by Sravasti | May 30, 2020 | Social Trends, Sravasti's Blog
While we were still reeling under the Corona storm, the Amphan Super Cyclone lashed out in Bengal and Orissa, to deal a harder blow on May 20th. Is it just coincidence or workings of some numerology that the year 2020 is playing Twenty-20 with us? We have to wash...
by Suparna Bose | Apr 25, 2020 | Guest Blog, Social Trends
As I talk about writing in the time of Corona, you, the reader, please do not think of Marquez and his celebrated novel! No, this is neither earth-shattering nor profound, just bits and pieces of self-deprecatory humor, laced with good, old-fashioned, maudlin...
by Manik Lal Ghosh | Apr 24, 2020 | Guest Blog, Poems
জীবন ক্লিষ্ট আজ মারণ ভাইরাসে প্রকৃতি ক্লিষ্ট হয়েছে ভোগের গ্রাসে কত ভাবনা খুঁজিছে পথ মৃত্যু ত্রাসে ভাবিনি কখনো জীবনে কি আসল প্রয়োজন ভোগের মত্তে করেছি শুধু বিফল আয়োজন পুঁজি শুধু ভেবেছে মুনাফা করেছে উৎপাদন জগৎ জুড়ে রচনা করেছি ভোগের অর্থনীতি অসাম্যের কান্না ঢেকেছে কত...
by Sravasti | Apr 22, 2020 | Poems, Social Trends, Sravasti's Blog
The enduring Earth cried out in pain! When we set Her ablaze; Tried to wring out Her last breath – “Enough is enough!” she cried. She turned the tables with quiet certitude. To make us breathe in an uncertain world. To keep us distant in an uncertain...
by Mitul Bose | Apr 6, 2020 | Guest Blog, Social Trends
Uncertainty… the worst part about this pandemic. About when we will be able to go back to our normal lives as we knew it… About life after the lock down is over… About our jobs… About whether food supplies will be normal… About the travel plans we had… About the...
