Today, early in the morning, my cousin brother sent me this picture. This is the picture of our ancestral home in the suburbs of Kolkata. This one image depicts the damage and devastation my home state West Bengal went through in one evening due to cyclone Amphan. It was hard to recognise my own home, … Continue reading Story of an Uprooted Mango Tree during Cyclone Amphan #prayforbengal
As part of my blog's first anniversary, I am hosting a 'blog party'. Today is the Grand Finale and my guest is Esha Mookerjee Dutta. To the blogging world she is Esha@Soul Talk but for me, she is my dearest Mituldi. My sister from another birth, my soul sister. The lady whom I grew up … Continue reading Soul-Sisters from Another Lifetime #DownMemoryLane (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)
Shrabani was getting late for office. She worried that she would miss the 8 am bus that was pulling out of the bus depot. She rushed to board the bus. She waved her hand at the conductor of the bus. The conductor banged on the outer wall of the tin bus and screamed “aste, ladies … Continue reading Morning Bus at 8
It is hardly few days left for Durga Puja and like a typical Bong, I have gone into the puja mode. I have started cleaning my house and shopping clothes for the entire family. I am also preparing the pandal hopping schedule and making a mental note of things that I am going to eat … Continue reading A Bong and Durga Puja
This is my debut post for #MondayMusings. Our dearest Corrine Rodriguez from Everyday Gyaan hosts #MondayMusings and she has set few rules that I am listing below: Write a post sharing your thoughts with us – happy, sad, philosophical, ‘silly’ even. Make it as personal as possible. Use the hashtag #MondayMusings. Add your link to … Continue reading 3 Gone Girls in Goa
His stare was deep, like a serpent’s, it could hypnotize the prey. She was his prey. He made her heart flutter with his deep gaze in the first day of college. She was a nervous fresher, while he was her senior. She had heard that the college she took admission was famous for ragging. She … Continue reading The Fault In Our Stares #Bar-A-Thon
Trina Looks Back 