Oh no, not another day like this! Not today, not till the puja ends! This must be the collective prayer of rain-battered Kolkattans. As the puja days are nearing, and the rains showing no signs of abating, it is anybody’s guess what lies ahead. Yet this was not so even a few days back. Bright […]
Purohit on call
Who knew one day offering puja would be possible online! If earning degree online is possible in digital age, why not puja, you might argue. But perhaps there will be something amiss. An online obeisance will lack the distinct flavor of brouhaha that normally associates with the way we like to do it. But if […]
Maa Durga on her way
Once Viswakarma Puja passes, the tempo picks up, because Maa Durga has finally commenced her journey to come in our midst. This is what we used to be told by our seniors when we were small. Wide-mouthed and expectant, we felt unhappy when in some years her ‘journey’ used to be longer than others. “Perhaps […]
Puja season starts
Vishwakarma – the curtain-raiser (Picture source)With today’s Viswakarma Puja, the season of puja starts. This morning, as I go to local bazaar to replenish weekly stock of fish, vegetables and fruits, I come across scores of roadside pujas with blaring loudspeakers belting out latest Hindi film hits. Our para’s cycle-rickshaw pullers celebrate one such and […]
Buladi for pujas
Tackling AIDS head-on – with success! (Picture source)If there is one outdoor advertisement that doesn’t go amiss in Kolkata’s busy thoroughfares, it is Buladi. This plump middle-aged matron’s image has sunk deep into one’s mind bit by bit, and that is where its portrayal is successful. It shows that social message, if conveyed deftly, can […]
Cruise to Puri and Andamans
A star cruise – swan on sea (Picture source)Want cruising to Andamans via Puri in 3 days? If CPT (Calcutta Port Trust) has its way, this may soon be a reality. Which means the cruise liner will do the complete course from Kolkata’s Kidderpore docks to Sagar Islands at the confluence of Hooghly river, and […]
Football ties with Brazil
Talk of games, and India shies off. A Leander here, a Rathore there, that’s all. The mainstream media is so obsessed with cricket that it defies any kind of decent logic. I still remember a misty-eyed TV commentator (of erstwhile Star-NDTV), moved on the verge of tears while reporting on Sachin Tendulkar’s ‘unbelievable greatness’ in […]
Are men more clever?
Today’s ABP (Ananda Bazar Patrika) has a controversial news-item – men are more intelligent than women. I’ve traced the research works the news-item refers. One is a detail study by Prof. J Philippe Rushton, professor of psychology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada based on the results of Scholastic Assessment Test or SAT. The […]
Amazing pictures from Dubai
As promised, here is Debashis Mukherjee’s second series of pictures. These are his snaps taken in the desert city, Dubai. I must thank Sanyal da (Sujit Sanyal) for not responding to my request for permission to publish these pictures, which I believe can be taken as ‘permission granted’. The good thing about Debashis’ pictures is […]
Maa Durga for all
(Picture source)If ever you want to see craft in motion, now is the time to visit Kumortuli. Scores of artisans are busy putting final touches to the idols that will shortly make their way to puja pandals near and far. Kumortuli is now a bee-hive of activity. But why only Kumortuli? Hundreds of clay artisans […]
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