STEPHEN'S HOUSE IN FLAMES

STEPHEN'S BUILDING THAT HOUSES THE LEGENDARY FLURYS AND MUSIC WORLD AT PARK STREET IS IN FLAMES....REPORTEDLY A HUGE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE HAS BROKEN OUT THAT HAS RESULTED IN SEVERE LOSSES.I'M BEING TOLD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CASUALTIES AND MANY PEOPLE ARE INJURED.ITS HORRIFIC!!!I REMEMBER WALKING DOWN PARK STREET ON 25th DECEMBER 2009 WITH SAYAN SAHA,SRIJAN BANARJEE SAGNIK DATTA AND SUMANTRASARATHI DUTTA.THEY ARE MY FRIENDS OF SCHOOL.MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE AT THAT TIME CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS DAY WITH THEIR FRIENDS,FAMILY-FOLKS.EVERYBODY WERE IN A JOVIAL MOOD.I REMEMBER SAGNIK SAYING,"FLURYS E CAKE KHABO."SAYAN RETORTED,"ONEK EXPENSIVE,EKHANE NA." SAGNIK REMAINED DEFIANT AS HE BOLDLY ASSERTED,"NA,AJ EKHANEI CAKE KHABO." SAYAN CAME OUT WITH A BRILLIANT ONE-LINER,"ARRE,KEU EKE BOJHA JE EKHANE BAPUJI CAKE PAWA JAYNA."WE ALL BURST INTO HEARTFULL LAUGHTER AS PEPLE TURNED THEIR FACES AT DIFFERENT ANGLES AND DEGREES TO STARE AT US.....
THESE ARE NOSTAGIC MEMORIES...I SINCERELEY HOPE THAT NORMALCY IS RESTORED.THE UNTIMELY DEATHS MUST BE SHOCKING AND PAINFULL FOR RESPECTIVE FAMILIES,WE SHALL TRY OUR BEST TO SUPPORT THEM.I KNOW AT SUCH TIMES THESE WORDS DON'T MATTER AS SUCH,STILL IT IS BETTER TO ASSURE THE GRIEVING FAMILIES THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE ENTIRE KOLKATA STANDS BY THEM.WE MUST DRAW THE LESSONS FROM SUCH A TRAGEDY THAT RESULTS IN LIFE-LOSS,THE INVESTIGATIONS MUST BE PROPERLY CARRIED OUT AND IF ANYONE IS FOUND GUILTY BY THE LAW,SUITABLE PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE AWARDED.
PERHAPS TONIGHT I WON'T SLEEP WELL.STILL,WISH YOU ALL GOODNIGHT WITH A HEAVY HEART..BEST WISHES...