Shantanu Dey
A famous Bengali poet once wrote –
উমা হৈমবতীর অর্ঘ্য পেল ওলাই চন্ডী কি তায়
বেসান্ত পাবে সে নৈবেদ্য অর্পিত যা নিবেদিতায়।
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Ancient Echoes
Soumalya Chakraborty
The strains of a mysterious tune wafted through the night. It floated through the misty forest and found its way to a small cottage by the woods. As 10-year-old Marie was preparing to climb into her cozy bed, the music reached and almost immediately enthralled her.
Marie a…
The Other Side Of The Medal
Col R K Bhattacharya
I have been in Kolkata for the past six years. Since I never required heavy winter clothing here I finally decided to discard some of them. My long association with counter insurgency in Jammu & Kashmir had led me to accumulate too many of these heavy woollens but they had be…
Some Random Musings On Renaming
Anindita Chowdhury
When I was about seven or eight years old I was distinctly under the impression that the roads of Kolkata had two names – just like me. One a pet name and the other, as Indians are prone to say, the ‘good name’. For instance, the short and crisp ‘Amherst Street’ also had a long…
Of Tigers, Other Animals And What We Forget
Koyal Roy
The time is 8:30 or so in the morning. We are eight of us in an open gypsy, tearing our way through the jungles of Tadoba. Summer is already way ahead here and the previous afternoon the safari turned out to be hot, humid and uncomfortable, but today the air is cooler, the jungle – peac…
Memories & More
Shampa Dasgupta
A little over 33 years ago, a young girl of 23 with the bright red vermilion on her parting spilling onto her forehead, proclaiming her status a new bride, stepped on platform no.1 of Secunderabad Railway Station, apprehension and excitement writ all over her face. They were there…
The Lie Detector
Prateek Dhar
Daniel Stanford was a detective. He was the best detective in the world. He had solved many crimes prior to his joining the FBI. It was said that he could look into your eyes and extract the truth. He solved most crimes in 6 hours. But nothing could prepare old Dan for the crime I am…
Emily & the Pearl Mystery
Adrija Mitra
Chapter1: Emily Finds a Bird
Once there lived a little girl named Emily. She lived with her grandmother on a hilltop. One day when she went to fetch some water, she saw a bird lying on the grass with one of its wings broken. She took it home and put some bandages on its broken win…
Carnival Day
Mohona Chowdhury
Sparkle of the shining sun,
Smell of yeast and tasty bun,
Children with kites on run,
It’s carnival today.
Men adjusting their coats and ties,
Women’s spoilt hairdo cries,
Everywhere cheer flies,
It’s carnival today.
Fun and frolic everywhere,
No more teard…
Immortal Saga Of An Epic Battle
Shantanu Dey
This is a saga of an immortal hero, Jatindranath Mukherjee (Bagha Jatin) and the early struggles for Independence. It was also a conspiracy of epic proportions.
Prologue
Many sung and unsung heroes have enriched the freedom movement but there were few exceptional leaders am…
Inspiration
Anushka Pandey
When we think about inspiration, what inspires us most are ordinary people who have done extraordinary things. We appreciate when someone has the ability and willingness to be selfless, creative, innovative, or just dares to be different. Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, …
Criterion Of Success – Attitude Towards IQ
Shramana Bhattacharya
One day, as usual I was browsing the web, drinking a cup of milk early in the morning. After a few minutes I came across a headline: “An Autistic child is successfully selected for IIT”. Back then I did not understand about autism. Later I learnt that it is a disease in whic…
Jab Troodon Met Goopi-Bagha
Aditi Chakraborty
Whack!
That was the sound of Bagha slapping his forehead, not in frustration over the misfortunes that Goopi and Bagha had been facing ever since they set foot on planet Prasinos, but to kill one of the humongous, blood-thirsty mosquitoes that had been swarming around his hea…
The First Inter-Galactic War
Prateek Dhar
Humans (homo sapiens) had achieved the technology to contact extraterrestrial beings and the learned scientists who designed this project were ready. After the grand inauguration ceremony, all they had to do was to just push the button.
Easier said than done.
There was a 5 hour…
The Eternal Bond
Mohona Chowdhury
She sat with her hair untied; curling the ends around her finger. Her reddish brown hair – naturally coloured. It was truly one-of-a-kind.
Her toes were dipped in the cold water of the swimming pool. She was lost in her thoughts, her mind wandering back to the memories of la…
A Lesser Known Story Of A Glorious Triumvirate
Amal Chakraborti
A monk, a businessman and a disciple laid the foundation of Science and Technology in India.
Success in science and technology programmes in the fields of space, defence, atomic energy, agriculture and biology will surely make every Indian proud. But little do we know about th…
Salt-Sugar Solution : A Remedy For Dehydration Within Your Reach
Dr Madhab Chattopadhyay M.Pharm, Ph.D
When diarrhea strikes During the dead hour of night, if anybody in your family starts passing loose motion or vomit very frequently, what do you do ? Run helter-skelter to get a transport for reaching the hospital? Make a hurried search for Enteroquinol or F…
Tint Of Life
Soumalya Chakraborty
The bustling main road, when observed from above, resembles an irrigation canal with numerous lanes branching out. Each lane feeds the central road with human and vehicular movement which shapes its image of being one of the major thoroughfares of the city. In its entirety, t…
The Bindi
Anindita Chowdhury
Click! Piu heard the distinct sound on the other side as Indrani disconnected the call. That was so much unlike Ma, Piu thought to herself. Usually, it was Piu who disconnected the call even as Indrani held on, patiently waiting on the other end, never wanting to be the first o…
The Local Lad
Koyal Roy
He was the quintessential parar chele, the local lad. That was how he was known, and how he continued to be known, years later, even when all his contemporaries outgrew their boyhood ways. He had a name – Arun, but it was likely to get mixed up with those of other boys, for these faces …
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