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… 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… 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…
cities… A real symbol of love 29 Sep 2020 The real symbol of love The Taj mahal has been long accepted as the greatest symbol of love and people come visiting India from all over the world to see…
adventure… The trendsetter 28 Jun 20203 Jul 2020 When lightning struck https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/76463602.cms?width=219&height=317&quality=80&imgsize=36185I saw this new film on Netflix called Chaman Bahar. This was from the point of view of a young pan wala from a small town in…
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…
Creativity… Guest column by a brilliant young lawyer Malvika Thakur 29 Mar 202030 Mar 2020 Mother’s Love I am a mother. My name is Nature. I had four children; Plant, Microbe, Animal and the youngest one, Human. I loved all my children equally, but Human,…
addictions… Pluminion 18 Nov 201918 Nov 2019 Delhi plummies meeting at Dr Chaturvedi's Blandings Castle where every prospect pleased.The food was Anatoles.The sky was blue. The music was divine. The quiz was spiffing.The gentlemen were dashing. The…
