In a matter of days now, it will be time for Durgotsav or Durga puja, the biggest celebration of India’s reverence for Goddess Durga. For five consecutive days, among all the merrymaking, there will be rituals followed and prayers offered to Ma Durga in all earnestness. At the very forefront of this celebration will be Kolkata, the city which bids adieu to each year’s … [Read more...]
An Interview with the Man Who Feeds 21000 Hungry Children Everyday
“Baba 2 din se kucch khaya nai he, 10 rupaiye de do.” I ignored that little malnourished kid as I came out from the coffee café after sipping my cappuccino and having my Chicken Garlic Sandwich. He followed me. “Baba, kucch toh de do. Bahut bhuk lagi he.” I turned around and scolded him in loud voice “Jao yahan se, bhaago. Pareshan karke rakh diya he tum logo … [Read more...]
Hok Kolorob! No, we youth don’t know how to be calm. We will fight injustice.
“They are like our sons and daughters; they are our children and it is our responsibility to take care of them” – this is what the police of India generally says. This is also what the authorities of our respective universities and colleges have to say. And also, this is exactly what we expect out of them. But is this their reality or is it just a mask? Well, for the … [Read more...]
India moves on after Mumbai attacks, lessons learnt the bitter way
About fifteen days back it was Teachers Day, a day specially marked for showing gratitude to those to taught us an enormous deal of lessons to make us the person whose shoes we fill today. Most of those are teachers, parents, tutors, even friends and relatives who endowed in us a great sense of knowledge, morals and principles. But these rules adhered to being good learning, an … [Read more...]
The lesser known depth of Indian Cinema
Oscars are the biggest deal. And the movies that get there are pretty darn good; diving in deep into the woods, springing morals and questions where they’re usually not found, and planting answers where there aren’t really any questions being provoked. There’s ever so much to be known and learnt and taken from these movies that don’t encourage popcorn-flavor dispute. Sometimes … [Read more...]
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