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My Bengal and its Bengalis

For those who do not remember, yesterday 21st February is celebrated as International Mother Language Day. But this day received the status of International Mother Language Day only in 1999. Long before, in 1952, 4 students of the Dhaka University in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) were shot dead by the police because they […]

She

Of course you cannot do that. Remember, if you kill yourself now you’ll never see him again. Never!
But even if I don’t, how long am I going to see him in any case. He’ll be married soon; and have sex with the lucky bitch. Where will I be then in his scheme of things? […]

The year that was

News and TV stunners
Zoo zoo ads - Honestly, we’ve never before seen anything like them.
MJ’s death - We still can’t believe he’s not with us. Can we?
N D Tiwari’s virility - Wow! That old man….long way to go
Bollywood surprises
Dev D - Ahh…in a long while noone will dare to make a film on Devdas
Gulaal - […]

Metro-logical Kolkata

I am here again to key in a few words on the Metro railway service in Kolkata. The metro service has indeed improved a lot since the bedlam broke loose situation we had to encounter shortly after the extension of the line. The crowd is still very much there, but the service is better.
However, if […]

It is such a secret place the land of tears

“It is such a secret place the land of tears.” At that line, I stopped reading “The Little Prince”. I was on a train and I was afraid, I might just start crying. The land of tears is a secret place and I could not possibly bring it out to light. At that time however, […]