Sunday, November 15, 2020

RIP Soumitra

Perhaps my first and last visit with the legend Soumitra in Kolkata's Rabindra Sadan

Festival Period and Corona Virus _ Diwali, Kali Puja in Kolkata

Hearing the news of Bengali actor and legend Mr. Soumitra Chatterjee (85) passing away was (not) shocking, but saddening and painful. TODAY is Diwali and I've just finished cleaning up my house until I surfed the news of the legendary actor passing away at a private hospital Belle View near Park Street area in Kolkata. He was admitted in the hospital for sometime now.
One can just imagine the amount of pain Mr. Soumitra must have underwent. went through ever since #covid2019 virus started impacting all of us wef March 2020. As of today 15th November 2020, 129,674 Indians are dead and as per statistica over 1.3 million people are already dead, primarily after contracting this deadly respiratory virus #covid. 


I was in the Fiji Islands, when the outbreak started and went on covering 215 countries entangling global territories those been affected by #COVID19 disease. Till date it went on killing people and our legendary actor Soumitra was added on the list of #2020 (THE YEAR).

To Baba - A Heartfelt Tribute - 1955 - 2023

In the quiet corners of our hearts, the echoes of a simple yet profound man linger. My father last month expired, due to a rare disease Alzh...