Ahoy there ! Winter !

I am quite obsessed with low temperatures, fogs, lack of sunlight and everything that accompanies the brief and flitting Winter season that graces tropical countries. Although my country is diverse geographically and therefore it is a mixture of the tropics. the Mediterraneans and even the temperate climes, Calcutta, the city that I live in experiences very brief Winters. This time of the year Winter seems to have swept across the city in her full bloom. We are going through one of the coldest weeks of the year. While the rest of my countrymen (and women) are shivering under their coats and mufflers, I am enjoying the crisp morning air accompanied by Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Vivaldi and last but not the least, Mozart, This is also the season for planning my future writing projects and to wait for the old ones to get approved. Every writer must wait for approval from the publisher or the agent and the only thing he can do to spend or save time (as he sees fit) is to write another book. 🙂 That is precisely what I am doing at present. Therefore, I have decided only to write something over here once I finish each important segment of my book. This exercise will allow me to focus more on my book and maintain a regular schedule so that I am able to complete the first draft by mid 2024. In the meantime, I will be posting some of my most cherished music pieces from the Great Masters of Western Classical Music.

Till we meet next time once I finish a particular segment of my novel. Au revoir folks !

And do not forget to enjoy the Winter 🙂

focused photo of a snow flake

Yet Another E-Book Online

The Complete Collected Poems
by Lopamudra Bandyopadhyay


The Complete Poems of Lopamudra Bandyopadhyay. This edition comprises of both her earlier volumes on poetry, Meghmallhar and Meghashyam. This collection has been published in the year 2023 for all lovers of poetry and the finer things of life. Lopamudra Bandyopadhyay lives in Kolkata, India. She is an academic by profession and a writer by passion.

In order to buy a copy click on the link given below:

https://books2read.com/u/m06dVA

My book is also available on the Google Playstore. Click on the link below to access the same:

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Lopamudra_Bandyopadhyay_The_Complete_Collected_Poe?id=exDqEAAAQBAJ

Thank you for your kindness and appreciation !

Spring Cleaning in Winter

At the end of every momentous year (yes, I do consider every year to be momentous in its own way), I tend to mentally declutter or rather spring clean my mind. As I have often mentioned in the past, being an introvert and living in the world of extroverts can be challenging in more ways than one. One simple feature is the inability to think or focus or do all those things that a writer needs to do in his or her daily life. The outside world with its incessant cacophony and unceasing dialogues tend to burden the mind. Society loves to chat and no matter how many doors you close and bolts you fasten, it will find its way into your life and fill it with unnecessary words, sentences and pictures. And then you are grappling for the right words and right emotions which have hoodwinked you all the while you were forcibly pulled away from your tiny world of peace .

Every Winter I tend to Spring Clean my mind. Now this may sound odd, but I cannot think of a better way to express myself at the moment. I tend to throw away the frivolous moments and burdensome phrases that the ongoing year has piled upon my consciousness and choose to cherish only the ones that have meant something to me in the recent past. Also, I tend to declutter my mind and refresh myself for the upcoming new year by cutting out on all the unnecessary chores and trying to focus upon only those that might benefit both me and my career. Although my full time job tends to give me my bread and butter, but I know that my heart is not into it. Writing has always been my passion and I can think of nothing except writing when it comes to real work. However, I have tried and have succeeded to a certain extent in relegating my official job to the sidelines of my mind, thus in the process, offering the center stage to writing. This year too I have decided to formulate a routine in order to facilitate my total devotion to my craft.

  1. Relegate official work to work hours only.
  2. Avoid logging into my work email after work hours.
  3. Shut off all notifications of my phone once I return home every evening.
  4. Use my alternative flip phone for the family.
  5. Sit at my computer every single day even during the occasional writer’s block.
  6. Read, read and read more.
  7. Avoid screens as much as possible.
  8. Maintain a daily record of how much I have accomplished each day.
  9. Finally, when I am not writing, cook healthy meals, because it is during cooking that I get some of my great ideas 🙂

Au revoir ! Back to Spring Cleaning in Winter !

a woman with green hair laying on the ground

A Home Away From Home

It has been more than a year ( my first post was on the 27th of August, 2022, to be precise) that I have been blogging on Vivaldi. I began in last August and have not given up on blogging despite the regular hiccups of work and social obligations. In fact, it has been quite a welcome change from sharing my thoughts on the ever chaotic social media. It has now become a regular habit to scribble down a few words on my blog, however relevant or irrelevant they may be. In fact when I had started blogging last August I did not even think that I would continue with this hobby of journaling for more than a year. Today I am happy that this venture into a new territory has now blossomed into a productive hobby.

Choosing Vivaldi has also brought with it its unique bouquet of advantages. The site being free from the ever intrusive advertisements (which are usually found in other blogging sites) has made it more attractive for those of us who want simplicity coupled with technologically advanced features. For people like me who are writers, poets, photographers and others involved in various creative fields, a site that is non intrusive, robust and downright simple is indeed a boon from the heavens. I have been using this site not only as a blogging platform but also as my official website. Further, with the automatic integration of the Vivaldi email it is easier for my readers to contact me. Both this blog as well as the integrated mailing feature helps me connect with my current readers as well as prospective ones.

Another great thing that I discovered in the last one year is the Vivaldi community. It has helped me immensely in coming across like-minded people who are involved in creative pursuits too. I would specially like to mention Dale Tucker, who is a fellow novelist, whose writings and dedication towards his craft has encouraged me to devote more time to my own literary pursuits. I would also like to mention Marco Castellani’s (who is an astronomer) blog which is a wonderful place to go back to and read about technological stuff that are extremely new to me. Last but not the least, I would also like to mention Evanescent Revelations, yet another blog that compels me to visit the same time and again due to its sheer lyrical appeal.

Dale in particular has gradually become a good friend over the last one year and I am glad that blogging on Vivaldi gave me the opportunity to meet and know people who have the same destination that I have 🙂

This is that time of the year when each one of us tends to reflect upon the year gone by and ponder upon our gains and losses during the course of the same. However, in a nutshell, I can safely state that Vivaldi has helped me immensely both in my professional career as well in my personal sphere as a writer. I would definitely consider this site “a home away from home” in more ways than one. Not only has it disciplined me as a writer, but it has also made me more dedicated towards my craft and has in the process successfully released me from distracting tentacles of the all pervasive social media. I am now more in control of my mind, my solitude and my single-minded devotion towards writing.

Thank you Vivaldi. Thank you for indeed being “a home away from home”.

Au revoir ! Till I write again…

child and woman at the gate near cabin and trees painting

My Books are now available on Google Play Books

Both my books are now also available on Google Play Books in the Google Play Store app. Kindly click on the links given below in order to access them.

Megh Mallhar: The Song of the Rains by Lopamudra Bandyopadhyay – Books on Google Play

Meghashyam: An Anthology of Poems by Lopamudra Bandyopadhyay – Books on Google Play

Thank you for your kindness and appreciation.

Au revoir !