Ask anyone, who has a taste of Kolkata, what are his/her most enduring images of the city, chance is the common choice will be tram and rickshaw in that order, or perhaps in reverse. Both are unique to the city, though not seen at all places, the trams less so. Both represent a bygone era […]
Mehtab shows the way
For one, he works in ONGC, arguably the biggest Indian company. Among all public sector companies, ONGCs’ is a prized employment. It also sponsors the prestigious National football League (NFL) organized by All India Football Federation (AIFF), which is the annual team-level football tournament in India. For another, professional career for sportspeople is almost non-existent […]
The Telegraph Hall of fame
This from the wikipedia: A hall of fame is a type of museum established for any a field of endeavour to honour individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actual halls or museums which enshrine the honourees with sculptures, plaques, and displays of memorabilia. In other […]
Fish here, fish there
I walk briskly being late to start for my morning-walk. The sun has just shown up, the sky clear, and there’s a slight chill in the air. As I sharply negotiate an onrushing cycle-rider, then another, a small patch of cold air gushes past, reminding me the winter is not far. Upon the culvert across […]
..another account or 2 of Kolkata
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 […]
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