I never knew that my readers loved me so much. I had not posted anything for a long time as I was on a break. One morning, I opened the inbox of the Facebook page of my blog and was pleasantly overwhelmed. There were so many messages from the regular readers of my blog. Some … Continue reading Swedish Death Cleaning is my Ikigai
Category: Book
Isaac Asimov’s ‘The Fun They Had’ #A-ZChallenge2020
When I was in school, probably in standard six, we had the short story "The Fun they had" by Isaac Asimov in our English Literature Textbook. The name of our English Literature textbook used to be Gulmohar. I guess many of you from my generation would recollect the book. Back then, when I read 'The … Continue reading Isaac Asimov’s ‘The Fun They Had’ #A-ZChallenge2020
Poonachi- My First Book of the Year 2019
“Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn This year I am taking part in the Write Tribe Reading Challenge (If you look at my sidebar you would notice the challenge button). Write Tribe has been encouraging bloggers to #writebravely since long, however, this is the first time … Continue reading Poonachi- My First Book of the Year 2019
January Gratitude List
January proved to be an eccentrically hectic yet amazing month. So many things happened in the span of last 29 days that I am honestly overwhelmed. This was the anniversary month of my blog and I am grateful and indebted to all the fellow bloggers who took out time from their busy schedules and wrote … Continue reading January Gratitude List
Love For Books and the Kolkata Book-Fair (Guest Post)
As part of my blog's first anniversary I am hosting a 'blog party'. Today my guest is award winning blogger Maniparna Sengupta Majumdar. She hardly needs an introduction. An acclaimed blogger she recently won the award for the best blog in the regional category of the Indian Blogger Awards 2017 presented by IndiBlogger. It is my … Continue reading Love For Books and the Kolkata Book-Fair (Guest Post)
Books and Nostalgia- A Book Lover’s Tag #MondayMusings
I was wondering what to write for #MondayMusings when I came across Anamika from Bespectacled Mom’s post on # A Book Lover’s Tag. Along with Anamika I had also been tagged by Esha from Soul Talk to write this amazing post but I was kind of procrastinating. Anamika’s post nudged me to do it right … Continue reading Books and Nostalgia- A Book Lover’s Tag #MondayMusings
Review of ‘If you never try, you will never know, ambition, love, destiny’ by Sahil Mehta
The title ‘If you never try, you will never know, ambition, love, destiny’ made me think that this book was some kind of motivational self-help book, where the readers would learn the steps of how to fulfil their ambitions, conquer love and win over destiny only by trying and trying. The book indeed talks about … Continue reading Review of ‘If you never try, you will never know, ambition, love, destiny’ by Sahil Mehta
Not Love Story
Disclaimer: This is a play written using both English and Bengali in Roman script. The protagonists of the play always talk to each other using the internet in Roman script the way millions of new age Bongs do. Deliberately no translation is provided. Ekti Na-Premer Galpo “Prahar sesher aloy ranga sedin chaitramas...tomar chokhe dekhechilem amar … Continue reading Not Love Story
Awaiting Tomorrow
Urmila is eagerly waiting for tomorrow. Her excitement is making it difficult for her to fall asleep. She is constantly tossing and turning on her bed and thinking about Rohan. Urmila have seen photographs of Rohan, plenty of them. She also interacts with Rohan through skype daily. In last two years, Rohan have become a … Continue reading Awaiting Tomorrow