The world around my Mother
First tour of my Mother with family in 1977. Although peace activist Ann Reeves Jarvis first celebrated Mother’s day in 1908, I hardly remember any celebration relating Mother’s Day during my chil...
5 Years Ago
Asian Paints New Year Gift for Kolkata Art Lovers at Kumortuli
Art Carnival – Rang Matir Panchali, 2019 I have visited many art exhibitions/festival at Kolkata, but nothing compares to the one which I witnessed yesterday at Poila Boishak alias Bengali Ne…...
5 Years Ago
My experience of Charak Festival at the village of Batanal
Unique Rituals of Charak at Batanal After the huge popularity of my blog post ‘Folk Festival of Bengal – Gajan, Charak and Neel Puja’, many of my readers have requested me to write a blog on my ...
5 Years Ago
What should be done to transform Kolkata into a UNESCO World heritage city?
The idea of declaring Kolkata as a world heritage city by UNESCO has been floating around in recent times. There have been several meetings in relation to this subject, including a two-day meeting …...
5 Years Ago
My Experience of Women’s Day in a Corporate World
A few days ago an avid follower of my blog, scrolled down to the first ever blogpost I had written way back in 2011. I have not been energetic like my fellow bloggers when it comes to…...
5 Years Ago
Anatomy of a 100 year old arms heist
Introduction Whenever there is a discussion on the pre-independence arms robbery by Indian revolutionaries, the Chittagong Armoury Raid of 1930 takes the forefront. There has been lots of discussio…...
5 Years Ago