‘Religion is the opium of the people,’ Karl Marx famously said. ‘I am proud to call myself a Hindu,’ Swami Vivekananda equally famously said. It is clear these two visions…
‘There are more unsung heroes than those in history pages.’ Manik babu said in his inimitable way. ‘What is the meaning of unsung, sir?’ Partho, the most notorious boy in…
I came to this earth many a year back. The world was different. I can’t remember it exactly. There was school in day; cricket or football in the afternoon; study…
‘This plant is mine.’ Beena said. ‘How can it be yours?’ I asked. ‘My father planted it last year.’ I added. ‘But this is mine.’ Beena sounded aggressive. The plant…
Winter came at 20. Nutanpally with much fanfare. Father busied himself all day with preparing the soil for rose beds and winter flowers, namely chrysanthemum, marigold, sunflower and periwinkle. As…
On a steamy day in his very second Ranji trophy match against Bengal, Rahul Sharad Dravid came in to bat at the early fall of a Karnataka opener. My excitement…
A lanky, fair girl came to Shantiniketan holding a bed-roll in one hand and a suitcase in the other in 1934 to get admitted in the first year of I.A.…
Bhishma fell from his chariot as Arjuna aimed arrow after arrow at him. As he fell, the array of arrows supported his body and prevented it from touching the ground.…
There is hardly any Bengali on the planet who does not get nostalgic around this time of the year. How can I be an exception? As August crawls to mid…
Second World War was declared. Two men were sitting in the back seat of a slow moving car. The car was wheeling up to Viceregal Lodge, Simla. Viceroy Linlithgow asked…