Looking for hardworking, nonchalant, careless traffic-stoppers. Must have experience in leading middle-of-the-road rallies for any reason. Must be able to cock a snook at people’s sufferings and counter law-enforcers with bad-mouthing. Formal education is not mandatory, though sounding big without knowledge is desirable. If you have these qualifications, rush in your application today. There are […]
Giant fish on sale
If it wasn’t for Tushar Sir, Rahul would have surely missed the view of his lifetime. So he felt. Perhaps he was not wrong, for when I saw the news in today’s paper, I felt the same way. Tushar Sir was going to his North Bengal home on an urgent call, so he asked Rahul […]
38 more days
(picture source) Do you know Durga Puja is just 38 days away? If you don’t, you cannot be blamed. The usual signals are still amiss. The buying spree is hardly there, pandals yet to block roads, puja chadas not yet collected. On the flip side, it’s still raining everyday, potholes are still gaping, school exams […]
Kolkata’s bad roads
About 2 months back, when the ever-smiling CEO of GE came calling to India, Jeffrey Immelt gave an interview on NDTV. He heads one of the largest US multinationals, which has its fingers in almost every business pie one can conceive of, and so justifiably his account on doing business in India was worth listening […]
Radio Mirchi on the prowl
Promoted by the TOI group, Radio Mirchi (RM) is hot on the trail of grabbing maximum ad revenues. And you know who are its likely competitors? The print media. Surprised! Better not. Yesterday’s ET sports a quarter-page ad on the front page that pits RM against the formidable and well-entrenched ABP group. Agreed RM and […]
Barnaparichay – The Mall
Anyone who learns Bengali from early school days, has to be familiar with this gem from Pundit Iswarchandra Vidyasagar. Barna Parichay stands for learning the alphabets (Bengali alphabets here). Once the first barrier is crossed, the next course is a series of easy learners, Sahaj Path, created by Rabindranath Tagore. Without these preliminaries (or at […]
The whims of weather gods
This week many schools in Assam have declared holidays because of heat wave. Heat wave in Assam? You might say I’m joking. But it’s true. Why only Assam? The entire north-east and North Bengal have had very scanty rains this season. Which is quite unusual to say the least. Not a season passes without Assam […]
New Town for half a million
Kolkata has for long remained a geographically constrained metropolis. Life centered around a few downtown destinations, and anything beyond is simply not favored. Lack of growth severely curtailed its claim to be counted among top Indian metros. So much so that a few years back, there even was a government plan to downgrade Kolkata’s rating […]
KANK on the loose
Next week, 2 holidays come together, 15th and 16th. My school-going son, who is a rare movie buff, ardently feels there is no better way to ‘celebrate’ the 2 days than seeing KANK. Seeing what, I’m perplexed. He smiles indulgently, declaring it’s Karan Johar’s latest blockbuster, Kabhie Albida Na Kehna, KANK in short. I withdraw […]
The Telegraph and others
Newspapers have to appeal to wide cross-sections of people to remain viable. It is not uncommon to find big foreign newspapers and tabloids running into more than 30 pages even on weekdays. In India, metro editions are comparatively thicker than non-metro publications. This may be because of large number of concentrated readership located in metros, […]
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