Changed Life

CHANGED LIFE Just by chance once I got acquainted with a Bengali Writer and Novelist in a festival. I had special admiration about his writings which I had gone through beforehand . He was a very handsome guy running in mid forty. On interaction I was simply charmed with his orating power. I developed a feeling like Hero Worship , though I was in late thirty then. As a witty talker he drew my attraction, but on throw of every third sentence he was boasting of his writings. It was irritating making me feel inferior to him. Actually his approach pricked my ego. I am a Mathematician acting as Lecturer and is satisfied on that identity. I have never tried to write, but I am successful in my chosen career. He took initiative to make my ten- year old daughter, subscriber of a leading monthly children’s magazine. Later I started thinking ‘Is writing a big deal?’ Let me try. My common sense predicted, fields of stories and poems are too crowded to compete. So I composed two scientific topics and sent one to a leading Bengali newspaper and other to the children magazine which was coming in my daughter’s name. Astonishingly , News Paper published my feature on fifteenth day. Second topic came up on next issue of renowned Children Magazine. That was the start. Spectrum went wider broader. Features on social aspects, scientific articles, fictions, poems came up in series. My story and drama got opportunity to get telecast. All India Radio welcomed me as Talker. Channel of writing Text Books is opened. Acted as Editor of a Bengali Science Magazine. I turned a professional writer. Later formed team to stage drama on own script. Life changed : New career started. Activities in multiple channels flourished .