If only I could turn back time

It has been close to one month Ma and I have returned from Dum Dum Our family house is in Devinbash, Dum Dum, Calcutta .

Normally I go to Dum Dum twice/ thrice a year, but this time I had gone there for my elbow implant removal .

Pilu Kaku had done the removal; I did not rely upon any new surgeons after my bad experience at Mumbai . The doc there was a cheat , he had charged me a Rs. 1.50 lacs for the surgery .

Once the surgery was over ; it was the caretaker's who made the most fuss. Afraid of the matrons, they used to give medicines which were not menitoned . One day they gave me some tablets which I was NOT supposed to have - luckily I knew that the dosage administered was wrong.

Once I was discharged, I thought I was a freebird , but the half-plaster on my hand obstructed me from being "normal". There were lot of restrictions , obvioulsy for my good - but that kept me at home .

Everytime I go to Calcutta, I hear lots of new things about Calcutta - like new shopping malls, multiplexes, new highrises, new eateries ... etc, etc. But within that I try to find out the old Calcutta in which I spent my days before moving out .

I used to work in a place near Dalhousie, Calcutta and Park Street, was a stone's throw away. As I am very fond of music ( retro, blues ) , I used to go to a place named "SomePlace Else" in the The Park . It was a small pub, but the bands, crowd and the music was mind blowing . It was one of my favourite watering holes too . Opposite to Park was Music Planet , somewhere I could divulge my self in more music ... maybe I shall write on this in another post .

It was real fun again to spend 3 weeks in Dum Dum , with Rangapisi, Chotokaku, Sejokaku and eveyone one, like Preeti , Pakhi ( Bonta's daughter ). I had most of my favorite foods , including Ilish maach, sutki maach .. and the rest . IT WAS REAL FUN.

Sejokaku used to accompany me everytime I used to go for a checkup to Pilu Kaku ; even if he had some work . Being brought up in a joint family , I had seen problems / solutions in either sides -- but whatever they are joint families win hands down over the nucleated families.

Well, my small finger is still not okay , I still cant type with it properly .. dont know when it shall be proper.

Back to Bangalore after my long stay in Dum Dum

I along with Ma are back to Bangalore on 17th August 2008. Its nice to see Ritu and Sonamoni again . The maid servant had left when we were there in Kolkata and it was a real tough time for Ritu and Baba. But right now , we have got one , who is quite good.

Sonamoni started crying once she saw us ... but within a couple of minutes she returned back to her self and she became okay .

Right now I am still to get over the nerve problem with my small finger.... its irritating.

Recently Sejokakima had a bypass surgery and we were all tense with that ... but good news is she is recovering well

I cant write more now.