Reflection

Power of love rules the kingdom of Heart. Love of power rules the kingdom. The former stays solid. The latter stumbles from time to time.

There was a time when in Bengal three leading figures of Renaissance congregated: Ramakrishna, Tagore and Vivekananda. It is said that in a sky the sun and moon can never…

India that is Bharat is what the Constitution conceivers believed and wrote in it. The connotation of the phrase is not missing here, but well pronounced. If the Constitution is…

Don’t go away, the night is still left…. There was a time when Durga puja meant to me spending time in Mausumi Athelatic Club, a para club, with unfailing regularity,…

1948. Three bullets were sprayed. 1984. Twenty two bullets were fired. Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Gandhi were assassinated; India lost two statesmen in a space of thirty six years. Indira…

The Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Government in Russia and heralded the rise of the Soviet Union in 1917 on 7th November, hundred years back. The Bolsheviks later reconstituted themselves as…

Hemonto arrived. This season is called in English Late Autumn. But Sheeuli is refusing to come. We are missing the pink-stalked white flowers and their fall on rough surface of…

Four-day-long Durga puja comes to an end today. It is time for immersion. Durga idols are being taken to ponds and tanks and rivers. And immersed. It is quite heart-wrenching…

Dear readers, Freedom means Independence. Independence comes with a shared responsibility. Is a man prepared for it? Freedom means Liberty. Liberty comes with a space for himself or herself on…

Some days back a reputable cultural organiser from my town said that she would celebrate 22nd Shravon inviting all the artists from town. I was aghast to hear the word…