I am, what I am

Debosmita means “Divine Smile”, though I would rather describe my name as an amalgamation between “Debashish” and “Mita” – my parents’ names. Coincidentally, my birthdate is 28 October,  sum total of 20 (20 August being my mother’s birthday) and 8 (8 September being my father’s birthday).

My close friends call me Misha, my paternal family calls me Mishmi, those who cannot pronounce Debosmita offer to call me by “Debos”, “Smita” “Debbo”, “D”, “Nandy”, “Nondi” etc, which of course I hate. And I am NOT Debasmita or Deboshmita.

Till class IX, my dream was to join the armed forces. Then for sometime, I wanted to be a doctor . But sometime during my plus-two, I realised that I actually wanted to be a lawyer. In 2004, I crossed the threshold of one of the best law schools in the country and after spending half a decade there, I can call myself an advocate now.

I am told my ancestors are from Mymansingh district of Bangladesh. Then they shifted to Silchar, Assam, where I lived for 2 of my earliest years. My father then got transferred to this idyllic hill station called Halflong, of which I have wonderful memories. I came to Calcutta at the age of four and have been here since then.

I am passionate about both reading and writing. I can start reading anything, anywhere and at any time.

Among sports, I follow cricket and tennis regularly and any other sport  if the players are pleasing on the eyes. I am crazy about swimming and harbour a secret desire to try out every water sport. I also regret not pursuing Indian Classical dance properly and not following my mother’s foorsteps in music.

I used to generally trust everyone, especially after I became friends with them; but life has taught me to be careful. I firmly believe that you reap what you sow.  I also believe that life is too small to just let it go – it’s about doing all that you want to do, before it’s too late.

I am still awaiting love. 

I sometimes surprise myself in completely messing up my life. Just like that. Hence my latest motto is “Live life simple”

Even though I am a Scorpio, I am not really vengeful; but if you hurt me, or generally try to make my life hell, I will not sit back and watch your antics.

I also love gossip sessions with friends, mindless TV watching, travelling and trotting my camera, surfing the net and blogging. I also have a ‘thing’ for eating and can safely claim myself to be a foodie.

There are a lot of things that I want to try out in life. I have made a list here. A bit more about me can be found in this post. A lot about me can be found in these posts.

I discovered blogging in 2006 and immediately joined the bandwagon. My creative soul has been scribbling here till date, but now I have shifted here. I hope to enjoy WordPress as much as I enjoyed Blogger.

In case you have anything nice to say, I can be contacted at debosmita[dot]nandy[at]gmail.com.