Nostalgia by Photos of Mosaboni Days - HCL/ICC

Ghatslia Rly Station

Well for every town, city, or a place, the most important mode of transport are Bus, Taxi, Air and Train. For all of of us, Ghatsila Station had been a long dent in our hearts, either to see off our friends, relatives or our own travel either for business or personal travel (like leaving for home on leave etc).
This photo taken from the collection of Ruchita Prasad. Looks to be better out look, as at least steps to platform looks newly built.

Ghatsila Railway Station - What a great smile !

View of Ghatsila Railway Station Platform 1

I have taken these photos from the collection of our colleagues children Rekha Dev & Dolonchampa Chadhuri and bring back to us Nostalgia of this place, which I believe will always be remembered in our hearts.

Mosaboni Post Office

Next very important place was Mosaboni Post office, where all our letters used to come and delivered by postman to every home, flat, bungalow or hostel old or new, long tom etc. and same for out going letters both business or personal.

I can only see, a cycle/scooter shed added in front of it.

One of my friend Mr. M L Dhar used to live diagonally opposite this post office in the bungalow. His father retired from Mosaboni during our times there. As you face post office, on the left was a two floor, home of our contractor Ram Rich Pal whose son's Lalu Lal and Kailash Agarwal carried on the legacy and business with Mosaboni Group, for tail disposal, to road construction to buliding roads etc.

Facing post office on right was a road or main artery leading to mine general offices / mines and south side road lead to Pathargora Mine, Surda Mine etc to Ghatsila Railway Station or Tatanagar.

Some of the other landmarks close to post office were: Near by grocery shops, JTQ Flats, ICC Flats, Mines Club, Church, MSB Stores (Mr Chaudhary was head clerk, if people recall was also the person whose son / and his employee's used to deliver newspaper and magazines to our homes. And another bifurcation of that road lead to Recreation Club, Middle School and St Joseph Convent School etc at the far end and yes.......

Mosaboni Mine Bakery Owner's son

 
Mosaboni Mine popular Bakery (a always great smile from owner' son who served us, with our purchases), possibly that smile always make me still feel as if, I am in Mosaboni. How about children, they will certainly remember this man and some may remember his father.

We were leaving Mosaboni for good in Dec' 1989, and I recall coming to his shop for settling our bills, as children used to pick up cream rolls, biscuits etc, on the face value of signed chit by there parents. He was nice to hand over my bill, and I left with him my address for home town, just in case any bill he forgot to charge us. Later, I remember we got a lovely letter, that we left our address, and in his apologetic  letter had one or two bills of ours to be paid, which he had misplaced then and now found it. My parents sent him money order, and he acknowledge my parents with lot of thanks.

Last time I met him was when we came back from Zambia in  1992 on our first holiday, and he had not forgotten us, and with folded hand smiles and gave me lot of thanks once again. I believe his business is still running, as you can see him giving a smile, and his shop is having good to display for selling. This shot was taken by Amrit Pal Singh recently on his trip to Mosaboni.