Poems and Stories

  I am Dankuni Railway Station. Situated at the heart of a town named Dankuni, at the south right corner of two prominent zones of the Hooghly district of West Bengal. Chanditala block and the Chandannagar Commissionerate, hence getting the named "Dan" (meaning right in Bengali) and "Kuni" (meaning corner in Bengali). Previously, I was just known to be the sole junction station for the trains plying from Bardhhaman to Howrah or Sealdah. But after 2010, I got an additional identity as the eastern end of the East West dedicated railway freight corridor ranging from Dankuni in the east to Ludhiana, Punjab in the west. With the establishment of the freight corridor, the speed of railway traffic has considerably increased. As a result, the warehouses are always occupied with freight trains. Well, we will have a story on that someday. But lets jump into our today's story. In 2013, a boy with his parents deboarded from 32219 UP Sealdah Dankuni Local at around 7:30 AM. ...

  This is a poetic representation of the Battle of Pavan Khind , based on the Wikipedia accounts of a glorious war between the Marathas and the Adil Shahi forces.  The library of history Beholds many tales, Of the brave warriors And gallant generals. Who had challenged All the numeric odds, And had crushed enemies With their blazing swords. Such a war has soaked History's pages with blood, Has triggered sentiments Unstoppable as flood. But over all they had shown With sheer strike of zeal, How to rewrite facts And turn impossible deals. Often we had heard of The Spartans' last stand, Who fought against some tons With just 300 grand. But in Kolhapur There were Spartans of my land , Whom time has lost And are no talk of brand. The day was of monsoon On the 13th of July, When the Chhatrapati summoned With his roaring battle cry. "If we don't act now It will be too late, And the Adil Shahis won't Block the escape gate." Baji Prabhu, his general Suggested an escape...