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Stopover at Wise Owl Café, Purna Das Road

January 23, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Wise Owl Cafe on Purna Das Road - an excellent place for hangout in South Kolkata

If you thought that the good old bangali adda would only be complete in a roadside tea stall, think again. You can’t possibly walk past Wise Owl and not feel the urge to be a part of its ambient bonhomie

Filed Under: City, City Life 1 Tagged With: bangali adda, dhaba, kolkata eatery, kolkata restaurant, old

The Many Charms of Puducherry

January 20, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Swimming in Bay of Bengal in Puducherry

The first thing that anyone visiting Puducherry should do is to dawdle down to the beach. But then the place has its own identity, carefully protected by its past…and perhaps the only place in India where a political or spiritual message written in Tamil, Telugu and French nestle next to each other.

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: bay of bengal, french colony, old, puducherry, sea beach

Some Glimpses of Kolkata

January 15, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya 2 Comments

Kolkata is vivid as much in images as in real life. Much of what we see in the city everyday could be a photographer’s delight as she captures the moment in her lenses. Here is a collection of 5 incredible moments…that perhaps only Kolkata can offer.

Filed Under: City, Cityscape Tagged With: old

How about responsibility?

January 3, 2013 By Tania Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Can we be responsible about our safety, be it in India or anywhere else?

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A Dangerous Remark

December 31, 2012 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Rape is a hate crime, and hate crimes are gender neutral. The law as represented by the blindfolded goddess of justice cannot and must not differentiate between one kind of hate crimes from another.

Filed Under: Commentary, Opinion Tagged With: old

Malaysia – Malls, Street Food, Rain Forests, More

December 31, 2012 By Tania Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Malaysia is an exciting holiday destination if you’re looking for good food, great shopping and nature at its best. It has gargantuan malls, even in relatively smaller cities, brimming with diverse Malay people that the country is so proud of.

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: kuching river, malaysia, sarawak museum

Who says life is easy?

December 31, 2012 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

India is passing through a long winter of social injustice. For some who are upwardly-mobile, life may seem easy. But the reality is grim. For many who are not fortunate it is not enough that life is really not easy, the pain is that it persists. For how long?

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Is Google A Giant Hungry Beast?

December 31, 2012 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Google is much bigger than what many of us, the ordinary Internet folks, can imagine. The video that you get to see in this article is made in 2010 spring, but it puts in place the enormity of Google’s hunger world over.

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Dawn!

May 14, 2011 By Partha Bhattacharya 1 Comment

Today is the dawn in Bengal’s history. It’s not a new dawn since 34 years of misrule is too long a time in the people’s memory to think of a new dawn. Several generations have passed since and frankly, very few among today’s youth have the faintest idea of what it means to breathe the fresh air, and blossom into one’s full capability.

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It is Diwali time

November 15, 2010 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Diwali which marks the return of Ram from his fourteen years in exile in the present time means so much more than just his return. The multifarious activities that revolve around it would have been beyond ram’s power to comprehend.

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