Come to any marketplace in the city and it’s unlikely that you’ll miss similar-sounding names of shops. For example: Chhaya StoresNew Chhaya StoresThe New Chhaya Stores Dhakeswari BastralayaAdi Dhakeswari Bastralaya Guinea EmporiumGuinea Emporium & Sons…and so on. If you inquire, you’ll know each cluster of similar-sounding closely located shops has the same original owner. As […]
Predicting cancer
Advanced medical research is catching up fast in India. Country’s rapid economic development means that more and more people have high disposable incomes. And they’re willing to shell out money for better living. In keeping with this new dynamics, several pathbreaking initiatives are happening in medical field. For one, Kolkata will shortly have a full-fledged […]
Calcutta International School and Forum
What’s common to Forum, that famed Elgin Road shopping plaza, and Calcutta International School (CIS)? The answer is The Courtyard. The what, you may ask. Well, The Courtyard is in fact the name of what Forum plans to build in the school’s erstwhile 20 Lee Road campus. It is that patch of land, which is […]
And now, Sourav motivates
We know Sourav’s gritty half-century at Wanderers Saturday last against South Africa paved the way for re-recognition of his tenacity and fighting spirit. Critics who till recently spoke foul of him, are suddenly seeing great virtue in him. But nobody was prepared to see the way South Africa was decimated by Indian bowlers. Indeed it […]
City on rails
There are many ways to differentiate a Kolkattan from his another city-mate. Living in city’s north or south is one. Supporting East Bengal or Mohun Bagan is another. Traveling by rail or bus is yet another. I use the word ‘rail’, but more aptly it ought to be suburban trains, because after all who wouldn’t […]
Is this Tata’s proposed Singur car?
These are some images of the proposed Tata Indiva car sent by my friend from UK. I’m not sure where they’re sourced from, but the car surely looks very impressive. If you want to know more about Indiva, this is a good place to look at. The moot question though remains: Is this the car […]
Fat aids cancer
When my father was operated on for removal of tumor in large intestine after he was detected with cancer in colon, the surgeons were aghast to find he had many layers of fat in areas around his stomach. After the surgery, the doctors inquired of my mother if the fat had been a recent occurrence […]
DTH versus CAS
Large quarter-page ads from the government are appearing in newspapers intermittently for the past several days that seek to inform TV watchers about the soon-to-come CAS or Conditional Access System. CAS debuts in metro cities from Jan1 next, and all fingers connected to the issue are firmly crossed as to how the newbie is likely […]
Thursday’s bandh
Several truths – you may call them lessons – came upon us during this Thursday’s bandh called by the left trade union, CITU (Center of Indian Trade Unions). If CITU wishes, life in Kolkata (and indeed in entire Bengal) can be brought to a total standstill. Nothing, but nothing can move. Not on road, none […]
Network for a dream job
Well, this networking is very much actual, not virtual like what I wrote in my last post. With me is a Roger Eglin article, Charm your way into a job, from UK’s The Sunday Times, in which he says to: Throw your tired old CV into the bin and network your way into a new […]
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