𝗡𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗶𝗮......𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲

 The video evokes profound nostalgia for me. I lived there for five years (1986–1991)—a phase during which I got married, welcomed both my sons, and experienced some of the most beautiful moments of my life amid its stunning gardens, Maidan, Alipore Zoo, the Planetarium,the Eden Gardens, watching India-Pakistan world cup, the Victoria Memorial, and its many charming restaurants, among countless other memorable places—almost all of which I walked across, just as shown in the video.

I vividly recall crossing the Hooghly by boat, walking across the Howrah Bridge innumerable times, and making frequent visits to Belur Math and Dakshineswar. Professionally, I also visited most of the major industrial centres in and around Kolkata—Howrah, Durgapur, Kalyani, Burnpur, and beyond—multiple times and interacting with the TOP Management, Quality Assurance Team and Marketing Team; making those years both personally enriching and deeply formative.

 Everything in life is ephemeral—it comes and goes. Recognising this impermanence, one must turn inward and seek the Eternal; for it is only by knowing that which does not change that one truly knows oneself and becomes firmly established.

A most powerful śloka expressing this eternal truth is from the Bhagavad Gītā (2.16):

नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः ।

उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ॥

The unreal has no being; the Real never ceases to be.

The truth of both has been clearly seen by the seers of Reality.

This śloka draws the sharp Vedāntic distinction between the transient and the Eternal, guiding the seeker away from the perishable towards that abiding Reality which alone is worthy of being known.