"How much Bengali do you know now?" one of my wife's relatives asks me as we are in Guwahati to attend a function. The event is being held because we are in Guwahati. There is no other reason. Bengalis don’t need a reason to throw a party. "Ektu-Ektu," I reply as fluently as I possibly can. The whole group laughs before regrouping to judge me. (Ektu-Ektu means a little bit.)
bhai apse inspire hokar likhna shuru kiya h, please take a look at it.
I feel a special connection with this place. It's ironic how beautiful a relationship you can have with someone or something if they are incapable of having a disagreement with you and carry no expectations. Maybe that is the reason why we like admiring people after their death. Well, mostly we do.
As I stand in the presence of the tree, it feels as though it gazes at me, as if it enjoys my company, or at least, I like to believe so. Sometimes, I would prefer a beautiful lie over a harsh truth that can shatter everything apart. Perhaps, that's why Ghalib wrote: "हम को मालूम है जन्नत की हक़ीक़त लेकिन दिल के ख़ुश रखने को 'ग़ालिब' ये ख़याल अच्छा है"
Bro the line about your Father teaching you Hindi rather than Marwari felt like a personal pain; because its the same for many Bhojpuri speakers whose parents spoke with them in Hindi since the beginning and that's because they didn't knew English.
bhai apse inspire hokar likhna shuru kiya h, please take a look at it.
I feel a special connection with this place. It's ironic how beautiful a relationship you can have with someone or something if they are incapable of having a disagreement with you and carry no expectations. Maybe that is the reason why we like admiring people after their death. Well, mostly we do.
As I stand in the presence of the tree, it feels as though it gazes at me, as if it enjoys my company, or at least, I like to believe so. Sometimes, I would prefer a beautiful lie over a harsh truth that can shatter everything apart. Perhaps, that's why Ghalib wrote: "हम को मालूम है जन्नत की हक़ीक़त लेकिन दिल के ख़ुश रखने को 'ग़ालिब' ये ख़याल अच्छा है"
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https://shivam3.substack.com/p/that-one-tree?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2
Bro the line about your Father teaching you Hindi rather than Marwari felt like a personal pain; because its the same for many Bhojpuri speakers whose parents spoke with them in Hindi since the beginning and that's because they didn't knew English.