Today as we all know is Mother's Day, in other words, a day dedicated exclusively for the deserving souls who bear the burdens of raising men and women for the future, and who dedicate their lives, souls and their energy to do the same. But first a little detour to gauge the origins of this day: Mother's Day was initially a marketing strategy of the Hershey chocolate company to increase their chocolate sale in a rather low profit season. But from then on, the name stuck, and today it is a well recognised day in the calender.
My mother ... (Mum Mum for the first four years of my life, and just Ma from then onwards) ... is as most mothers are a complete mother. I guess a little more than complete ... and with that even you would agree after reading this post. She is now legally 41, but in her heart no more than a 20 year old girl ... always smiley ... er ... well smiley for most of the time ... (read when I'm on her correct side) ... things tend to get .. um ... slightly out of hand when I cross the line onto her wrong side. She is a master cook, and churns out lip-smacking exoticas, nearly every day. You can visit her recipe blog at http://krisnokolee.blogspot.com for a minute glace at her great inventory. Now how many bengali moms have recipe blogs? Sounds cool eh? The photos in that blog however I my contributions ... everything else ... the cooking, the arrangement, the decoration ... they call it garnishing ... are all her brain work.
What's more, she is a poet-laureate in the making, and her Bengali writings have invoked a huge public response and acclaim in the media world. She won the 2009 Bangla Sahitya Ratna Samman recently, the video of which you can find in her Orkut profile. Again, she has a poetry blog at http://sonartoree.wordpress.com, and yet another general blog at http://sonartoree.blogspot.com . She is again a very talented singer, and can pull off nearly all sorts of music ... be it Rabindrasangeet, Eastern Classical, Bangla oldies, Hindi oldies, and even Bangla Rock. She is also a huge fan of modern Bollywood stuff. In fact she recently formed a women's singing group called NayonTara ans performed at an event organised by Tara Muzik, will shall be telecast soon. What's more, she even recieved another invite for a repeat performance! Howzzat for a more than complete mom?
As far as academics is concerned, she did her Master's in Organic Chemistry from CU, and secured a first class second rank in all of the University. In fact it was her untiring efforts which made my Chemistry average marks till class 10 hover around 98. In fact she also teaches Chemistry at our residence and helps struggling souls to understand the extreme intricasies in this much feared subject.
As a son, I do not know how much worthy I am, but unfortunately for her, she has to accept that. But, however much she shouts at me for not doing this, and not doing that, for being so forgetful. I know very well that deep somewhere down there she loves me unconditionally, and reciprocating that feeling, is the only gesture of thanks I can give her.
This song, sung by my icon, Rupam Islam, is dedicated to her.
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