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Of Taxis In Kolkata
Talking of Kolkata, the taxi drivers deserve a mention. Just like the Howrah bridge, the yellow cabs have been synonymous with the city!
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Thoughts on Deepika Paadukone’s empowering video
It is apparently a sweet message that celebrates womanhood but it sounds arrogant and discriminatory, borderlining on ridiculous.
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Back to the Roots: Visit to NBMC
I made a brief visit to my college. It was a 19 hour stay, brief and to the point, but turned out to be touching in more ways than one.
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Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
At the end of the line was my grandmother. She was like all grandmothers, I suppose. She had white papery skin, that I felt would crack if I held her hands too tight. She had crows feet, not just next to her eyes, but all over her face. Grey hair, thick bifocal glasses glossing over her cataract clouded iris.
But beyond that she was nothing like other grandmothers.
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Red Light
Amidst this insistent hullabaloo that had erupted around me, I froze. The police didn’t know I was only there to teach the children. They would arrest me like everyone else. They would throw us into a cramped jail cell, pull us out one by one to break us, interrogate us hitting those body parts where the baton leaves no marks. My mind went blank and my body stiffened in terror.
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Towards the Tamil
In a wave of home sickness, more specifically, Bangalore-home sickness, I re-discovered Nenjukkul Peidhidum, after 4 years of having been obsessed with it. It was my loop song for the entire winter of 2009-2010. And so, I decided to run an experiment. In the span of a working week, I watched six movies- three pairs- the Hindi and […]
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A Forced Carpe Diem
And that’s why good-byes are important- so we can figure out who and what are the most important in our life, and give every moment to that.
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Modinomics – turn right!
I presume elitist talibanism will stop ruling the economic policies of India. I hope Modi will come up with policies which generate jobs.
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REVIEW: Cafe Mezzuna, Elgin Road
The menu is a staggering collection of Mediterranean and Italian choices, from nibbles to mains.
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Pataka Guddi
She was no saint, she loved, made love, broke hearts.
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