I asked Sudeb, the vegetable vendor in the local bazaar today morning, if he would open tomorrow in view of bandh called by left trade unions. “Not a chance,” he said without looking up, “but I must sell all that is here.” He busied himself with arranging his stuff, keeping the fresh and old stock […]
Raining truths
First it was Vir Sanghvi, who busted the myth of godman, Sathya Sai Baba (HT, Nov 26). Then it was Justice Rajendra Sachar Panel’s turn to prove false the claim that Muslims have more children than other communities. Here’s an excerpt from Dec 4 TT: “Strictly speaking, there is no ‘Muslim fertility’ as such in […]
Passionate but passé
Here’s an interesting post on Bengali Passion. He keeps margins on either side. We have Bengalis, who love their tea and keep reminiscing what a great tribe they were. And we have those who have seen it, done them. In the middle are those, who are striving with whatever meager that is available. The point […]
Vandalism on display
If Thursday’s rampage in the Assembly House has no precedent, the Speaker’s decision to throw the house open for public to view it is also unparalleled. According to reports, over 35,000 people turned up on Friday – a bandh day – not to miss that rare entry inside the hallowed precincts of the Assembly House […]
Bhojohari Manna in London
Nov 16 last, Bhojohari Manna descended on the terrace of Star Theater – courtesy Arijit Dutta of Priya Entertainment – in what was the first Bengali full-course lunch during the Kolkata Film Festival. Those lucky ones like me who have partaken Bhojohari Manna’s fares in one of their restaurants would vouch for its all-too-Bengali tasty […]
Sir Jagadish – who could win Nobel
Nearly 90 years after Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi co-shared the 1909 Nobel Physics Prize with Karl Ferdinand Braun for development of wireless telegraphy, the US-based IEEE (Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers) has in a special issue in January 1998 reported that it was Sir Jagadish, who first invented wireless communication, which was at least […]
Have money, will tour
I don’t know if the definitions have changed, but in my time, in olden days, we were taught that as a person becomes rich, his needs start to trace an upward graph. Thus, if food, cloth and minimum shelter were once his primary needs in that order, with more money his next needs would encompass […]
VIP temples
How do you judge which deities are most effective to listen to your prayers? My answer will be they are probably those where VIPs come often. Because, aren’t VIPs expected to have bigger problems than us, the common people? Since news-grabbing VIPs are mostly concentrated in Mumbai and Delhi, it follows that most effective deities […]
Love thy fish
If it is fish, that too in Bengal, I can’t help turning fishy. It’s one thing to love fish, quite another to know how to cook them. In my experience, people in the entire Indian coastal-belt and northeast love their fish and have it almost everyday. But their cooking is awful except in Bengal. Perhaps […]
High fashion calling
After a year’s absence, Stylefile Winter Show is back in original format, which means it’ll not only be seminars and exhibitions, there’ll be the high-profile fashion show as well. Stylefile Winter Show is billed as the city’s most-awaited annual fashion extravaganza. [Stylefile, Nov 22, 2003 picture courtesy] Here are the planned highlights of the show: […]
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