adventure… Guest post by a brilliant young doctor punster poet and writer, Dr Priyamita Ghosh 25 Jul 202125 Jul 2021 FIRST IMPRESSION I was in my fourth year of college. The semester exams were over and Durga Puja was just round the corner. My friend/batchmate Anwesha had invited some of…
addictions… The delinquent 21 Jun 202121 Jun 2021 He was orphaned soon after birth and abandoned at a construction site, left to forage for scraps at an age when infants aren’t even weaned. He had nearly starved to…
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…
adventure… The survivor part 1.. a true story 9 Apr 2021 The survivor.. a true story.. part 1 “ Basanti, come quick, the Ghosh para is burning, the Khan sena are shooting the landlords, let’s go and see it. “ The…
BENGALI… Suitable boy 4 Mar 20214 Mar 2021 SUITABLE BOY A friend recently posted a link on my facebook page which listed answers of various American children to the question “How do we know whom to marry “with…
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;…
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…
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…
BENGALI… Play date 13 Oct 20205 Nov 2020 Play date We go back to the boy’s childhood. But Wait, it looks rather weird calling him the boy. This was what the burra sahibs condescendingly called waiters in restaurants…
