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The Book of Dreams

September 15, 2017 by thebengali

One Book that I am currently writing is what I call “The Book of Dreams”. And there is a good reason for the title. I live in the twilight of prose and poetry, city and village, dream and reality, art and science, business and non-profit activities … you get the drift. The book is in verse and prose, stories intermingling with verse, real-life people with imaginary characters, interviews and reportage, dreams and reality, natural and beyond the natural. All, […]

Categories: Learning, Mountain Walking, Nature, Poetry, Self, The Arts • Tags: thebengali

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Knock, Knock, Who’s There? Nature.

August 29, 2017 by thebengali

Hurricane, heavy rains, floods in Texas; Typhoon, heavy rains in Hong Kong, Macau; Heavy rains, water-logging in Mumbai; heavy rains, cloud bursts, landslides in Himachal Pradesh and other Himalayan states in India; Floods in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bihar, Uttar Pradesh in India; floods in Beijing … all within a 2-3 month interval … isn’t it odd, that all these natural excesses are occurring simultanoeusly? What dots are we missing, dots that nature has connected, maybe other lines that have been […]

Categories: Nature, News • Tags: Beijing, Floods, Hong Kong, India, Macau, Nature, Nepal, Texas, Typhoons

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Vision, Power, and … Leadership

June 18, 2017 by thebengali

Vision, Power and Leadership: What is a leader but a person who takes responsibility of others, a person who gives up their vision to the care of others, and takes up the responsibility of caring for those others?

Categories: Learning, Mountain Walking, Nature, People, Self, Society, Work • Tags: Chandra River, Chandratal, Desire, Drive, employee, entrepreneurs, Hike, Himachal Pradesh, India, KunzumPass, KunzumTop, Lahaul & Spiti, leadership, Management, Power, Sanjay Mukherjee, thebengali, TheMountainWalker, Trek, Vision, Wind

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I Am The Line

March 4, 2017 by thebengali

The wolves are at the gate Tearing at my patience with their claws They sneer, snarl, hiss epiteths All others have fallen and are in battle How long will my temper last? The day has been hard And it’s still daylight There is too much to be done The mind, body, spirit they falter Is there no end to the toil? The lungs are bursting The legs they long to give The eyes are blinded The finish line is not […]

Categories: Learning, Mountain Walking, Nature, Self • Tags: India, Learning, Sanjay Mukherjee, Self, thebengali

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Across The Sea, Water

February 17, 2017 by thebengali

You cross the Sea And need a drop of Water to Live If You are Child of God And I am Child of God Can a Religion Separate Us? If You are Child of God And I am Child of God But I am Black or Brown Am I less of a Child of God? If You are Child of God And I am Child of God But I am Woman Will God judge me differently? If You are Child […]

Categories: Learning, Nature, People, Poetry, Self, Society • Tags: God, Humanity, Self, Society

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Snowscapes from The Mountain Walker

January 13, 2017 by thebengali

Observatory Hill, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, 8 January 2017, 1340 hours: Reached my favourite place near my house after snowfall – The Indian Institute of Advance Study. Located on top of a hill (known as Observatory Hill), one can enjoy beautiful views of the distant mountains on a clear day. Though clouds have gathered around those […] via Snowy Childhood Memories — The Mountain Walker

Categories: Mountain Walking, Nature • Tags: Abhinav Kaushal, Himachal Pradesh, India, Shimla, The Mountain Walker, The Wayfarer

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The Anatomy of Sadness

December 21, 2016 by thebengali

It is a debilitating feeling that is clinging to me Making me inert, rendering me unstrong. I find myself in a languid state of unravelling The pace of unravelling so slow That I am not falling apart nor alarmed But am suspended in between action and inaction Between melancholy and dispair Between life and the living of it. My heart is beating slowly Ever so slowly: it is almost still. It is a peaceful almost-stillness Except that the gentle rising […]

Categories: Learning, Nature, Poetry, Self • Tags: India, Poetry, Sadness, Sanjay Mukherjee, thebengali

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When My Eyes Can’t See

December 21, 2016 by thebengali

When my eyes can’t see I’ll still be able to smell and hear and feel And my eyes will see without seeing When my ears can’t hear I’ll still be able to smell and feel And my eyes will be seeing without seeing And so my ears will hear through them When my sense of smell goes I’ll still be able to feel And my eyes will see without seeing My ears will hear anyway And so I’ll be able […]

Categories: Nature, Poetry, Self • Tags: existentialism, Poetry, Sanjay Mukherjee, thebengali, Verse

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Darkness And Light

December 21, 2016 by thebengali

The other day, someone asked: “Do you write light stuff, like humour or positive anecdotes? Other than dark stuff?” Now it was a funny question for me because I rarely classify my writing. And it’s been many years since I have deliberately thought in terms of darkness or positivity, or right or wrong, or good or bad and such polarities. But the question reminded me of how different people may think, and also that for most, everything that is dark […]

Categories: Learning, Nature, Self • Tags: Darkness, Humour, India, Light, Mind, thebengali

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Category Archives: Nature

The Book of Dreams

Knock, Knock, Who’s There? Nature.

Vision, Power, and … Leadership

I Am The Line

Across The Sea, Water

Snowscapes from The Mountain Walker

The Anatomy of Sadness

When My Eyes Can’t See

Darkness And Light