Kolkata has always been my first crush... The city is like a dream having some varieties... and for me it is a box of memories. Being an Optimistic, I always took and filtered the best of the memories and deleting the rest...Right from my childhood I used to visit many places in India, but when I used to return to my city , a sense of joy used to kiss me... May be thats why its called the city of joy... The city has many flaws but still it reverberates with the echo of its past.. My love for this city grew, when I was in my primary sections in school... My seniors used to call me a dinosaur refering to the one in front of the Science City gate... Till today I couldn't get the reason behind calling me a dinosaur...My parents used to tell me the past of their childhood days in this city, especially my mom, who is from a well known Sengupta bari, which was almost 200 years old... May be my maternal grandparents' home became my first curosity and reason behind the crush for this city..The beauty of the architectures of the old buildings from british empire made the city different from others.. The culture of singing,dancing or painting was always a compulsory part in this city... Almost every house has a child or a senior member, who knows Rabindra Sangeet , Bharatnatyam or drama or painting... Even my parents were also talented, and I grew up by watching their talent and creativity... Beside Business, My father used to act and recite poems or thoughts of Rabindranath Tagore in front of many audiences in various places and My mom being a government employee, is a dancer,singer as well as a recitor.. Although I never saw mom dancing with my own eyes as she left dancing before her marriage.. Anyways I also got attracted to these activities and got admission in singing & painting class.... Like every other children I also liked singing and extra curricular activities and hated studies... But still I had to study to give my country one more literate person... I am really very lucky as I was born to creative parents, thats why I see everything and evry situation in a very creative way... When I grew up and passed the line of school, a new phase of my life started when I entered the college... and obviously I got wings to fly as others say that people fly when they enter college... My bond with Tilottama(thats what we call Kolkata) grew stronger as I grew up and I felt that I was in love with the city...My lifestyle changed in college and I started to know this city more...I did everything,what a kolkatan would do,.... I chatted with friends for hours in coffee house... went for a treasure hunt (in search of excellent and unique novels) in college street.... moved around Maidan, watched drama in theatre (Rabindra Sadan)...Sang Rabindra Sangeet when the first essence of rain entered this city... visited Jorasanko with best friends....and obviously entered the new and modern malls, which is now the newest attraction...Now I may not sit for hours in the coffee house.. I may have invited KFC,Dominos to my list of my favourite cuisines.. but I still Love that calcutta in this new Kolkata... and I will be loving this city throughout my life as it is my first love.....
..........Riyam......
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