The first one by Tammois from Melbourne, Australia. And it’s unspoilt by preconception. Knowing oneself through others’ eyes is akin to facing a mirror. I quote a small portion of her essay: In the space of four short days, I went from a sort of brain cloud reaction to the chaos of Kolkata, to someone […]
Different lens, different views
How do you see Kolkata? It depends. It depends on whether you’ve set foot there or in any Indian city earlier or a first-timer here, whether you’ve a practiced eye to gaze beyond the din, whether you’re ready to accept that what you see is what you don’t see in your hometown, and of course […]
Kolkata Film Festival
Strictly speaking, the 12th Kolkata Film Festival was not an international event, for it was not allowed the ‘international film festival’ tag by the central government. There appears a conflict here. The I&B ministry at the center has its own international film festival, the IFFI (International Film Festival of India), which it organizes mostly in […]
Will Imran marry?
I admire Imran Khan. I admire him not only because he is handsome, which he is even at his 54 years, but also because he stands for a mysterious charm that one finds missing in many celebrities. Imran captained Pakistan’s cricket team when it won the ICC world cup in 1992. Later, when he married […]
Missing rail link
Compare Dum Dum airport’s rail link to Dum Dum Junction station with Heathrow Express line’s non-stop service between London’s Heathrow airport and Paddington station. Okay okay, that’s too much to digest, I agree. Compare then Dum Dum’s rail link with that between Chennai’s airport’s suburban rail-station at Tirusulam and Egmore. What do we see? We […]
A drama called Ashwamedha Yagna
Alas, it ultimately fell on the shoulders of Gayatri Janakalyan Sangha, an NGO, to prevent malaria and dengue in Kolkata. Over 1000 pyres lit up yesterday at their behest at an Eastern Railway ground in Howrah, which will continue for 2 more days, in what is termed as Ashwamedha Yagna sans the symbolic marching of […]
Are they missing opportunity?
One almost feels apologetic about US business’ skipping Kolkata because of city’s negative perceptions (more here). Aileen Crowe Nandi, the Kolkata US consulate’s principal commercial officer, seems to feel sorry that no more than 3 companies out of 200 in their largest business delegation are consenting to visit Kolkata. There is an attempt to link […]
Festa Italiana 2006
2007 is declared as the Year of Italy in India. Today, as Festa Italiana, the annual global event that showcases Italy’s best, makes its debut in Kolkata, it is billed as the curtain-raiser to the 2007’s year-long celebration. Kolkata’s share among Festa Italiana’s pan-India events is the 10th anniversary celebration of the Indo-Italian Chamber of […]
More road = More car
When Tata Motors’ low-priced small car – hopefully made in its yet-to-come-up Singur plant – becomes available to own, it will explode the car market. This is the picture that emerges from an NCAER-survey done for Maruti Udyog, as reported in Nov 13 ET. The survey says that about 1.13 lakh 2-wheeler owners are ready […]
Women’s power is not the real issue
It’s close to my heart, says NDTV Profit’s 2-30 Factor anchor (perhaps Manvi Dhillon) this afternoon. She runs a news coverage in which Roopa Purushothaman of the research-analysis outfit, Future Capital says that if more women join the Indian workforce, it would add $35 billion to GDP in 5 years. Today’s ET has more details. […]
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