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Anagha Deb Contrary to popular perception one can see quite a few species of birds in or near the City. Sightings are more in winter when the species count increases significantly with the advent of winter migrants. Not all migrants are from far off lands. Some come down from the Hills – blue throated blue […]

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  Soumya Mukherjee I am a Tech Challenged Blogger If you have patiently pursued my adventures up to starting this blog, let me give you a close-up. Author, head tilted on one side, tongue slightly out,  eyes squinted, typing laboriously with one finger. Suddenly he looks up to see the screen blank. Curses a bit, […]

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  Soumya Mukherjee Have you heard the joke about the sky?                                                                                     It goes over your head Actually, this is the only sort of humour that is a no-no, jokes that you don’t get. Everything else goes. Jokes are meant to be funny, and that’s it. Fullstop. Political correctness is for politicians. Jokes are meant to […]

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Bolai Chatterjee All those who mock my obsession for it, do not understand the mystical power of the paash baalish, translated wholly inadequately as “side pillow” or bolster. Bengalis are attached to the drawstring of their paash baalish the way others are attached to umbilical cords. It is an attachment that is never really severed. […]

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The word ‘Kathak’ has originated from the word ” KATHAKAAR” or story-teller.  In ancient times there were dancers, who used to narrate different stories from mythology and history and depicted those stories with hand gestures and ‘abhinaya’. During the journey through different reigns, the dance form has developed after influence by various foreign elements like […]

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Ayan Majumdar Unprecedented times have come upon us these couple of months. The whole world is facing an invisible enemy in the form of a virus which is termed as pandemic by the World Health Organization. People are requested to stay at home and not to go anywhere else except the roof of your own […]

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  Soumya Mukherjee During the recent catastrophe that hit our country, the entitled classes in urban India exposed their true nature. The obscenely rich tycoons, the privileged babus, the glitterati, the chattering classes, the ivory tower intellectuals, the drawing-room socialists, and the political parties all displayed their utter callousness, complete selfishness and criminal disregard for […]

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Author: Bolai Chatterjee I had seen the maestro’s film as a child, as a teenager, as a newlywed, and as I greyed my hair to eventual whiteness. This sheer poetry on celluloid has offered me different suggestions at different times…much akin to my changing perspective on almost all matters as the shadows got longer for […]

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Author: Soumya Mukherjee Have you followed the German team at world cups? They have never had a Ronaldo or Ronaldinho, a Maradona or Messi, a Pele or Eusobio, but they have beaten teams who have these stars, and won the cup a disproportionate number of times.  They have a secret. They know how to pass […]

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Author: Sraboni Mitra Ghosh Ignorance of the law or Ignorantia Jenis(Latin word) is no excuse- it is a common saying, as it’s a legal principle holding that, being unaware of the law, no person can get away with that. A common man or a lawyer borne this idea that reading a heavy book, difficult legal […]

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