Kolkata, and a Life of Small Things
This time I realised I didn’t have Ram Ray any longer on my list of favourite people to meet in...
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Designs of Undivided Bengal
As she walked into the train compartment, she saw the gaps in between the bogies. Mrinalini often wondered what would...
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The Defiant Devi
As I walk out into the burning scorching sun of the summer Calcutta home, I leave my trail of the...
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1426 In My Lunisolar Calendar
It’s that time of the year again. When the roots come barging into my being. I never knew how it...
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No Chains Can Chain Me No Cage Can Capture Me
I just switched off the pause button inside my head. The unbridled thoughts of years came gushing out like river that been...
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Our Hearts Sings The Same Tune
Winter vacations meant travelling with Ma & Dadu to Delhi. The harsh winter months were the time when Ma would...
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Firdaus Is Omnipresent
The sound of the marching boots and the incessant screams of the tribals fighting for their land reverberated into the...
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Revival Of Leather Crafts From Calcutta
Passing by the closed leather tannery in Calcutta, my heart sinks for the closed factories and the character of the...
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Between The Rustle Of Starched Cotton Lies A Song Of Atr’e
As I navigated into the lanes and bylanes. I found this quaint little store among the tree laden streets and...
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