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R E D S T O N E S , B L U E Arnab Roy was born on 9th
December. 1982 at a provincial
town names Malda on the
S T O N E S northern part of West Bengal,
India. He was then raised at
various places of Bengal at
various stages. He has done his
graduation from Kolkata and his
masters from Varanasi. He now
A R N A B R O Y teaches in a school at another
provincial town of West Bengal,
Raghunathganj. He has two
collections of poems, namely,
Rwiju Chilon Bismito Sorol (can
be crudely translated Upright
Smooth Surprised Simple) and
Everywhere there are songs of falling in love Korunasomogro (The Pity
Everywhere there are songs of drowning in love Omnibus may be) to his credit.
He has also published a
collection of short stories so far.
But, whose love is destroyed,
whose tender heart, like a raw mango
is squished,
who, with his body, mind, falling asleep
waking up with a startle, hiccups,
wild chases and wilder attacks,
moments of smashing tea cups,
scattered pieces of crystals — everything,
with all these, has become one singular pain —
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM?

O the red stone on the fingers
O the blue stone on the fingers
bring a little luck from those black silent stony planets
of the vast nothingness,
shine unexpectedly.
Let there be some magic.