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What I Think

and agree

about

Life

" Enjoy Life !! This is not a dress rehearsal"

" I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure.

  It's all a question of how I view my life ."

 There are only two ways to live your life.

One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything  is a miracle.

What I do

for

My

 Daily Bread

 &

Butter

 

 I  bake my own bread and churn   milk  to make my  butter too:))
 

 You got it right :) The CEO of a company has to go through all .

 Gupta Brothers, The Abarkhabo Shoppe That's the name of my company.

http://www.guptabros.com

 The vegetarian  restaurant is called "Jharokha" where the Maharja's Dine

 By profession I am a Confectioner and Restaurateur .

 Well if you wanna desi version of it  :

 " I am a Halwai and also the chief Bawarchi of my Restaurant ."

 Have always treated Food as the Biggest and the most popular and powerful art . An art which conquers not only  the  heart and soul but  stays there for lifetime in our body , on the tip of our tongue. And some time you may get addicted to this art :)

Like I  remember My elder brother telling me about the taste of   the Coconut laddoo's my grandma use to make and I remember  the taste of Gulabjamuns my mother use to make when I was  5 .

 I also remember the Parathas  she used to make and the way she use to pack it into my small Tiffin box .

The aroma of the Plain Masoor ki Dal still haunts me and takes me back to Manali and  than to the  hotel where we use to had our dinner during  our Honeymoon Days. Just that aroma of Dal recreates the whole mood and picture of Manali .

For me food is an "EDIBLE ART "

And here is the beginning of all my connection to arts.

What I do For My Soul

SOUL FOOD

well  almost everything my soul wants.


 

Photography

 &

Photoshop

This passion for Photography was always burning inside me but I must agree it was dying slowly, just because I was working hard and had no time to pursue my hobbies .Then came the era of Digital Photography and my  passion turned  wild . I bought my first digital camera Sony Mavica FD 90 in 1999.It proved to be a blessing . I started clicking everything starting from  food people friends and the Camera became the part of my Life, Then came the new model from Sony F707 ....and now I know No Limits.

Photoshop :Its my digital canvas am addicted to it. It has given a new dimension to my creativity. No more  searching for canvas and paints now.

My Favorite photographers: Raghu Rai . Ansel Adams.

Theater

 

Started my carrier in theater during my college days with "Rangakarmee" under the direction of  Usha Ganguli.  1987

though The 1st play I acted into was a Bengali play  "Octopus"

Lokkatha  :My first  Hindi Play . written by Ratnakar Matkari Directed by Usha Ganguli

winner of the Best production Award  of west Bengal 1986-87

Mahabhoj:

winner of the Best production Award  of west Bengal 1985-86

 

Holi :written by Mahesh Elkunchwar and Directed by Usha Ganguli .It was awarded "shiromani Purashkar for the year 1990-91.

 Apaharan Bhaichare ka  by safdar Hasmi

Khabsoorat Bahu :written by Nag Bodas directed by Ashok singh. Awarded kalakaar Awards fro the Best Production of the year 2000.

Mantrimandal: written by directed by Ashok Singh

Role Model : Not a Childs Play , written and Directed by Rajesh Gupta

This is the first play which I had written for my son's school and had the privilege to Act and Direct also.

The uniqueness of this play was that I got involved about 150 students , 30 parents and 20 teachers  altogether on stage along with the Bengali star Mr Tapas Paul ..

still to add more ....

Film and Television

Have been fortunate  to work with Mr Amrish Puri in a children's film "Sixer" directed by Mr Gulbahar Singh.

 I played a small role in the film but it was great working with him.

Have worked in several TV serials in Hindi for Doordarshan. Remarkable performance was for "Aroop"  with Sabyasachi Chakraborty and Pallavi Chattrerji.

Telefilms

ETV Bangla:

Sudhu ek Raat: Overdose: Chotto Ekta Kuri: Parborti sambaad ratri dutor por

Sudhu Tomari Janye -Teacher Teacher : Patri Chai

Rahasya Galpo -Class Re union : 

All of them Directed by young and upcoming Director : Anindita Sarbadhicari

Police File: Based on the True story of Kidnapping of Mr Roy Burman: Directed by Chitrabhanu

Waiting for a good Break :)

Spirituality

&

Meditation

It  gives me immense  power and strength .

My Favorite Poets, Authors

Premchand, Nirala, Rabindranath Tagore, Mirza Ghalib, Bashir Badra, Faiz, Javed Akhtar, Kaifi Aazmi,Dushyant Kumar, Amrita Pritam. Keats, william wordsworth, Kahlil Gibran

 Paulo Coelho . The Alchemist "http://www.paulocoelho.com/engl/bio.html
 

My Favorite Quotes & Lines

”At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, & our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world's greatest lie ~ Paulo Coelho”

"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you yet they do not belong to you. You may give them your love but not their thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backwards nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and he bends you with his might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the Archer's hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He also loves the bow that is stable." ~KG

My Favorite Books

The Prophet : Gitanjali : Kamayani :Fountainhead :
The Alchemist: Few words about The Alchemist:

I read "The Alchemist" two years back for the first time when my friend AVI presented it on my B"DAy, it was the time when my stars were soaring high and I was passionately in love with my dreams, Success was the only word i would know at that time...the universe was conspiring ...helping me in all ways of my life .Business, Theatre, Poetry. Friends... (Even till date) AND THE ALCHEMIST BECAME MY BEST FRIEND. It just confirmed every thing I was going thru at that point of the time...THE miracle, The language of universe, what it said about the oasis...The truth and the reality revealed at the Tea shop, The idea of selling tea in crystal glasses and buying thicker books which will last longer and one can use it as pillow too...

 

Curry

Curry is Good for You ! Spices that are positively healthy

Ginger –indispensable in Indian cooking,

Ginger is used in just about everything.

Feeling a bit bunged up? Ginger helps to soothe coughs and colds and clears your head.

Feeling a bit bubonic? Ginger has antiseptic properties that have been used to treat all sorts of ailments, including the plague!

Press

Click the link below to know what Press has to say about Gupta Brothers

Food of goddess, far & wide
http://telegraphindia.com/1030222/asp/calcutta/story_1671758.asp
 

- From Amitabh Bacchan to Aamir, Bangali mishti great favourite with Bollywood heroes !!

http://telegraphindia.com/1020827/asp/calcutta/story_1139279.asp

 " Callcuttan of the week" 

following is the link to the article published in
> The Telegraph on 2nd January 2004

 http://www.telegraphindia.com/archives/archive.html