BENGALI… What’s in a name 19 Apr 202122 Apr 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…
cities… Street cries 2 Apr 20212 Apr 2021 Street criesSince lockdown had started, the part of Delhi I was staying in, Jorbagh, an already extremely quiet neighborhood , became practically silent, and I could hear a great deal…
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… 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…
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…
adventure… Woodstock 9 Aug 20209 Aug 2020 Woodstock Urban Indians of our generation gave grown up glamourising the American iconic music festival of the sixties ,Woodstock as the symbol of freedom rebellion Bohemianism and art along…
education… Farewell 24 May 202024 May 2020 A very close family friend and neighbor in Kolkata the eminent historian and unbelievably good human being passed away to covid today. He unlike Indians who go abroad to study…
adventure… SUSPICION 18 May 202017 May 2020 Suspicion This was just before the Covid lockdown had started. I was at a busy airport in India, on my way to Delhi. I encountered a young Sikh gentleman, obviously…
books… Vanity Fare 17 May 202017 May 2020 VANITY FARE The National Library in Kolkata in Alipore is housed in a magnificent building amidst rolling parklands and ancient trees, and has a great history itself. Once the pleasure…
