childhood… Shyness 2 Mar 20212 Mar 2021 How to get rid of shyness and become the life and soul of the party We have seen Boy start life as a reclusive bookworm and a shrinking violet, in…
adventure… Shivas regal in the ladies hostel 19 Feb 202119 Feb 2021 Shivas regal in the ladies hostel This story was narrated by a lady at a social gathering and gave me an insight into the place few men have been to;…
adventure… The film 8 Feb 20218 Feb 2021 The filmI finally got to see Sonali Bose’s acclaimed film Amu, on the Sikh genocide of 84 in Delhi on the channel Mubi, meant for art house cinema . The…
adventure… The accidental love story 4 Feb 2021 Delhi was Boy’s accidental love storyBoy’s first visit to Delhi was in his parents arms, and the only memory that stood out was falling from a high chair in some…
addictions… Sex 15 Jan 202115 Jan 2021 Sex As my favourite sociologist, George Mikas once said, the continentals have sex; the British have the hot water bottle.I do not know if this is true, but young boys…
childhood… Reading 11 Jan 202111 Jan 2021 READING We had left Boy, struggling to make sentences, lost in the labyrinth of the Queens tongue, and suddenly in the last chapter he is hunting through the classics for…
adventure… Lost 21 Dec 202021 Dec 2020 First days of school LostFirst days in schoolThe new school in the big city that Boy had joined was very grand, with a huge building, sprawling grounds, strict discipline, and…
childhood… Riots 15 Dec 202015 Dec 2020 RiotsThere was a new game being played in the boy’s school. It was called ‘riot riot’. It was like Kings, or rather Bompat, which probably was a corruption of Bombard,…
adventure… Kolkata calling 1 Dec 20201 Dec 2020 Kolkata The news created a sensation around their little neighbourhood. Boy’s family was shifting to Kolkata. It was the dream city for the kids around. Boy didn’t see what the…
adventure… Going to school 12 Nov 202012 Nov 2020 Going to schoolBoy was taken one day to a strange building by his parents and after some bewildering conversation with a man in a funny white gown, was fussed over…
