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  • IMG 4187 e1465557899668 A fresh look
    Midlife & the Art of Living

    A fresh look

    June 12, 2016 - By Aziza Ahmed Paula

    [ A fresh look ] I was meaning to revamp my bedroom look for the last few months. Suddenly last week, being little whimsical as I always am, got new bedroom accessories and redecorated the bedroom. As Eid is just around the corner, I thought of get the ball rolling. Few months back I bought a second hand antique dressing table. Something I yearned for all my life. Detailed, handcrafted wooden dressing table in leaf green now adorns my bedroom. The mix of old and new created a stunning balance and I love every minute I spend in the room.…

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    Hemanta…. or Late Autumn

    October 28, 2015 - By Aziza Ahmed Paula

    All my seasonal posts begin with my favourite poet and one of his songs. In Tagore’s hands, a season is never merely weather; it becomes a mood, a memory, a secret the earth whispers to the heart. This is what he says of Hemanta: হেমন্তে কোন্‌ বসন্তেরই বাণী পূর্ণশশী ওই-যে দিল আনি॥ বকুল ডালের আগায় জ্যোৎস্না যেন ফুলের স্বপন লাগায়। কোন্‌ গোপন কানাকানি পূর্ণশশী ওই-যে দিল আনি॥ আবেশ লাগে বনে শ্বেতকরবীর অকাল জাগরণে। ডাকছে থাকি থাকি ঘুমহারা কোন্‌ নাম-না-জানা পাখি। কার মধুর স্মরণখানি পূর্ণশশী ওই-যে দিল আনি॥ Now Hemanta—or Late Autumn, as we call it in English—has come. Of all…

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