the colours of friends fade in sunset light..

My friend Navprit got married. I was waiting for the day for a long time. Some of us went to Chandigarh to attend the ceremony. It was for the first time I had attended a ceremony at a gurdwara. The custom was observed with music,silence was wonderful. We came back to Delhi yesterday. The journey was not so long, but something was missing.

As we entered Delhi through the North highway, crossed the Yamuna near Majnu ka tila, the sun was about to set.

I went for a walk in the Univ garden,alone. I missed her a lot. She said that she will come back to Delhi after a month. University garden was looking different to me yesterday. I didn't look at my favourite trees..

Our friends move to a different way like this, may be..We miss them in an orange sunset-light. We remember all the green evenings,and wish to cry, sometimes...

It is wonderful to work with children. And academically doing things with children is a big challenge. Apart from my research focus, I have become a part of a wonderful project, in which I am supposed to compose lessons for rural children of India. I am presently composing lessons for standard 1st and 2nd students which is really really a tough job, in some way, it is tougher than writing a dissertation for higher degrees. I ws searching materials from the NCERT library. But as most of the good textbooks are composed by people outside our continent, I had to re-arrange the theme. Topics selected by the Vidya Bhaban ELT team members are very carefully chosen.
We hardly ponder over the fact that rural children are far far behind than the urban children in understanding the textbooks which are provided for them. So, they need spesial care.
Teachers' manuals are often badly designed, exercises are too boring for them.
It is a great experience to be engaged in such a work.

ondhokar rong bodlay...

Nijer bhitor ondhokar,sei ondhokare dub diye asi.Ondhokarer rong kokhono kalo, kokhono ba ghor neel.

Ondhokare dub dite giye hariye jai.Widescreene ekta bachha knete othe.majhrater batash sei aschorjo ondhokar-ke chnuteo parena.

Ondhokar ghoniye ase jokhon boier pata hneshe othe,chup kore, majhrate.

Nijer bhitor ondhokar jholmoliye othe,ondhokarer rong neel kimba kalo..