KOLKATACITY: THE RESIDENCE OF SUBASH CHANDRA BOSE

More than five years ago I had paid a visit to Kolkata for professional reasons and had to meet a real-estate firm near Rabindra Sadan metro station in Kolkata.I was given to understand that the house of SUBASH CHANDRA BOSE who is celebrated as a hero is round the corner and I prompltly decided to pay a visit.

It is a tourist destination now maintained by the Govt. They take a small fee from the tourist.It is a fairly large house even by modern standards standing on could be half an acre of land with large rooms and stairs and corridors.The Austin-Martin car used by SUBASHJI which Iam told is still in working condition is parked at the entrance. He used to travel long distances in this car I was told.

In every room some display and murals of various kinds can be seen and this place is worth visiting once for the rare reverence it portrays. Get down at the RABINDRASADAN metro station and this place is walkable.

The Govt. here must be praised for preserving this site because here lived a man who out of Principle and idealism brought vision and leadership and adventure during his times.

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THE MOULDING MACHINES AT BPL

BPL  had an inhouse Moulding Factory in Whitefeild more precisely few kilometers before Hope-Farm which made TV cabinets.There were two large moulding machines that used to work round-the-clock using granules of PolyButyl Terrra Pthalate. Some of these moulding tools were imported from Taiwan.The TV cabinets were later painted in the painting shop.

The DGM at this plant used to be Mr.Valsakumar who worked at BEL earlier. BPL had three key BEL people join them ,Mr.Mathew, Mr.Ramasubbu who used to handle purchase  and Mr. Valsakumar.Mr. Mathew was later GM of BPL. BPL was in many ways an extraordinary institution and had competent people of various  skills.

Technology has changed so fast that the DOME technology TV does not exist any longer with FST technology taking over.

POOJA CHIDANAND FROM DUBLIN

On the way back from IIM Ahmedabad I was on a VRL bus to Bangalore and happened to meet a very enthusiastic and dynamic Architect,Pooja, who had high involvement with her profession and worked in many places including Dublin.

It is nice that we in India produce such high calibre professionals. They must also get opportunities to work and show-case their talent. We had discussed the possibility of building few sky-scrapers in Bangalore using Bamboo technology.

The city of Bangalore Bengaluru needs six sky scrapers at some vantage points largely around the out-skirts to add to the glory of the city.

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MY LIFE IN THE D HOSTEL AT REC NIT CALICUT

I lived in the C hostel of  REC Calicut for more than a year and it was time for change.At the C hostel my room mates were Binodanand Mishra and M M Shajan.The brother of M M Shajan M M Paulose was a  IES official in Air India. Opposite to my room lived Gautham Hendre and Prem Vathore my senior in the corner room.

We had a lot system and the lots were picked in the ground floor of MB and within ten calls my name surfaces and was asked to go to D-312.This place called Calicut has always been lucky for me.I could not have asked for a better room.The view from this room was the MC.Opposite to my room came PVK Mohan who later went to IIM Bangalore and Girijesh Prasad Pandey was another neighbour.

In the C hostel we had shared rooms but the D hostel was single room and the single room meant a lot for me.The good or bad of this room is that I could see who was walking on the main road and the giggle and laughter of the students on this stretch and also the fights between student groups I could see.I can even now hear the loud and thundering laughter of my senior Khurana from this road.

In this hostel I befreinded two people.Deeptarka Deka who was an MTech student from Assam and my senior Sunil Khanna from Delhi. Sunil was a person with a boyish charm and I used to meet him often in his ground-floor room in the D hostel. I must thank Sunil because when he left he gifted me one of his arm chairs which I used to use in my room during my stay in the room. Sunil had a music player and his favourite song used to be "Rocky Mountain Music" by Eddie Rabbit. Another frequent visitor to Sunils room used to be Moza.

Whosoever designed the D hostel must be given praise for its succinct and compact nature ..excellent single rooms with two floors with broad corridors and stairways. The most relaxing thing used to be coming to the D hostel mess after lab work and sipping tea and biscuits. Gautham Hendre also used to live near to my room in the D hostel. Hendre used to be my room mate in B-315 and thereafter we were for all practical purposes living near each other.

Since the Mini Canteen was close-by most of the time was spent in the MC.The MC used to close at 12pm and we used to still hang oround in the moon light and the view of the D hostel from the MC with moon light in the background was something ephemeral.

There was a Table Tennis room in this floor and we used to unwind here after exams. Indradeep Singh also could be seen in the TT room. Sometimes all these persons used to be in my roomto play cards. My project -mate S R Sampath used to come to my room often during project work. Suresh Chandra Sathpathy is another friend I had here. Suresh is from Orissa. We used to go to Kettangal for tea often.

Somehow a year and a half went-by very fast and I remeber exitting this room on course completion to the Calicut railway station for all practical purposes my course here was completed.All  REC NIT students who lived in this room later can comment their experiences because this room shaped our psyche.