যাদবপুর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় নিয়ে আজ অনেকেই অনেক মত প্রকাশ করছেন। তাই আমার দীর্ঘদিন ধরে বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের সাথে যুক্ত থাকার পর, আমি ব্যাক্তিগত কিছু মতামত প্রকাশ করতে চাই। 

CCTV  বসিয়ে কোনো অপরাধ বন্ধ করা যায়না। কিছু বাছা জায়গা ছাড়া গোটা ক্যাম্পাস জুড়ে সিসিটিভি বসানো কতটা সম্ভব তা সময় বলবে। IIT  খড়্গপুর  ক্যাম্পাস যাদবপুরের তুলনায় অনেক বড় হওয়া সত্ত্বেও সেখানে অধিকাংশ স্থানে কোনো পর্যবেক্ষন নেই। সুতরাং আঙ্গুলটা খালি যাদবপুরের দিকে তুললে ভুল হবে। 

বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের অনেক বিভাগে management  ঠিক করে কাজ করে না।  আমার নিজের বিভাগের ক্ষেত্রে এটা গুরুতর। যাদবপুরের অনেক বিভাগে অধিকাংশ faculty part-time এবং সেখানকার research scholar  দের ঠিক করে grooming  করা হয়না। বিভাগের এক senior faculty আমাকে বলেছিলো বিভাগ গবেষণার জন্য পুরোপুরি unfit। 

যাদবপুরের lobby system নিয়ে অনেকেরই ভিন্ন মত রয়েছে তাই এটা বলা উচিত যে এই lobby system শুধু যাদবপুর না IIT খড়্গপুরের ক্ষেত্রেও আমি দেখতে পেয়েছি। স্নাতকোত্তর শেষ হওয়ার পর যখন আমি industry তে গবেষণা শুরু করি সেখানেও আমাকে সেই অভিজ্ঞত্ত্বার সমুক্ষিন হতে হয়েছে।  সুতরাং যাদবপুরের lobby পৃথিবীর অনন্য নয়।  

University campus সন্ধ্যার পর নেশার ঠেকে পরিণত হয় এবং এতে কোনো সংশয় নেই যে অধিকাংশ বহিরাগত। যাদবপুর St Xaviers বা প্রেসিডেন্সির ছাত্রছাত্রীদের জন্য পার্ক বা bar  নয়।  সুতরাং CCTV যদি বসাতেই হয় তাহলে চার নম্বর গেটের বাইরে বসানো হোক।  

আশা করি কর্তৃপক্ষ এর দায়ে নেবে এবং এই হত্যার জন্য যারা দায়ী তাদের কঠোর শাস্তির অপেক্ষায় রইলাম।  

A Soldier's Fate

His name was penned in the army's list.
For valour, for honour, for strength in his fist.
War being declared on one sulky day
The bombs started to rain, the sky turned grey.
The guns gave vent to a vengeful call.
The cannon's ripped of the heads and skull.
The habitants fled, the enemy's scourge
Cursed the land with their ominous forge!
He plucked the strings of sorrow at heart
The land required him to play his part.
A rifle held close, grenades in pocket
He looked at his mom's brazen locket.
The benison hung, a pendant of glory,
While he pondered the lines of an unwritten obituary.
Then he felt a pain in the lung
The bell in heaven for him was rung.
A soldier arrived, a friend of his
Served him water and stretched his knees.
He showered him hope that he would thrive.
His wounds would heal and he would survive.
The gasps did last for a few more seconds.
The sounds of gunfire were heard at a distance.
The soldier mourned, in tears did he drown.
A corpse on his lap, the face buried deep in a frown.

To You My Love

Pitter patter the raindrops litter
 The heavens do drench the earth.
Moulded with passion, obscured in emotion
 I drip with glee and mirth.
Here's the hectic call from clouds
 That reign the darkened sky
She drives me frenzied; my soul titilates
 Compares me to a gadfly.
Allured I am to your benign love
 To you my love tonight
Float in my dreams O beauteous maiden
 I glow in your enchanted light.
Your breath does chant the hymns of love
 Seduce the unperturbed mind.
The lips do spill the fountain of lust
 Kisses too genteel and kind!!
Slake your thirsts in the stream of love
 And bathe thy refined self.
Love among us is a stupendous giant
 Been fostered from a newborn elf!

The Soul's Sorrow

He was granted a wish to grow once again,
 A boon in the form of a disguised bane.
A rebirth it seemed, resplendent in its kind.
 A will to God his soul did sign.
A stroll on Earth with frantic mortals
 It sought for refuge within the portals.

It touched the buds that bloomed to flowers,
 Gamboled the parks and met the lovers.
Swam the ponds and blew the kisses
 To beautiful women at evening masses.
Time got frittered with drain of hours
 Gambling at the docks beneath the towers.

Then one day his peace went void!
 Laden with grief, his joys were destroyed.
A walk back to Heaven with beggary at heart
 Sacrilegious in feeling, his sanctity marred.

God was resting with arms at fold.
 In His majestic throne adorned with gold.
The soul did plead for its former state
 Little did it know of being caught in the bait.
God did wake and shrewdly smiled,
 Cleared His throat and mournfully sighed.
With zest He spoke, a frown on His brow,
 "Sorry little friend, its too late for now."
 

When Death Calls

 The stars do shimmer in the majestic sky
As if gripped with an unspoken ennui.
 The hounds do bark, a murderer slips by
The grasshopper weaves its nocturnal lullaby.
 An ember is burnt in the devil's urn
A prayer is cited from the church lecturn.
 The king does rest, a peaceful snore.
A knife creeps in through Majesty's door!
 The wounds are laid on His royal heart
Body and soul do mournfully part!
 Yonder in the east a child does weep
The seal quells, an aristocrat takes a leap.
 Hush! Someone knocks at the door.
Is it a wind or the ghost of Lennore?
 The end draws near for death stands close.
To perish humanity the gods have chose.
 Peril is roused by a ding dong bell
Awake O Earth! It is our death knell!

Life Without Limits

Tuck Tuck Tuck my bones are knocking
Driving me insane, my heart is blocking.
Drowned am I in an ocean of pains
Stoic am I, one devoid of brains.
Peace is scarce; it vexes my meditation
Joy to me is an obscure emotion.
The ears do ring, the eyes do water
The body falls apart; I am trapped in a gutter.
No laughter, no love, no gain, no mirth
A ghostly entity walks lonely on Earth.
My mom fed me well, now years after my birth
I bear the heat, having fallen in a hearth

Tuck Tuck Tuck my bones are knocking....

Now enough of this misery, enough of the pain
Time to be a man and walk into the lion's den.
Again will I rise and rise to the peak
Buid myself stronger, my fist'll break the brick.
Failure is to learn, an understatement it is.
Time to run a mile upon this slippery grease.
God'll serve me well enough, pleased will he be
When I enter the forest to lift my fallen banyan tree
Now light in your spark and end this cryin
Rise and fall but rise again.
The lamb will soon become the lion.

Unfulfilled Love

There she strolls; amidst the gloomy air
   I stare at those eyes, the rage and the glare.
Our love was brief and sublime too
   I had asked for her hand without much ado.
She brought me hope; she brought me peace
   How soothing it was, the enchanted kiss!
Then comes the day she breaks with me
   Asks for forgiveness; decides to be free.
My senses go numb, the larynx vents a cry
   She bids me fairwell, a final goodbye!

Ever if you know the cause of such blame
   Write it on a note and give in your name.
Bury the chit at the rear of my grave.
   
Goodbye mom and goodbye dad
   Now show me a smile and don't be sad.
I heard them mourn and felt the cries
   As I closed my eyes for one last time.