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 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...
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...
