When you regularly read a newspaper, you do not necessarily start from page one and proceed in page-wise sequence. I happen to do the same with my favorite paper, The Telegraph. Barely giving a glance to the main page (keeping it for later probing), I rather begin from last page (the BACKPAGE) and then flip […]
Book fair to shift
It’s time for Booksellers’ & Publishers’ Guild (‘Guild’ for short) to say goodbye to Maidan for all time to come. They cannot hold book fair in Maidan any more. The Kolkata HC yesterday handed out a landmark judgment to save Maidan from the damage caused on account of book fair. That the Guild is on […]
Saving Maidan
Today is going to be an important day in Kolkata’s history. In a few hours from now, the HC will decide whether the book fair can be allowed to take place at Maidan. Horns are locked over the issue between nature-lovers and the government. In an earlier post (see Some people’s concern = Others’ misery), […]
Some people’s concern = Others’ misery
What is the meeting point between government’s (and indeed some intellectuals’) forcing the book fair in Maidan and animal rights activists’ insisting that no harm must come to stray dogs on the street? The answer is that some people want to ride roughshod over the wishes and convenience of a silent majority. Take book fair […]
Bengal Chemicals on comeback trail
What is common to Pheneol, Cantharidine Hair Oil, Kalmegh and Aqua Ptychotis? They are all products once made by Bengal Chemicals. Or would you say they’re brands owned by Bengal Chemicals? Brands, did you say? Yeah, they’re brands, but unbranded brands. The what? Well, the point is Bengal Chemicals never branded them the way branding […]
Bengalee’s valentine day
Today is Saraswati Puja, the last noteworthy festival in this Bengali calendar year. The air is rife with strains of popular songs wafting in from everywhere. For the para young the day has started very early in the morning, if only to start the loudspeakers to play the songs. School-goers too are quick to begin […]
Makar Sankranti
Tomorrow marks the end of 29-day Pous, the Bengali calendar month. Also called Pous Sankranti, it’ll be a day when mothers and grandmothers will prepare homemade sweets to everyone’s delight. Most common delicacies include patisapta, dudh pithe and payesh. And they taste so good that even the most diehard sweet-hater will find it difficult to […]
Culture over conscience
If it’s culture, Kolkata springs to its defense with great alacrity. Never mind if that appears too odd. Much the same is happening with regard to Kolkata Book Fair. The tussle is whether the fair will be allowed to take place in Maidan. The Booksellers and Publishers Guild that organizes the fair is bent upon […]
The Nandigram imbroglio
Anxiety remains even as dust is gradually settling down at Nandigram in East Midnapore district of West Bengal, where a large tract of land is to be acquired for building a Special Economic Zone and a chemical hub by the Salim group. Nandigram was virtually under siege by the villagers who feared worst if the […]
Momofuku Ando’s instant noodles
Mouthwatering, instantly [Picture source]My fair guess is that when Nestlé, the Swiss food giant, first introduced Maggi 2-minute noodles, it took the Indian culinary world by storm. Noodles, till then a rather Chinese delicacy in most Indian cities including Kolkata, became popular in many households. So much so that even roadside eateries too started serving […]
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