Bahurupi Sixty nine years old theatre group.

Bahurupi ,one of most important group theatres  was formed on 1st May 1948. The group tomorrow will celebrate its sixty ninth anniversary. The same was formed under the leadership of two reputed theater personalities namely Maharshi Manoranjan Bhattacharya  and Sambhu Mitra.

The formation of Bahurupi was a major significant incident in the History of Bengali theater. During the initial days the group had to work with so many constraints. Firstly just few months back our country was divided and a new country was formed namely Pakistan.Our Bengal was also divided and the eastern part was included in Pakistan and the same was known as East Pakistan.

Following this partition the  socio economic condition of our Bengal part  was almost collapsed. A large number of families came to our Bengal as refugees. As a result extreme food Crisis and their shelter problems arose. Truly the socio economic conditions almost collapsed.

It may therefore be  appreciated that they had to face an extremely adverse situation and at the same time it is needless to mention that the extent of struggle they had to do.They faced all the odds only for staging good theatre .

Besides at that time the number of halls in kolkata were negligible in number and it was Extremely difficult to get a hall.Yet the journey was started seventy years ago and the same has been continuing .

During the long journey a good number of Actors and Actresses joined Bahurupi and left also. However Actors like Kumar Roy  , Gangapada Basu , Amar Ganguly , Kali Prosad Ghosh , Debotosh Ghosh  , Tripti Mitra etc. They produced Raktakarabi in 1954 directed by Sambhu Mitra  was a milestone in Indian theatre. Besides they produced Raja , Bisharjan , Dakghar , Char Adhyay , Ghare baire  , Raja owadipaus  etc.

During their long journey they staged endless number of theatres  .Credit must be given for their successful long journey .

The most tragic part of the group happened in 1978  when Sambhu Mitra was forced to  leave  the group though the details behind the story was subsequently written by a member of the group .The person  who was the founder of the group  was the victim due to  conspiracy.

However , Sambhu Mitra  after leaving the group occasionally took part in theatre from other platforms . He was awarded  the very prestigious magdayday award and also he   was awarded PadmaBibhushan by the Govt.of India and he is considered to be the no.1 theatre personality by the majority of theatre loving people after Shishir Kumar.

However despite all misdeeds the group is still alive.

Appeal for a Modern hospital in Kolkata only for the senior citizens.

Today A very important as well as good news came to my notice from a Bengali daily that a  modern hospital of corporate standard is going to be constructed for the poor and the common people at the campus of P.G.Hospital.

The proposal deserves high appreciation. It is a dream to the common people and no doubt it is a very ideal wish for them. I pray the same t obe completed smoothly  and for an early commencement.

In this connection I want to give a proposal to the Govt.of west Bengal for kind consideration. It may kindly be appreciated that in kolkata and it's surrounding township within a fifty  KM radius huge number of senior citizens live and I guess the half of the population are Senior citizens both male and female.

It is known that  aged people suffer more from different ailments. While there is no adequate arrangements  for medical treatment. Besides a large section can not afford for their treatment.

Under the circumstances it is my humble prayer to the Govt. Of west Bengal kindly to consider to establish a big hospital with modern all facilities for the senior citizens only.

If the same is executed crores of senior citizens will be benefited and will be blessed.

Twenty fifth years of death of Satyajit Ray.

Twenty five years ago  great Satyajit Ray departed.
He was so great like a Himalaya while I am so so small that I should never have any capacity to write about him. He was stalwart in three fields namely painter , film maker , and writer .The scholar persons could only throw any light about his supremacy in the particular area. I have no direct or indirect relation in the said areas . Still I am writing about him as an emotion and mark of respect.

During my lifetime a large number of famous Bengali personalities of different fields worked like painting , writing , science , poems , filmmaking ,Acting etc.

But no one possibly represented with equal strength from three fields. However , to me possibly he earned his highest reputation as film maker and awarded the most prestigious Oscar award.

Personally I am fortunate to watch his most of the films and also to see him from a very close distance  while he was directing at an outdoor shooting ( Nayak ).

I have no ability to discuss about his films .I can only say like many others that I also started to watch his work from his first film pather panchali.

We used to wait throughout the year for release of one film directed by him as on an average he used to make one film yearly.

As regards his writings I may say his magnificent creation of Feluda which has  given me immense pleasure . Apart from this I may mention his style  of writing to me is unprecedented and the same appeared to me as if he was himself telling the stories. Indeed it is a rare experience.

Today I express my heartfelt tribute to the sacred memory of one of the greatest sons of Bengal. I conclude for being fortunate to see this legendary personality of all times.

Almost 25 crore House Wives work through out the day without any Remuneration !

In our country  we don't know about the exact number of house wives. The present population of our country is about one hundred and twenty crore. If on an average a family consists of four members then total families and number of house wives works out to thirty crore . Out of thirty crore house wives if it is presumed five  crore are engaged in different works there will be twenty five crore of house wives.

These huge number of  house wives are divided in   both city-town and villages.
The house wives  of both villages and township - all work from early mornings to late night. Those who live in villages apart from family work they also work in the fields pertaining  to Agricultural works.

Those who live in city they also perform outside work like they take their children to schools  , they go to Bank       market  and sometimes if necessary visit Doctors .

From the above it would be evident that twenty five crore of people on average work from seventeen hours to eighteen hours without any remuneration.

It is unbelievable and most disappointing that such huge number of house wives work through out the day and deploy their physical and mental strength for the cause of their families. In return they don't get any remuneration.

In villages most of the housewives apart from their family work engage themselves in cultivation work as well and thus produce vegetables , fruits etc.

From the above it can be said that this huge manpower creates wealth and also render valuable services. But unfortunately in no case their contributions are recognised.

If it is presumed on an average their Monthly salary should be Rs.10,000 ,  then the total income would be 25,00,00,000 * Rs.10,000 * 12 months .

If I am not wrong the same should be the income of huge number of people and the same would have been circulated in the market and thus our national economy possibly would have been benefitted like anything.

It is my question and I want to know whether their contributions should be taken into consideration while calculating our GDP.Incidentally I am not a student of Economics. It has just come to my mind and I want to know to this effect .

Imposing of the title "Superstar" to an ordinary actor .

Recently In a Bengali Reality Show while performing  a programme an artist commented on one  senior Actor of present Bengali  film as a superstar and compared him with Amitabh Bacchan. Also a good number of people hold the similar view.

The Actor is yet to be a Senior Sitizen . In our Bengali film there is a custom for self marking as Super star. If my memory does not betray one hero declared himself as Super star.The entire matter is very funny and the same happens only in our Bengali film Industry .  The incident indeed is interesting. To me during our life time only one Actor of Bengali film enjoyed the image of super star during thirty years of his career. He enjoyed unprecedented popul arity and unbelievable devotion to his work.
The name of the Artist is "Uttamkumar".In all aspects he was genuinely a Superstar. His appearance , personality , acting , mannerism etc. automatically turned him to a Superstar.Besides Him to me no actor earned so popularity .

Prior to Uttam Kumar possibly Durgadas Banerjee and Pramatesh Barua were Super stars during their time which is long back.

Presently   the actor whom we want to mark as Superstar does not deserve at all due to the following reasons. Firstly His appearance . Secondly the acting is stereo type and has no variation. Thirdly Pronunciation is not at all good etc. These are all deficiencies for being a Superstar.  He worked in most of the films which were of very poor standard  . The comparison with Amitabh Bachhan is either tragedy or comedy !

THIS IS HOWEVER,  MY PERSONAL OPINION .

Senior Citizens of the country and their acute problems.

A person who attains the age of sixty years is treated as a senior citizen.From a recent  account it was noticed that the number of central govt.employees are fifty five lakhs while the central. Govt. Pensioners are  fifty eight lakhs.From the above it would be evident that there is a huge number of senior citizens present in our country.

Let us See the position of Senior citizens. Most of them suffer from various diseases and very frequently they need to go to doctors and to get various pathological tests. Apart from physical sufferings they are to incur huge amount of expenditure on account of medical ground .Secondly at present most of the families being very small the senior citizens do not get any physical support in case of illness . As a result ,a large section is required to do everything. In most of the cases they are to discharge all duties of Bank.

Those who are pension holders are liable to meet all the formalities as and when required. Apart from these most of them are required  to deposit electric bills and Municipality tax bills etc.

Another most of the critical area is payment of income tax.Lot of works are being done for the payment of income tax . Apart from these , endless jobs are being done.

From the above it will be appreciated that the major section of the senior citizens of the country have to discharge a lot of responsibilities within family and outside the family despite physical and mental weakness. Besides those who are pension holders contribute to their families financially and a large number of retired persons though are not pension holders but earn
substantially on account of interest on Fixed deposit etc and they also contribute to their families and in no way a large  section of the senior citizens are the liabilities of their families.

Cricket and money.

Cricket is possibly game of  rich people. In the beginning of cricket most of the players came from Royal families.It is impossible for a poor family to bear such huge expenses . Let us discuss the present position of the cricket.

Our cricket is now a professional game. BCCI or Bharatiya  Cricket Control Board is the top most body of the cricket administration and the same is said to be the richest Board  of the world.

Presently both domestic and national  cricketers earn huge . At the same time it should be mentioned that presently the cricketers of both categories mean those who play domestic cricket and in National team face tremendous competition . They are required to  play constantly in good form. It is noticed from the media that those who play in our national team earn huge .If any player can play at least five years he can earn few  crores. Besides , those who can continue long carrier they can earn an unbelievable amount.

Besides the Bcci  has introduced a historic decision. They have introduced monthly pension for all former cricketers both those who played in national team and domestic games.

It should be clearly mentioned that it is a great pleasure that cricketers earn a lot and  Bcci  is having such handsome fund . In this connection it may also be mentioned that other sports bodies and Athalelatics are financially very  poor.

It is my humble prayer to the appropriate  authorities kindly to consider whether our Board can give some financial assistance to some sports bodies those who require financial aid urgently.

Liberty of choosing of own subjects.

The topic seems to be an unusual one but the hard reality justifies the topic. I personally experienced that in most of the cases the students don't enjoy in choosing their own favourite subjects. Instead their parents take the decision on behalf of their children and the children are compelled to accept the same. Thus they carry out the choices or ambitions of their parents and the same results  in  unwilling carrier.

Let  us promise that  we
give these minimum freedom in building their carrier. However , it is my humble request to all the parents kindly to allow their children to select their subjects according to their own choice and thus to ensure that they are not deprived from their own favourite subjects.

Plastic Eggs.

For the last few days there have been lots of discussions in  both Electronic media and print media about the harm of plastic eggs . People of all
Categories like rich to poor were panic stricken in  view of the fact huge section of People take eggs  regularly.

Besides a large number of people who are sick and are getting medical treatment in various  Govt. hospitals , private hospitals are being served eggs. Besides the price of eggs being comparatively cheaper the same are taken irrespective of all casts and creed and rich and poor.

However, just now the good news has been announced
by the Chief minister of west Bengal and she has announced that proper care will be taken at the import of eggs from my other state .

At this all section of people have sighed a sigh of relief . She has also assured to take poultry eggs without any fear and hesitation.

Our circus.

Our circus was our most popular item from our childhood and we eagerly waited for the winter and the same was the season for circus .In kolkata park circus ground was famous for circus .In every winter one or two circus parties performed. During winter we used to visit once and the Same had attracted us like anything.

One of the attractions were the performance of the animal's performance. Unfortunately the participations of animal have been banned. We therefore,have lost all interest about the same.

The circus parties are  in deep Crisis and almost on the way of abolition and I shall not forget the golden memories of a brilliant circus at park circus ground which a circus party performed from Russia.

We are still optimistic and believe that circus will return with previous glory.