On 26 the March 2014 along with Aparna, partner of
the author, quit Berhampore Rly. Station at 7 am by Dhana Dhannya express on AC chair car. Seat no. 43, 44 was allotted .Author’s nephew Debasis Boral (babu)
of Laldeghi present to see off. Arrival Calcutta Rly. Station at about 2330 hours,
after taking lunch at rly canteen run to Netaji Subhas Ch. Bose
International Air Port by city cab to pic up flight for Bangalore.
At AirPort obtained
boarding pass from the spice jet counter on production of E Ticket and ID card
.Done tagging of luggage’s and proceed to gate 20 .Frisking of person and
checking of baggage is mandatory. The flight of the Spice jet Boarding Time scheduled
at 1615 of the day. In Flight 529 allotted seat number 27 A, 27B for the journey,
through escalator reach the lounge. A long four hours break in the Air Port
lounge absorbed smoothly observing surroundings, gossiping, reading books and
looking landing and treading of international flights on the runways and in the
sky. The word boring was absent throughout the time. Before half an hour of
departure the spice jet placed at tarmac. Passengers entered into it through
stairs by side of the pilot cabin .At entrance smiling face air hostess welcomed
all. After searching seats, putting the bag in the bin, seat by window side. A
most pleasant relaxing atmosphere. The
spice Jet take off at the scheduled time. Bonding of seat belt is mandatory. By
and by visibility of Kolkata with all its glory and brightness became invisible.
After departure , the air hostess ,demonstrated
through silent- acting ,audio coming via speaker ,what
to do in case of emergency, how to bond seat belt, use of oxygen mask in case
of shortfall of oxygen inside, use of parasite
kept under the seat of each passenger to jump from a burning vassal etc.
etc. Time to time announcements coming from pilot cabin in regard to flight
information like seat belt bonding, weather, height, change of height, speed of
air craft etc. The sky was cloudy, wind blowing in high speed lightning
vigorously, the plain fall in an air pocket, it was jerking, and the jerking
felt by the passengers. The pilot took more high altitude. After a few minutes all became normal .At 1910 spice
jet laundered at Bangalore International Airport .After collecting luggage’s
from conveyor belt proceeded to exit gate,
there found Mr. Rain ,Orinda Dye a Bangalorian, an IBM loriat,Visva Bharati University and EIILM university scholar,
loyal son of the author waiting. Started for the residence by city cab. Arrival
at Bangalore chapter ended.
Next day, during morning walk the
first and foremost thing noticed, Rongoli. The author hosted in an apartment,
its anexture, even the total locality covered by South Indian people.Rangoli
drawn in front of almost all houses.Rongali also known as Kolam or Muggu, is an
Indian folk art in which patterns are created in living rooms or courtyards. Colam
is a form of painting that is drawn by
using rice powder/chalk /chalk powder/white
rock powder/ often use naturally/synthetically colored powders in Tamil Nadu , Karnataka,
Andhra Pradesh Kerala and some parts of Goa, Maharashtra, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Thailand and a few other Asian countries. A Colam is a geometrical line drawing
composed of curved loops, drawn around a grid pattern of dots. In south India
it is widely practiced by female Hindu family members and colures are often
added during holiday occasional events like Denali, on am, pongol and
barolakshmi puja. Kolams are regionally known by different names in India.Roongolee in Maharastra,Hase
and Roongoli in Kannda in Karnataka ,Muggulu in Andhra,Golam in
Kerala mandana, in Rajasthan,
chaookpurna in Chattisgarh ,Alpana in
West Bengal Aripana in Bihar,chowk pujan
in Uttar Pradesh etc.More complex colams are drawn in front of their houses in special occations.
Rangoli in Andhra Pradesh is called as Muggu. A muggu being created at an
entrance to a home. Like most part of the countries, every morning before sun rise,
the women folk clean the entrance to a home and/or the courtyard with water,
considered the universal purifier, and the muddy floor is swept well to prepare
an even surface.
Cow dung is then mixed with water and this slurry is expertly spread on the requisite area and spread evenly with a broom .This is done on a regular basis in rural areas and of festive occasion’s income urban areas where there is availability of sufficient cow dung and space to draw the muggu. This procedure is performed as it is believed that cow dung has antiseptic properties and hence provides a literal threshold of protection for a home. The muggu is then drawn on this prepared surface .The dark color of the cow dung slurry also provides a good contrast for the white powder of the muggu.
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