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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Sky High

8 Jul 20198 Jul 2019

The International Adda in the sky In the days of old, the Serai on the major highways of the World like the Silk Route and our grand trunk road where…

Drinking with Dad

22 May 2019

Drinking with Dad Drinking used to be a bit of a taboo among the Bengali middle class, even on festivals and marriages.  The men drank in pubs on occasion but…

POLITENESS

28 Aug 201828 Aug 2018

POLITENESS The traditional view of the mild and polite people south of the Vindyas or from our Eastern climes is that the boisterous and gregarious Punjabis are a rude bunch. …

About Poetry

29 Apr 2017

Im no poet And I know it But rhyming is easy When I'm not busy Words strung together at random Do not poetry make Rhymes are passe But metres at…