It’s that time of year when fairs and exhibitions gradually start making ways to shaping up on ground from planning stage. Of all the fairs in the city, the Book Fair is considered as the biggest in terms of area encroached and number of footfalls. It is also a prestigious event for the government, perhaps […]
Eyeing Kolkata
Ok, let’s face it. Kolkata may not be what many would imagine before setting foot here. Visitors, who come here for the first time, are readily appalled by the squalor and the din everywhere. Once they dig in though, it starts feeling better bit by bit. To its credit, Kolkata perhaps is a city you […]
Overhauling city’s belly
Is there a rescue from nightmarish waterlogging taking shape? Going by reports, there is. In fact, there ‘are’. We’ve for long heard that Kolkata’s sewerage – a prized possession from the British era – can no longer afford to bear the combined might of millions whose inevitable left-overs make way through it. Since very little […]
Thike jhi (Hired maid)
This morning Kamala came to distribute sweets to break the news that her son has bagged a ‘computer’ job in a 24×7 office in Salt Lake. We knew her son was doing well in studies, but cared little to know any further. For Kamala was no person to be inquired about her family or well-being. […]
Union for techies
There looms a test of strength. Test between almighty CITU and the Salt Lake’s IT fraternity in Sector-V. And the day for the test is December 14 when the trade unions, mainly the left ones, observe a day’s strike. For the record, the 3-day old West Bengal IT Services Association, as it is christened, formally […]
Kolkata’s floating address
Soon a new address is going to add itself to the list of city’s banquet destinations. But it isn’t just another. For one, it floats on water, and if that seems exciting, the icing on the cake is the panoramic view it commands any which way you gaze. It’s the Floatel, or the floating hotel […]
Goat meat ahoy
Is there a connection between what our CM says and JU’s meat-related invention? May be I’m reading too much into it, but if it is true by any stretch of imagination, it is indeed most welcome. And why not? We’re meat-loving people, but alas our appetite is constrained by consideration for good health. But first, […]
Dreading silent diwali
This is that time of the year when the sound-control watchdogs come out in the open. Police prise open ‘suspicious-looking’ cargo, follow trails and generally keep a wary watch on all the roadside stalls that sell fireworks. The wholesale markets teem with sleuths, and some say there are incentives to earn if targeted numbers are […]
Bandh to nowhere
What will be tomorrow’s headline? Pyongyang’s nuclear test or Trinamool’s Bangla Bandh? It’ll be a close call between the two. To an objective mind, there would appear some common ground between the two. Both are regressive, both are aimed to launch tough bargaining. Leaving North Korea’s test to experts (which clearly I’m not), let me […]
Pujo with different hues
I’ve with me a nice ‘what-pujo-means’ from Sanyal da of Ongc. He’s an ardent probasi bangali with perhaps a tinge of nostalgic feelings during pujo days. Do enjoy his classic piece. Here’s a renewed subho bijoya to you all.
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