Dei and Uma Dei.
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Naru in Rourkela.
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Rinki and her friend.
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Gendua and Lochana Bhai
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Ranga
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My sister
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Naru
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My own sister who is now prtty old and her eldest daughter Nana. Nana and self were contemporaries in scholl and college and therefore were very close to each other and continue to be close.
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She's Uma Dei my own sister's sis-in-law. My sister lives in a joint family she is really close to all of us. Even she came all the way to our house-warming ceremony at Rourkela in May 2004.
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She's Chhaya another sis-in-law who lives near my home. We were so close during those days that I used to spend a lot of time with her and used to have my lunch or dinner quite often when I used to be in her house.
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Ranga is very special to us. She is my sisi-in-law but was more thatn a mother even when my own mother lived.
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My brother-in-law at his own place.
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Self with Bada Bhai.
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Niyati standing behind Bada Bhai in the court yard.
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Bada Nua Bou. The saint's wife.
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Bada Bhai- This man has the single most influence on me and my life. He lives in a different world with his scriptures and writings but here he is in the court yard of the temple where he lives.
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Lipu, the youngest member in Quick Studio League. His father Bipin Bhai was a regular also and was one of the most prominent one too. The league missed him after Bipin Bhai left for his heavenly abode but Lipu has been a great replacement.
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Nata also joined the Quick Studio League quite late only when he got a posting at Jagatsinghpur as an ophthalmologist, But his faith in his own work and his timely advice to Panchu Bhai, the main anchor of the Laegue at Quick Studio helped the later come out of a corneal ulcer. His soft behaviour also endeared him to everyone in the league as also the general public in Jagatsingpur. I had the good fortune of spending nearly 6 years with him during graduation and now when I visit home, its a pleasure to see nata sitting in the same seat where I used to sit during my youth.
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Sachi Bhai joined the league at Quick Photo Studio a bit late but with a mentality that suited ours he was soon accpted by us and is now deeply rooted to the families of everyone having some connection at Quick Studio.
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Naru.
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Photography is his prodwssion and he does wonders with his camera. He goes on talking and spares none whosoevr shows him an iota of ego. But this man whom we lovingly call "Panchu Bhai" has a heart that melts at the suffering of friends and foes alike. He has inspired me to me to love others despite being not reciprocated properly.
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This woman is childless and always kept a large slice of her love and affection for me. I was not the only one. Anyone in the village who just looked at her got it without any thing in return. She continues to do it for my children. With magic in her hands, she prepares delicacies from the most unworthy of raw food in her kitchen.I am deeply indebted to this woman for all her love and affection to my whole family and I call her Suna Nuabou.
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The temple of our village Godess Kshetrapala. My mother used to pray her day and night whenever I fell sick and always used promise to offer ripe bananas and milk of our black cow when I got well.
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He was very strong and stout in his youth. With no education Ranga Bhai was simply rustic and reckless. He was and still is our immediate neighbour but I used to respect this man as he used to beat many white-collared babus while playing cards in our village temple during the hot summer months. I was always a spectator during the summer vacation and used to admire the brave games Ranga Bhai used to play.
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Chanda Apa is mother-like. Her son and myself were classmates and her husband was always there at school whenever we were a bit late. In those days every house in the village was my house and more so was Chanda Apa's as her son was my close friend. I'm indebted to her love and philanthropy in feeding me many a time.
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This is how the low sky-line in front of my house looks.
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Many in the village call him a crook but I regard this man. He inspired me during my childhood with a strong sense of humour often infusing a good amount of rustic slang in his vocabulary but amused everybody including shy bohus of the village. I still believe with his strong sense of humour he can never be a crook and wish him long life.
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Backyard of my house.
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Sri N C Sahoo, the man who made simple living through teachership but took up the task of preparing many of his students to be good human beings in later life now lives a saintly life in my village. A Godly man he has now taken to writing the life and acts of Lord Chaitanya in Oriya and publishing them. He loves his students and loves the whole humanityand I am happy and proud to be one of the many has blessed.
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My connection with Jagatsinghpur is deeply rooted because of my birth and up-bringing at that place. This is the picture of the village deity and adjacent ground and road where I spent a lot of days of my child hood.
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