Murshidabad : In search of Bauls (Part 2)
Part 2: A day with Baban Das Baul. “Who was the first man on earth?", asked Baban Das Baul. After a moment of silence, I said, “Manu?”. Ramasish rubbished the idea and said, “It is Adam and [Read more...]
Murshidabad : In search of Bauls (Part 1)
Part 1: Bauls: Spirituality over religion. I set myself out to Murshidabad, after the tiresome Friday in office, in search of the Bauls and the Fakirs. Before I write about my experience there, I [Read more...]
Football mania in Kolkata
“Do you lack the adrenaline rush or something? Why don’t you watch football?” asked Arjyak at the end of the bloggers meet. I came back home and asked my dad, “You do not play football, [Read more...]
Kolkata – a Love story .
You flow effortlessly into the remainder of my nostalgia; a life of stamps on postcards, of sophisticated salons and bittersweet before-dinner drinks; of operas and foreign languages and relics from [Read more...]
Getting offline
Getting offline, speaking about your blog is not only an awesome idea to promote it, but makes you feel genuinely happy from inside. How to get offline? Well, shutting the computer down is not the [Read more...]
In revelry and dissent, my Calcutta
This city of Calcutta, the city of an ever changing skyline.. the city that never stops, radiating from every corner - the exuberance of its colours, its enthusiasm, its spirit. "Tilottoma" Kolkata, [Read more...]
Adda with Derek O’Brien
Kolkata – the city of changing skyline, the city of changing perceptions. Kolkata is the city, I have consciously chosen to live in and this is not a blog post that will speak about how big the heart [Read more...]
Why should you Blog?
If you are reading this, be informed: you already know what a blog is! Websites which are regularly updated and can interact with the readers are basically - blogs. While interacting with [Read more...]
Why should you Photo walk?
Photo walking can be an exciting way to know and to make newer friends in your city. Grab your camera, stroll across the lanes of your city. Search for places beyond pubs/bars and voila! You feel so [Read more...]
A tribute to Manna Dey.
Does this man require any introduction? He was the first superstar singer in Bollywood. He sang over 4000 songs from 1942 till 2013. Like most of the Bengali children of last 1980's, the first songs I [Read more...]