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A Hard Day Gives Way to a Moment of Peace

April 30, 2021 by thebengali

11.10 am Work is heavy. And hectic as always. Which is good. But news of the death of people due to COVID or of critical situation due to the infection is just a text or phone call away. I have friends in COVID ICU. Family members in regular ICU. Family friends just back from hospital and in excruciating pain. And every day there’s someone else on that list. 13.15 pm Am struggling right now. Struggling to walk, struggling to sit, […]

Categories: Nature, Self • Tags: existentialism, Learning, Pune, rain, Sanjay Mukherjee, Self, thebengali, thunder, thunderstorm

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The Morning

April 27, 2021 by thebengali

6.26 am I feel heavy. Like you feel when you try to haul yourself out of a swimming pool. Can’t open my eyes. My bones are weary. Head is heavy. And I can’t get enough sleep. Another half hour would be great. And what would be the point of getting up anyway? Another day of working from morn till night, dragging by myself from hour to hour, lying to myself that there is a higher purpose to this daily drudgery? […]

Categories: Pune, Self • Tags: coffee, morning, Self, thebengali

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One Last Everlasting Note

April 25, 2021 by thebengali

Ode to Derek Julien, India’s finest guitar player.

Categories: Journalism, Media, People, Poetry, Pune, The Arts • Tags: Derek Julien, guitar, lyric, Music, ode, Poem, Pune, Sanjay Mukherjee, thebengali

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Photograph of Pune-based guitar maestro, Derek Julien, in concert.

Guitar legend Derek Julien checks out at 70

April 25, 2021 by thebengali

Renowned Pune-based musician, Derek Julien, passed away at Jehangir Hospital, Pune, due to post-COVID pneumonia. He was 70.

Categories: Journalism, News, People, Pune, The Arts • Tags: Airwave, Azure Hades, blues, blues musician, COVID, COVID-19, Derek Julien, guitar, guitar legend, India, Jazz, Mumbai, musician, obituary, Pune, Roger Dragonette, thebengali, Waterfront

The Best Days of My Life

May 25, 2020 by thebengali

The Best Days of My Life.

The trick they say is not to be attached to your self or your self image, or to the pedestal that our ego puts us on. And just stay in the now, always.

But how?
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Categories: Learning, Philosophy, Self, Training • Tags: existentialism, India, Learning, Life, Pune, Sanjay Mukherjee, Self, Society, The Self, thebengali