Category: Sunday Talks

A Boy on Dream in a Boat The tiny tot’s aspiring zeal taught me a lesson Shatter’d in shanties, he shaded in On the county boat on the still water pond A lad but...

Here and There in New Year It was Monday.Riza was waiting for a call from New Jersey!For Riza,days were too long in Kolkata.Nights were sleepless. Tomorrow is Poila Baisakh,the first day of the Bengali...

Transformation of Adda space of Bengali Middle Class The term ‘adda’ (as defined by Dipesh Chakraborty) signifies ‘the practice of get together of friends for long, informal and un-rigorous conversations’. Adda which was historically...

Mother – Daughter Jugalbandi Theme: Winter warmth The Chest of Woollens The big black chest of woollens Kept lovingly at the corner. All our woollens neatly rolled in soft linens. The lovely smell of...

Of New Years and Love-letters! Down Memory Lane… Bengali New Year, Pohela Baishakh, Poyla Baishakh, there are numerous ways in which we celebrate the colours in our love letters, the letters that are part...

‘A CANDLE LIGHT DINNER’ A rain swept evening. The drops hang from the leaves’ edges, mercury lowered – cool breeze, shrivelled me up a little! The eyes glued to the path – she was...

Forgiveness Is forgiveness A human weakness ? If no one is willing to forgive The world would be Overwhelmed by hatred, Forever exist the fights, Bloodsheds and griefs. Forgiveness is divine Weakness dwells in...

*Sinners take a bow* I saw the galaxies scattered on your freckles. The tangerine and violet sunset cracking on your hips. The wet forests flowing through your Auburn eyes. The falling comets caught in...

Window Without A View My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains my insides. On days like these, I love the sun on my face, on my hair, on my feet. A hundred and...