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...
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...
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 world. To...
Gaetano Ciniselli, an Italian circus performer, founded the first brick-built circus beside the Fontanka River in St. Petersburg, Russia, in December 1877. The building has a large stage, stables and the first circus museum in the world. The Russian State Ice Circus...
(after the lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic) Today’s Sunday. Today’s Monday. All days feel the same. You are inside. You are bored. You want to play a game. They are outside. On the road. Nothing looks the same For them. They don’t...
A few miles north-east of concrete Singapore, lies the natural island of Pulau Ubin – the last real village in Singapore. An affordable 10-min ride in a bumboat from the Changi Ferry Terminal will take you to this quirky and rustic destination. The weather is...
I am a woman. I believe in myself. I believe in you, too. My faith in ‘us’ is my greatest strength. You and I coexist in a world that wants us to agree to be different. I accept you the way you are. You accept me the way I am. My gender, my age, my colour, my...
His ‘floating hair and flashing eyes’ have always fascinated me. I went in search of Him in some known and unknown nooks and corners of Nepal, the land of the ‘Lord of animals’ – the Pashupati. Pashupati is an incarnation of Lord Shiva. He is depicted with 5 faces,...
As the sunset hangs on a cloud, A weary me sits and dreams Of your lyrical verses, Where autumn days and delicate moons Spoke of simpler times. When there were sounds of laughter and scents of spices In the lustrous Bazaars of Hyderabad. When maidens wearing...
I close my eyes And see I hear I feel I feel your Good morning And the freshness of Golden dewy mountain mornings. I feel your Good night And the love in Silver moonlit mystic nights. I open my eyes And see I hear I feel You with me. ...