by Sravasti | Jun 24, 2020 | Social Trends, Sravasti's Blog
Drug addiction! Words we have always dreaded growing up. In the middle of this chaotic lock down which is turning our worlds upside down, have we thought about the addicts and how they are managing? Or even their families? We spoke to Advocate Renu Singh from the...
by Sravasti | Jun 15, 2020 | Art & Culture, Sravasti's Blog
The taxi driver was excited to know that we were Indian tourists! He phoned his mother from the car to tell her that he had Indian passengers! She welcomed us, excitedly. That was something new to us. Indian tourists are not always liked in most countries. So, I was...
by Sravasti | May 22, 2020 | Social Trends, Sravasti's Blog
Simla House. 85A Amherst Street, Kolkata. Now…Raja Ram Mohan Sarani. A decrepit mansion. Very few walls remained of the upper floors of the colonial Georgian style architecture. Creepers and banyan trees had taken over most of what remained. We went past it quite...
by Sravasti | May 7, 2020 | Social Trends, Sravasti's Blog
Kobiguru Rabindranath Tagore was born during a sultry Indian summer, on 7th May or ponchishey boishakh (1) in 1861. There were times when he was known to have wrapped a blanket around him and kept the windows open to feel the intense heat of Bolpur, while writing his...
by Sravasti | May 1, 2020 | Social Trends, Sravasti's Blog
February 16th, 1980 – The first time I watched the sun’s rays getting totally covered by the moon, on Doordarshan, was also the first time I watched Satyajit Ray’s ‘Pather Panchali’ or Song of the Road. I was a mere ten-year old. However, both rays have...
