college life… An informal chat on how to do nothing 11 Jul 202123 Jul 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFVBCHnpp1w&ab_channel=SonuBhasinFamilies%26Business
BENGALI… The Bard and I 22 Apr 202122 Apr 2021 Bard blues My first encounter with the Bard was in a children’s book called lamb tales from Shakespeare, and I thought that he was pretty lame and not a patch…
BENGALI… What’s in a name 19 Apr 20212 Jun 2021 What is in a name? Call a rose by any other name, it will smell as sweet Well, the bard says so, and we applaud. But is he right? My…
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… 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…
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…
addictions… Fear 5 Mar 2020 Terror The recent media report about the journalist whom some goons threatened to strip to check his religious identity sparked off a dark memory long buried in my psyche. …
BENGALI… Vegetarianism 6 Jan 20206 Jan 2020 Vegetarian The concept of vegetarianism is prevalent only in certain parts of India only among certain castes among Hindus and all Jains, and that too, only from the fifth millennium…
