When news of Maradona’s death made headlines and the world was crying, Tiger’s call also appeared, which was when he gave his last breath. Ranjita Biswas reminds her of Tiger Island
Diego Maradona is dead. Due to a center attack on his home on Tiger Island, suddenly, even when he was drenched in the shocking news, the reminiscence of the position floated in his mind.
A few years ago, I had a day in Tiger from Buenos Aires when I was there to attend a conference.
The island of Tigris, about 35 km from Buenos Aires, is at the mouth of the Río de la Plata. As an Indian, the so-called Tiger, which means tiger in Spanish, intrigued me.
I didn’t know Argentina had tigers. Then the mystery was solved when the consultant told us the story. It goes like this: when the Spaniards who were going to colonize the land later, they arrived in the 16th century at the mouth of the river and saw a jaguar, not uncommon in Argentina, mistook it for a tiger and shouted “tiger!And the call got stuck.
This is where Maradona’s magical feet spent her last days, I thought unfortunately when the news came, a life left too soon. During me there, I had no idea his house was there.
I that at Maipu station in Buenos Aires, we boarded a brilliant graffiti-style painted exercise and departed on the line “Train of the angels coast” (coastal exercise) towards Tigre. It is an old address dating back to the last 19th century, when British railways first brought exercises to Buenos Aires. The original management was deserted for some time due to the loss of revenue from Los Angeles passengers and loss of income. Then the government took over and turned it into a kind of “tourist destination exercise. “buses can carry about two hundred passengers at a time.
The beautiful exercise took place in an enchanted countryside dotted with hibiscus and large haciendas where some of the city’s richest citizens live. Finally we arrived at the small station of San Isidro, built in 1891, precisely as an old English train station.
According to legend, it was Juan de Garay, founder of the city of Buenos Aires, who inaugurated this land. In the city’s Miter Square, you can see a huge neo-Gothic cathedral dedicated to San Isidro, the patron saint of Buenos Aires.
Being from Bengal, I regretted not being able to make a stopover on the Miralrio estate in Victoria Ocampo this trip is now a cultural center and not far from San Isidro.
It was there that Rabindranath Tagore spent two months recovering from a serious illness on a stopover in Argentina on a convention trip. Ocampo, an admirer of her work, played the best hostess, was born into a circle of wealthy and educated relatives and has become one of Argentina’s top eminent intellectuals and remained friends with Tagore.
The Tiger, which stretches for 5,405 square miles, is one of the largest Deltas in Los Angeles in the world. Interestingly, it does not enter a sea or an ocean; instead, it is located on the Río de los Angeles Plos angelesta, which separates Argentina and Uruguay.
The waterway starts from the terminal of the River Station in the tributary of the Luján River of the Paraná River. Sliding through the muddy water reminded me of Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer. On both sides of the banks have appeared quite holiday homes and resorts. This is also where I ate on board the most productive squid of all time, new from the river, fried and served with sautéed vegetables.
Returning to Buenos Aires, while visiting the river port of La Boca (the mouthpiece) on a multi-stop bus “buenosairesbus”, the commentator pointed out the huge stadium of the club “La Bombonera” of Boca “Junior” for the mythical Diego, the God as the enthusiasts called him, trained to show off his famous shirt.
Boca Juniors is one of the largest football groups in Argentina. Football enthusiasts can buy tickets to watch a game and revel in the electrifying atmosphere, or take a special excursion to the Boca Pasión Museum that also includes a guided tour of the stadium.
Certainly, with Maradona’s disappearance, the painting he had ruled would see many more paying homage to one of the brightest players the “beautiful game” has ever seen.