Soliloquy of a Wandering Pilgrim

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

(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...

The 1st Sujal Mukherjee Memorial Lecture will be held on the evening of Saturday,8th March, 2014. The venue is Rotary Sadan, Kolkata. The theme of this lecture series in its first year is 'Exploring the Indian Himalaya'. The duration of the evenings programmes will be from 5.45 pm to 8.30 pm.  The first speaker this evening will be the distinguished mountaineer, explorer & author Sri Harish Kapadia.(  http://www.harishkapadia.com/ ) Sri Kapadia will be speaking on " Exploration of all the major valleys of Arunachal Pradesh in the last 15 years".  " Arunachal Forever"- The talk covers its turbulent history of the war with China, McMahon Line saga, people and ancient pilgrim trails, historical explorations, high unclimbed peaks , trails to Burma via Chaukan Pass and Pangsu pass, flying  the Burma Hump and Lake of No Return, Second World War in Burma and Arunachal Pradesh,  and the Journey and exploration of the Brahmaputra rive...

Rebirth in the hills: From the heartland of Garhwal to Unknown Spiti Kuari Pass trek and the Singekang Expedition Dunagiri and Nandadevi from Gorson top The Kuari pass is a wonderful trail offering a grand panoramic view of many of the famous Himalayan summits like Chaukhamba 7138m, Nilkantha 6596m, Dunagiri 7066m, Kamet 7756m, Mana 7272m, Trishul 7120m and Nandaghunti 6309m and of course Nanda Devi (7816m) and yet just the trek one would like to take if he/she is taking their first steps in this “devabhumi”-the land of Gods, Garhwal. Ronti, Trisul and Nandaghunti By mid October, 2010, after overcoming massive landslides en route our team was in Auli, the starting point of our trek. The sight of Dunagiri and Nanda Devi was simply out of this world. For me it was like a rebirth in the hills. With every bout of violent cough I had, I knew I have come so far and there was no stopping. The mountains at night and at dawn were silent witness of my struggle (it was aroun...