^{Burima - a bengali poem by Santwana Chatterjee in unicode Bangla font.}

বুড়িমা

সান্ত্বনা চট্টোপাধ্যায়

মাগো নীচে ঐ বুড়িমা ছেঁড়া কাপড় গায়,
শুকনো মুখে একলা কেন বসেই আছে ঠায় ?
ঠিক যেন মা ঠাম্মা আমার নিয়েসনা ডেকে,
আমার ঘরে আমার কাছে থাকবে এখন থেকে ...

Like their language, the Swiss do not have any originality in their cuisine; it is either a German, a French or an Italian dish which has been adapted and finally began to be known as a Swiss delicacy.

^{Ki Mushkil - a bengali poem by Santwana Chatterjee in unicode Bangla font.}

কি মুশকিল

সান্ত্বনা চট্টোপাধ্যায়

খোকাবাবু খাচ্ছিল বেদানা ছাড়িয়ে,
দ্যাখে এক হনুমান বাগানে দাঁড়িয়ে
হনুমান কলা খায় এটা তার জানা,
ভাবে মনে এতো তবে খাবেনা বেদানা।

By Kohinoor Dasgupta
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

On the evening of Tuesday, September 7, 1999, lyricist Pulak Bandyopadhyay killed himself by jumping off a launch into the Hooghly river at Howrah. He was 68. His body was retrieved on Thursday, September 9, 1999. Words were in short supply in the suicide note he left behind. After having worn his heart on his sleeve as a professional writer for four decades, he had nothing more to say.

Bandyopadhyay lived in Howrah. He was educated at Scottish Church College, Calcutta. He came from a family that enjoyed the Arts — drama, literature, music. Many of his songs were written for Bangla movies, tailored to suit “situations” outlined by screenplay writers and directors. The rest were songs written for the Puja releases and other albums of well-known singers.

Situated among the Sahayadri Range in Western India, Panchgani, a beautiful hill retreat is a welcome break, well adorned with lush green amid rocky hills, valleys, rivers and nature trails and home to Asia’s second largest ‘Tableland.’