Nov 16 last, Bhojohari Manna descended on the terrace of Star Theater – courtesy Arijit Dutta of Priya Entertainment – in what was the first Bengali full-course lunch during the Kolkata Film Festival. Those lucky ones like me who have partaken Bhojohari Manna’s fares in one of their restaurants would vouch for its all-too-Bengali tasty […]
Sir Jagadish – who could win Nobel
Nearly 90 years after Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi co-shared the 1909 Nobel Physics Prize with Karl Ferdinand Braun for development of wireless telegraphy, the US-based IEEE (Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers) has in a special issue in January 1998 reported that it was Sir Jagadish, who first invented wireless communication, which was at least […]
Accessing net
Apropos my Monday post, Net-savvy Kolkattans, here are the percentage figures of city-wise Internet usage pattern in the IAMAI/IMRB International Survey, I-Cube vide today’s ET. DelhiHome: 33 Office: 20 Cafe: 42 School/College: 3 MumbaiHome: 27 Office: 32 Cafe: 32 School/College: 8 KolkataHome: 42 Office: 19 Cafe: 31 School/College: 4 BangaloreHome: 23 Office: 15 Cafe: 42 […]
India’s male bloggers
Do you blog? If this was the question asked of over 1000 Indian MSN portal users, an overwhelming majority of 76% male must have replied ‘yes’. This is revealed in the recently released Blogging India: An MSN and Windows Live Report (..more). The report says that just about 14% of online users are regular bloggers, […]
Have money, will tour
I don’t know if the definitions have changed, but in my time, in olden days, we were taught that as a person becomes rich, his needs start to trace an upward graph. Thus, if food, cloth and minimum shelter were once his primary needs in that order, with more money his next needs would encompass […]
Onrush of retailing
Close to where I stay, on the eastern side of EM Bypass near Mukundapur, a big construction is going on occupying several acres. The signpost – or signboard if you prefer – at the site declares that it is for the German retail giant, Metro Cash & Carry. The frenetic activity matches with almost ceaseless […]
VIP temples
How do you judge which deities are most effective to listen to your prayers? My answer will be they are probably those where VIPs come often. Because, aren’t VIPs expected to have bigger problems than us, the common people? Since news-grabbing VIPs are mostly concentrated in Mumbai and Delhi, it follows that most effective deities […]
Pleasure of defacing wall
If you want to have pleasure at others’ cost, yet enjoy full protection of law then Kolkata must be your destination. For, perhaps in no large city will you find hawkers being legally allotted space on pavements of busy roads to sell their wares. Neither perhaps you’ll see political parties enjoying full freedom to deface […]
Net-savvy Kolkattans
Guess which city has one of the fastest growing broadband markets in India? Or, which India metropolis ranks among top 3 in terms of number of Internet users in the country? The answer to both is Kolkata. And Kolkata it is, which has among the highest Internet connectivity in home segment in India. These and […]
Twins’ story
My 200th post this and see how lucky I’m to bring you a grand story. It’s about twin sisters, each giving birth to twins when their turn comes. Heidi McKenna has twin daughters, who are 4 years old. Now, 6 days back, Heidi’s twin sister, Heather has her twins, a son and a daughter. With […]
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