2 stories that steal my eyes this morning are a bit opposite to each other. Both laud human feeling as the foundation of lasting relationship, but while one laments that the Indian society has become more intolerant, the other narrates how people from the south on job to Kolkata are slowly finding the city an […]
Emami Chisel
A Ganesh Pyne creation, 1990. [Image source]The first permanent address of an art auction center in the city is going to be at the Emami Group’s HQ on EM Bypass near Ruby Hospital. There, occupying 2 floors of the Emami Building over a total area of 14,000 sq ft, will the auction center be. Emami […]
Budhia, the child marathoner
Budhia Singh – feasting on a child ‘prodigy’! [Image source] Remember Budhia Singh, the small boy just 4 years old last year, whose long-distance running, egged on by full-bodied airhead CRPF jawans, created furor in the media? Well, he is going to run again, sorry walk, and this time it’s all of 500 km. He’ll […]
Blogger permits Hindi
For long I’m yearning to write some posts in Bengali, my mother tongue. It’s so difficult you see. Terms like transliteration, Unicode and what not are clouding my head with no clear sense of what can actually make me realize my dream. Short of that, here is what I find Blogger is now allowing, which […]
Mangoes arrive
A delighted US Ambassador – Why not! [Image source]It’s that time of the year when you hear that full-throated cries, “..sagar, himsagaa..r, himsagar liye jaan”, whenever you near any Kolkata market. Saliva forms in the mouth, which you draw sharply in even as you peer determinedly at the king of the fruits that virtually all […]
RK Laxman – The Creative Best
I’ve with me some 6 fantastic cartoons sent by an acquaintance. Created by the great RK Laxman, all these are copyrighted by Times Of India. Enjoy the visual delight. Technorati Tags: rk laxman, laxman, times of india, cartoon RESIGN From Your Boring Job!
Late coming, fast moving
It took Big Mac pretty long time to gauge the food-loving mood of the city. It hemmed and hawed over the city plan, headed presumably by someone who has precious little knowledge about how life is seen in the city. It launched outlets in every big city in the country, 102 by the latest count, […]
Letting Maruti go
800 to SX4 – quite a journey! [Image source] Sanjay Gandhi is perhaps more infamous than he is known for good deeds. But one that truly stands out as the nation’s pride, the now ubiquitous Maruti car, has been his initiative. He however did not live to see Maruti’s giant stride in decades after his […]
The Inspirer Of Humanity
[Image source] || Aloker ei jhorna dharaye dhuiye daoapnake ei lukiye-rakha dhulaye dhaka, dhuiye dao.. || || Je jon amaar majhe joriye achhe ghumer jaaleaaj ei shokale dhire dhire taar kopalee Ei arun aloor sonar-kathi chhuiye dao.. || || Bishwo-hridoy-hotee-dhawaa aloye pagol probhaat hawaa..,shei hawaate hridoy amaar nuiye dao..|| || Aaj nikhiler anandadharaye dhuiye dao,moner […]
Law by your side
Tales are many that when from a long queue of eager aspirants the god has to decide whom to permit entry to the heaven, he becomes extremely choosy and rarely admits those who practiced law in the earth. Looking at 2 recent incidents in the city, one feels perhaps the god really has sufficient reasons […]
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