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~SHONAJHURI HAAT~

Shantiniketan Trip:- Day-1

As a lover of Rabindranath Thakur, I have always dreamt to give a small visit to Shantiniketan. Dream came true. I am sitting in my hotel room right now and I am typing this in my notepad. Pinush (my pishemoshai/uncle) playing a rabindra sangeet "Bodhu micche rag korona"

It was 6:52 a.m. (i love keeping time records for a stupid reason, suppose we meet a problem and a detective arrives and asks me the time i will be able to give the exact time and help the detective to solve the case faster) when me and my family reached Howrah station. Pinush and family came around 8:15 a.m. (the train timing was 8:30 so no issues). We hopped on the train took our seats and waited for the train to arrive at Bolpur Shantiniketan Station. We got down from the train at 12:00 p.m. (dot time XD) We took a Toto and reached at our hotel. We took bath, had our lunch and left for Shonajhuri Haat

Shonajhuri Haat was the best place... It felt like I have teleported to the era of Rabi Thakur. Believe me, every single one was wearing traditional dress. Men and boys were wearing Punjabi, Jeans. Some even wore punjabi and dhuti. Women and girls were wearing Saree, churidar, kurti, short kurti and long skirt. Even I was wearing traditional. Tribal dances and baul gaan were my favorite part of the haat. Everyone was "Rabindrik". People singing rabindra sangeet while roaming around the haat, chatting about Rabi Thakur's Uponyash, Choto Golpo, Kobita and what not.

Some tribal, residents of Shantiniketan sold their creative items like Handmade Saree, punjabi, churidar, coat, umbrella, handkerchief, pencil box, diary. Handcrafted Jewelry and alot. We purchased a lot of things. Some titbit of eye-talk or eye-contact happened with a random guy.(he was handsome and was rabindrik from inside cause he was not wearing traditionals but he was very much into the haat and everything present) It felt good, people reading this have all the right to judge me but I felt good.

খোকার মনের ঠিক মাঝখানটিতে

আমি যদি পারি বাস নিতে-_

তবে আমি একবার

জগতের পানে তার

চেয়ে দেখি বসি সে-নিভৃতে ॥

তার রবি শশী তারা

জানিনে কেমন ধার!

~ রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর

I took all these photographs in my camera. I don't know but I looked very beautiful today and felt good as well. I was carrying a camera and was clicking the pictures of every single thing present there. I felt very happy and peaceful. I don't have much words to describe more. I described the whole shonajhuri haat.

(We purchased a lot of cloths and fun moment, nothing was a good fit for my older brother because he is freaking tall and a little chubby. I am waiting for a bookstore in order to purchase a lot of books of Rabindranath)

Thats all for today (second blog coming soon and I am having a very nice trip getting no time to surf my mobile phone XD)

I have to tag these mutuals of mine

@enigma-the-mysterious @choppedphilosopherharmony @intellectual6666 @arjokonna @zindagi-se-darte-ho

Lemme post some Rabindra Sangeet too 📜🍁