by Manik Lal Ghosh | May 17, 2020 | Guest Blog, Poems
আমি হেমন্ত ঋতু তুমি আকাশের মেঘমালা দূর হতে ভালোবেসে যাই বুকে নিয়ে বিরহ জ্বালা মোর বিরহ অশ্রু ধারা বাষ্প হয়ে ভাসে যে আকাশে আমার ভালোবাসা বয়ে নিয়ে… ঘুরে ফেরে তোমার পাশে পাশে তারপর ঠিক আমার ভালোবাসা ছুঁয়ে ফেলে তোমাকে তুমি ভাসো আরও উচ্ছ্বাসে...
by Swati Mitra | May 11, 2020 | Art & Culture, Guest Blog
It was my 10th birthday. A big affair. I was quite excited from the moment I opened my eyes, for obvious reasons. That excitement doubled-tripled-quadrupled when I saw the gifts in the evening. Everyone knew I loved reading. So, at the end of the awesome birthday...
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 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...
