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Admissions to classes for grades 8 to 10 (ICSE / CBSE / WBBSE English medium) are now going on. Both intensive and extensive practice sessions that Sowmen Mitter's classes have long been known for, helping students build their language and allied construction skills remains the focus. Guardians of prospective candidates are requested to call or contact Sowmen Mitter in person.

“বাম হাত তোমাকে দিলাম” - হেলাল হাফিজ

এই নাও বাম হাত তোমাকে দিলাম। একটু আদর করে রেখো, চৈত্রে বোশেখে খরা আর ঝড়ের রাত্রিতে মমতায় সেবা ওশুশ্রূষা দিয়ে বুকে রেখো, ঢেকে রেখো, দুর্দিনে যত্ন নিও সুখী হবে তোমার সন্তান। এই নাও বাম হাত তোমাকে দিলাম। ও বড়ো কষ্টের হাত, দেখো দেখো অনাদরে কী রকম শীর্ণ হয়েছে, ভুল আদরের ক্ষত সারা গায়ে লেপ্টে রয়েছে, পোড়া কপালের হাত মাটির মমতা চেয়ে সম্পদের সুষম বন্টন চেয়ে মানুষের ত্রাণ চেয়ে জন্মাবধি কপাল পুড়েছে, ওকে আর আহত করো না, কষ্ট দিও না ওর সুখে সুখী হবে তোমার সন্তান। কিছুই পারিনি দিতে, এই নাও বাম হাত তোমাকে দিলাম।

Devi - The Goddess - [1960] Satyajit Ray

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A film on religion and superstition by one of the greatest rationalists and humanist directors the world has ever seen. -  Gautam Benegal "It is a haunting melody of cultural conflicts,irrational enthusiasm, obsession.belief in God by asceticism (instead of rational thought )"-  Nida Ghatte

Devi - The Goddess - 1960 # Satyajit Ray

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A film on religion and superstition by one of the greatest rationalists and humanist directors the world has ever seen. -  Gautam Benegal "It is a haunting melody of cultural conflicts,irrational enthusiasm, obsession.belief in God by asceticism (instead of rational thought )"-  Nida Ghatte

A reading of "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas

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Tomfoolery, 'saber-matie' ...

And the riot-mongers know how to go back on their promises made some six months ago, in the run-up to the polls. Actually they knew it all along. From containing price rise to bringing back black money stashed away in foreign banks and sundry other issues on which they were so very critical of their predecessors!!! Now just keep fanning the beast within..! Leave the rest to Time, and some manipulation as well. The 'sabre-matie', or for that matter any other X-press will do to  make it to the destination.  Only that our techie-literati, the glitterati included, and the so-called libertarians (who evidently take pride in their un-addled [or, sun-addled?] superiority of their brains) would never know this was what their tomfoolery led to. And now, as a corollary, the diktat-mongers too have a heyday, with their beards flowing and wagging all the way.