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Ganga Theke Chinsha- A PDF Book in Bengali

গঙ্গা থেকে চিনশা- অবশেষে একটি পিডিফ বই  ২০১৫ সালে চীনের ইউনান প্রদেশে গিয়ে চিনশা নদীর দ্বিতীয় ১৮০ ডিগ্রীর বাঁকে লুকিয়ে থাকা এক পর্বতমালার খোঁজ নিয়ে একসময় যে লেখালিখি করেছিলাম সেটাকে একজোট করে একটা পিডিএফ বইয়ের আকার দেওয়া হল অবশেষে। অনেক ছবি এবং ম্যাপ সহযোগে এই বই ডিজাইন করেছেন সৌরভ নন্দী। বইটির আত্মপ্রকাশের নেপথ্যে রয়েছেন অভিজিৎ সুকুল এবং ইয়েতি অ্যাডভেঞ্চার্স।   দাম মাত্র ১০০ টাকা। নীচের লিংকে গিয়ে বইটি প্রি-অর্ডার করা যাবে। এখন প্রি-অর্ডার করলে আগামী ১ আগস্ট, ২০২০, সকলকে বইটি ইমেল করে পাঠিয়ে দেওয়া হবে। বইটি প্রি-অর্ডার করার লিংক

An Indian Explorer in North West Yunnan

Exploration of the Jidege Shan Author's Note: this particular article outlines my exploration of a small mountain range on the second bend of the Jinsha River. Exploring this mountain range was only a small part of the trip. I was especially thrilled to meet the diverse ethnicity of this region and was deeply fascinated by its history that indicates Yunnan's deep rooted connection with ancient India. Given an opportunity I want to write about those experiences in detail. Somewhere, someday.  Introduction I went to China to do nothing heroic or extremely dangerous. I believe living in a city like Calcutta has been serving that purpose for me already. After some study of the mountain ranges of North West Yunnan and consequent interactions with explorers and climbers who have been working in this region I understood that in spite of the recent Chinese mass tourism to North West Yunnan; many of its secrets are still hidden. An old Naxi lady walks the empty streets of Li J...

To the South of the Clouds

(A monologue? Perhaps a Soliloquy? Random thoughts that rise and fall? But definitely not close to poetry. Random words are surfacing in my mind. Whatever this may be, I jot them down here. ) To a Small Mountain by the Jinsha It is time I leave. It is time I pick up my pack and go.  Time is telling me to and so I must and I will. For that is the only thing I know.  Time is always ready. Ready when I am. It is I who has to rise and roll. My pack is an address of a changing destination. An address of a dream. Dream is me. My existence.  It is my secret soul. Open is the sky as the mountains high With mighty challenges and snow.  Open is the ocean and the river deep where together we must flow. To a land where three mighty rivers glow in glory. I will meet one of them and walk along its banks and its gorges, till I climb higher and further from its fury.  Higher and further from the chaos, Deeper and calmer I wil...