BLOGGING… A fabulous review 26 Sep 2022 A review of my book by a reader in EnglandMy review for Memories - A novella: The Hilarious nightmare of growing up. My Rating 5/5. Let me start this review…
BENGALI… Tinda vrs potol 10 Aug 202210 Aug 2022 Tinda vrs potol The biggest problem with a cross cultural couple is the dinner menu. The difficulty in choosing the cuisine is a fertile ground for marital disputes. In our…
bringing up children… Getting drenched 31 Jul 202231 Jul 2022 Getting drenchedWhen my kids were small, we used to celebrate the monsoons by getting drenched together.The neighborhood kids who were forbidden to do so pointed us out to appeal to…
growing up… Lists 29 Jul 202229 Jul 2022 Lists When we got married, my roommates moved out of our barsati and my wife moved in. As the wedding happened without the knowledge and consent of our families, we…
BENGALI… The meal 29 Jul 202230 Jul 2022 The meal My grandfather, whom I called Dadu, was a British Civil servant with the title Rai Bahadur , who spent all his service years suited booted and having his…
bringing up children… Orientation 27 Jul 20221 Aug 2022 Orientation When I was a teenager, I greatly admired the Marxist revolutionary movements that I read about, be it Vietnam, Cuba, Telangana or Naxalbari . Ideologically I went from Pink,…
bringing up children… Parenting 18 Jul 202221 Sep 2022 When she was finishing school , like all middle class Indian parents we tried to persuade her to become an engineer doctor or lawyer. After getting excellent rankings in JEE,…
adventure… Love and duty 15 Jun 202226 Jun 2022 Love and duty I have spoken earlier about how random canines get attached to me on the roads. This became a problem when a large stray in the famous Radhanagar…
LOVE… Reminders 8 Jun 202226 Jun 2022 Reminders Everything reminds me of you A crossword clue Some lines of rhyme A jingle on the radio The beaming face on the hoarding The one liner of the stand…
bringing up children… Dividing our assets 4 Jun 2022 Dividing the assets There was a Bollywood remake of Cramer vrs Cramer called Akeley hum Akeley tum My precocious six-year-old daughter saw this with us and made a suggestion In…
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