21 January 2024

A day of hitting the hysteresis curve with DJPJ

It was a cold day but with bright sunshine. And I woke up at 9:30 AM – a clear 5 hours after what I am used to. That is because I did something I have not done in a long time – stayed up till 1AM with our neighbors over some lovely food and wine the previous night.

Since my morning routine was shot, decided to completely throw caution to the winds and do nothing that I am supposed to do on a Sunday per my crop circles.

Picked up Dipanjan and Parijat from their house and drove to Big Door Vineyards. After some great time there, we went to Black Rifle Coffee (one of my motorcycle route coffee shops) to wean off from the wine!!

Came home, skipped our daily evening bar routine and instead went off to sleep!!

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20 January 2024

“O Nodi Re”

This was written by and also sung by Hemanta Mukherjee. I think he also composed the tunes.

O Nodire
Ekti kotha shudhai shudhu tomaare
Bolo kothay tomar desh
Tomar neiki cholaar shesh

Tomar kono badhon naai
Tumi ghor chara ki taai
Ei achho bhataay abar
Ei to dekhi jowaar e

Ekul bhenge okul tumi goro
Jaar ekul okul du kul gelo
Taar laagi ki koro

Amay bhabcho michei por
Tomar naai ki oboshor
Shukh dukkher kotha kichu
Koile na hoy amaare

Roughly translated:
(improvements welcome)

Oh! you incessantly flowing river
I have but this one query for you
From where are you coming
And is there no end to your flowing?

You seem to be blissfully unfettered
Bereft of your own abode
One moment I see you receding in an ebb
And in the next you are rushing in a tide

You break a bank on one side
Only to create another on the other
And what do you do for those
Who have lost on all their sides?

Do not think of me as a stranger
For whom you have no time nor tide
Why don’t you pause next to me
And narrate the story of your life?

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16 January 2024

What the doctor called for in this brrrr… cold weather

Atlanta is going to have a few days of real cold (by Atlanta standards) weather. The minimum will be 13 deg F (-10.5 deg C) for a few days. Like Captain Haddock of TinTin (remember his Loch Lomond brand?), I pulled out something to keep me warm – a special gift from Abhijit and Sonali Sanyal – a Bunnahabain Islay Single Malt. This is a special edition made for the The Coterie club (of which they are members).

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