Learning, as it is a continuous process, also started in an early age,very gradually with the first moments of my conscious perceptions –during those early days at Hridaypur My parents had been of immense inspiration.I can never forget of my special audience,without whom I could never have flaunted my fancy,they were my friends who would listen to my valiant attempts at reciting nursery rhymes, And the same learning process continues till this moment – in the company of the creations of enormous minds – the poets and philosophers who teach me at every waking hour of my life – and, of course, a mature audience that encourages me and their candid felicitation drives me to touch excellence.

I continue to be deeply enthused by the stalwarts and masters of the performing arts of yesteryear and today. It's a long list of names that I recall with admiration and veneration – Suchitra Mitra (from whom I took music lessons for some time), the great thespian Sambhu Mitra, the redoubtable Kazi Sabyasachi, and their likes, each of whom have a special niche in my mind, alongwith some of our great contemporary poets and authors – Nirendra Nath Chakraborty, Sankha Ghosh, Shakti Chattopadhyay, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Purnendu Patrea, Dibyendu Palit and younger generation poets like Subho Dasgupta.

But above all, the towering colossus that engulfs and pervades my entire psyche is none other than Gurudeb Rabindranath Tagore. While in respect of everyone I imbibe and synthesise their individual genius with my own perceptions, it is to Rabindranath that I totally surrender myself.