A handful of thoughts

Tomorrow is Poila Boishakh, the first day of the Bengali calendar and today is the last day of Choitro Sale. For those who do not know, Choitro Sale is that unique phenomenon witnessed among garment sellers of Kolkata for the last fifteen days of the month of Choitro (last month of Bengali calendar). During these […]

My India is a huge rosewood tree with several Indias sitting on its branches. One of these Indias, the India of Bengal, rises to a new year, every poila boishakh. This new year comes around the 14th or 15th of April; about the time when the sun starts baking and melting the asphalt on the road […]