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The year 2020....a stark year in our lives which will remain forever in our memories. What can I call it..a curtain - raiser or the unfurling of a deep gloomy curtain ? As cities like Mumbai, Bangalore saw the steep rise of COVID deaths and anarchism., we the Calcuttans were not in a bliss but just like the next in queue type panic stricken , checking our breath in oxygen levels ( oxymeters) and piling up all kinds of medicines and oxygen cylinder.

As lockdown after lockdown were imposed and the city turned indoors, we turned more and moe into cooking Bong delicacies, singing and learning some Rabindrasangeet. The generation Z who never left their cellphones and "we are so trendy " attitude alone, suddenly discovered Rabindrasangeet and Sukanta Bhattacharya to be so trendy . Besides, reciting Tagore poems and watching Ray films became the new trends for them.

We were also pleasantly admiring some new Bong Songs which became an instant hit. The remarkable song TOR SAATHE sung by Rupankar Bagchi and Roma. This song was played almost a dozen times everyday by thousands as the track and voices both were so soothing.

We loved it when our daughters excavated the traditional Balucharis and Murshidabad silks from our heaped wardrobes wanting to wear them. We loved when our sons were up in the terrace with binoculars and telescopes watching the evening skies, and also turned to listening to radios and reading books.

Some youngster brought back the days of kite flying and others, the making of gohona bori , a delicacy of Bengal which required some hard work of grandparents.

Whilst the starting of the Work from Home and New Normal contributed to both closeness and conflict between the respective spouses, and while we too faced many deaths and loss in this year, this will forever be a landmark year in our lives which will be written in red letters in the memories of generations to come.

2020: A Bong Restrospective © 2022 by Celestialdust is licensed under CC BY 4.0