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Crowned Maharani Rare picture of Maharani First she came to Cooch behar in 1878,for her marriage ceremony with king Nripendra Narayan of cooch behar.Her marriage was quite an episode.A burning much talked issue throughout then Bengal Mostly because of the bride and groom were from different religion, she was Bramho and he was a Hindu.Remember that was 1878. When the rays of modern education in India only began                               to illuminate some selected portions of society,the masses were deeply plunged in to the sea of prejudices,illiteracy,customs.That needed herculean efforts to loose the Gordian knot.Governor,Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, commissioners,other British officials,Raj Durbar officials,pundits,priests,reverends,dewan last but not the least the rajmatas, committed to save Hindu marriage rituals,with the ...

The Bengali marriage is an unique execution of  Hindu rituals,being performed since thousands of years. Recitation of sacred Vedic hymns from family priest,under floral arbour veiled with planten plants,earthen pots filled with auspicious water mango twig on it and green coconut a top. Placed in four corner of the arbour. In between bride and groom the oblation fire with glow of molten gold, offerings of wood apple leaves,flower petals, sandal powder, Sal wood resin(dhup),drops of pure butter oil. each of them offered separately,with separate hymns .Curls of of oblation smokes carrying aromatic vapour of all these creates an unearthly magical atmosphere,easily developing life long bonds between two unknown souls. Presence of grooms party of relatives and friends,along with brides family and neighbours, in her house makes the marriage a carnival of all ages.This auspicious ritual was started from the hands of noble Vedic sage 'Swet...

Google : The architect of modern Cooch Behar                                                                                                    Maharaja Nripendra narayan (Grand Commander of Most Eminent Order) 1863-1911                  The pioneering product of                    Bengali female education Maharani Sunity Devi (Imperial order of Crown)                                                                        Cooch behar,the name fi...

Google : "Baro vaisa-Baro Vaisa" (means the the largest antelope in the world, Indian Gaur or Bison named in local tribes vocabulary . Baro Vaisa or the big buffalo as they call it) a continuous instigating loud cry, enraged my auditory system. Totally disrespecting the last minute preparation of English paper,of a candidate,who was preparing for school leaving board exam. After almost thirty three years i can vividly recall the happenings like video show.The horrific natural, cent percent true life experience. Which etched in my memories permanently. I shouldn't be alive to blog this to day,thanks to a domestic buffalo,allowing me the chance. It was 17th January 1976 morning about 7.30am. I was taking coaching attentively from my private tutor. My reading room was in the eastern most corner of my dad's wood bungalow with masterfully weaved grass tops,having a big window facing south. I was seating adjacent to the window keeping that left of me. It ...

Dreaded Leopard attack on a police man frame by frame. This news and photos were published in largest circulated bengali news daily"Ananda Bazar Patrika" ON 20/07/11. Crime scene was at "Limbu Basti"near Siliguri some one eighty kilometres away from my home ton Cooch behar,on 19/07/11 morning.The full grown male leopard ventured out from forest near by,to the village.Forest officers were informed by police soon.Dart gun specialist Kanchan Banerjee came at once with dart gun,net and his team geared up with helmets protectcive jackets etc.They know from their long experience that a frightened,cornered full grown leopard is most deadliest of animals. Eventually they netted the beast, but in between it wounded a number of people seriously, including police,villagers and forest guards. Sorry again, the beast couldn't survive and died in exhaustion Courtesy:......Ananda Bazar Patrika http://nirupam62.blogspot.com

Since some days i was feeling demotivated to write any, reasons unknown.Took the pen, tried the keyboard two,three,four plus plus times but the results were same,nothing came up. My elder daughter often inquired "Dad have you wrote anything new?NO.....but why?why you're not updating your blog?It's bad". "Will do soon" only i could replied to her.Actually i was trying to avoid her.Suddenly this idea struck my gray matters "hey how it will be,to figure her in my new post"?Won't be a bad idea,so engaged in it.Interestingly the dumb key board started talking. On her arrival to life rendered me immaculate pleasure and sense of creating something which i could meaningfully gifted to the mankind. Twenty first July 1994;the preceding day i went to her grandpa's(mom side) house,some sixty kms away from my own.Where her expecting,like fully bloomed lotus mom was staying since some days.Gestation was just matured, any time her entry to life might ge...

BEAUTY ---------------------- It's divine, its joy,it's love,its win, it's affection,it's nature,it's celestial,it's many more.But it's truly relative,changes with time,state of mind,situation of theater,our urge,our experiences;changes our opinions on beauty.What is very beautiful to some one some time,to some age some situation, is completely reverse in another condition.Suppose, the very beautiful actress whom you and your bosom friend consider 'the prettiest woman in the world',and would be in seventh heaven,to get a chance to meet her.Another day,when you were sitting on the corner table of a restaurant,just received an unbelievable news of sudden demise of your that friend,and a void getting bigger and bigger to your vision. "Excuse me may i sit here"? the actress appeared from that void and asked you. Is she will be the prettiest and beautiful as before to you ,now?Nooooo! What is ugly to some society,cherished in some other. What i...