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…
When I got admitted to Burdwan Municipal High School in class five, I feared all the teachers. But the one I feared most is Bholanath Bhattacharya. The reason for my…
Krishna is an exception. Among many others, whom God sends to the earth to convey His message to the humanity, Krishna is different. Religious persons are singularly marked by their…
It is a very good morning to each and every reader of my site. You have just woken up and perhaps focussed your attention on the newspaper in your hand.…
At fifty, Tagore wrote “Jana Gana Mana Adhinaayak Jaya Hey”. This song became the national anthem of independent India. There was and is, still, a huge controversy over the genesis…
Sometimes it feels good to look back. It is badly needed to trace back where we were and to track our journey down the years. Life cannot be a simple…