This year’s recipients of the prestigious award include 3 of my favorites – Pranab Mukherjee, Ratan Tata, and Asha Bhonsle. All of them are luminaries in their respective fields, and have left deep impressions in my mind. Asha is a performing artist, a singer equal to none. For her to constantly remain under public scrutiny […]
Bengal’s combat with bird flu
There are reports that the occurrence of bird flu in Bengal was known in the first week of Jan, but the information was officially let out a week later. This lapse and the subsequent slow approach to limit the spread of the disease to other places are being thought to be lacking the urgency they […]
4 new words in English
Let me strike while the iron is hot. A friend of mine has sent me a list of 4 new words ‘proposed’ to be included in the English lexicon. The words are interesting as you’ll soon discover below. While I claim no credit to have emitted the words, I do mention that my including them […]
Taslima buckles
After days of suspense Taslima has at last agreed to delete the controversial paragraphs in her book, Dwikhandito, when the next edition of the book is published. By doing this, the author has scaled down her rights to express opinion while living in a country that is not her own. Her decision comes close on […]
The Rizwanur fever
When I crossed over from ‘mahanagar.net’ to ‘kolkatamusing.com’ early this month I found that I could include polls in my blog. The first poll I selected was about what else but Rizwanur’s unfortunate death. [Photo courtesy, The Telegraph] The question I put was ‘Will the truth behind Rizwanur case ever surface?’ My choice was obvious […]
North-East is where the South-East begins
It goes to the credit of a brilliant central minister from the south that the country’s North-East is slowly gaining prominence. Even though India has consciously adopted a look-east policy since the time when Narasimha Rao was the PM, little worthwhile in terms of improving the infrastructure has happened on the ground. This is despite […]
30,000 centenarians in Japan
On 18th the Guinness Book of World Records presented a certificate to Tomoji Tanabe of Japan for being the oldest man on earth since January this year. He celebrated his 112th birthday on Tuesday. Tomoji heads the list of nearly 30,000 centenarians in Japan, the largest population of theirs in any one country. In the […]
A rare talent
At least 2 people have sent me this video clip. It has already gathered 8,742,848 views as of this writing. It is ‘favorited’ a whopping 10,950 times and has received 4714 ratings. It has been added to YouTube 5 months back. It’s that of a talented painter. Hope you’ll enjoy as much as I’ve.
When Only Fish became Oh! Calcutta
Anjan Chatterjee may be a successful entrepreneur but he is first a dedicated foodie. The sum of the two has meant that at just 44 he has created a couple of speciality restaurant chains in the country that have high brand recall. They are Mainland China and Oh! Calcutta. His venture started with Only Fish […]
Royal Bengal Restaurant
Just came across this Cambridge, Massachusetts based restaurant on the web. Its virtual location is here. The flesh-n-blood restaurant can seat 32 people, and is open 1130 hrs to 2300 hrs between Tuesdays and Sundays. On Mondays the eatery is open till 1500 hrs in the afternoon. As far as I can find out, Amit […]
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