the way down and then look right to the title – Blogs I like.
Cheers 🙂
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Hehehe
So sweet of u di
Thank you so much !
Nowdays I am super confused !!
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Don’t worry. I time of clarity will come for you too. It’s called marriage and bachhe
😛
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😂😂😂Mera mtlb vo Ni tha un chijon SE kbi confuse Ni HOTA Mai
Meri confusion ye h
Exams SE Jada Mai websites , webhosting WordPress plugin ye sb search kr RHA hu
AB do hi raste Hai mere paas
Abhi mjhe exam k turant Baad plan purchase KRNa h Aur blog move krna h ya fir vha nya blog technical tutorials SE related bnana Hai
Please give me suggestions what should I do
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Yar iska mere paas jawab nahi. Technology se related mujh se kuch mat poocho. Go official with whichever site you think will do better. Dusri ko sirf timepass ke liye rkho
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Technology isliye kuki vo Mera field h Aur dusra m kafi jyada online time waste krta hu aisi chijon m isse achha m vo sari knowledge Sath ki Sath blog m likhu Taki baki logon ko easily ek jgh mil jaye conclusion pdhne ko
Sath m Meri knowledge bhi wide hogi
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To phir banao tech base blog. But wait till exams are over
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Haan 😂😂
M soch RHA Tha agr m mix-up Kru to khichdi bn jayegi h na??
Alag KRNa Sahi rhega ya phirr ye b combined isi m tech tadka
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No no dont mix it up. Separate blogs will be better
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To ise free wale haal p chhod dun 😁😁😁
Hindi contribution !
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Yes. I told you, concentrate and invest in whichever blog does better.
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Stats ke point of view SE to usi type k blogs p life long views ate Hai
Baki internal satisfaction to Hindi writing SE hi milti Hai 😁😁
PTA Ni AB m kya krunga
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Bhai mere, dono blogs rakho lekin paisa aur time usi pe lagao jisse munafa zyada ho. Man ki tripti ke liye tum kabhi bhi likh sakte ho
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Haan vhi baat to mere dimag m priority p rhti h ki self satisfaction k liye Umar pdi Hai ABI kuch future planning kr lun 😁😁
Baat RHI munafa ki to m phle risk Lene k liye tayyar Hun kuki khud p yakeen hona chahiye ek do month Ni ek sal Baad itna to mil jaye jisse m ek Saal ki hosting afford kr sku
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Precisely. So you have it down pat. Good. Now study 😝
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Abhi exam dekr Aya hu to isliye Abhi tym pass kr RHA hu 😀😀aise hi idhar udhar
Actually m exams m b Ni pdh pata continuously 2-3 hours
Aur agr gap mil jaye to smjho full holiday celebration hota Hai mera😁
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Farewell lover? I love that..and the last line is my favourite.
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Thanks Doll and good morning 🙂 😉
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That was dark, gritty but powerful. Spendid!
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Thanks a lot Vishal 😊
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Yaar, yeh kya surprise hai? Who is that error? Anyways… Excellent article… I mean that’s my error… “Poem”. 😂
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Chiradeep this is a piece of fiction, not based on reality at all. Please don’t be alarmed 🙂
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I know. If it would have been a reality you would have told me on my WhatsApp 😉
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No i wouldn’t 😝😝😝
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I know how to extract… Like your tooth…😉
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No you wouldn’t coz I wouldn’t have made a mistake like that in the first place
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Hahahahaha. I am kidding yaar. Don’t get so serious… Let me brush my teeth and come back… It’s late now… Then I need to discuss about Mega tomorrow… I am now in trouble.
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Okie dokie 😀
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