The dreamy Meghalaya hills, the misty musical falls, the soft rains…I was there just a week ago, but it already seems so far away. Such is our busy city lives, takes over the moment we step in. The memories of such little breaks that we … Continue reading The dreamy hills & the lyrical falls of Meghalaya
Category: Eat, Live & Travel
The dreamy abode of clouds – Meghalaya
On a rainy evening, we were driven into Shillong. After navigating through busy evening traffic through hilly roads we reached our hotel located on the top of a beautiful green hill, The Heritage Club – Tripura Castle. A castle, owned by the royal family of … Continue reading The dreamy abode of clouds – Meghalaya
Teri bindiya re
Bindiya, bindi, tip, the usually round dot that adorns women’s forehead was once an integral part of solah shringar. No matter how embellished a woman was her look was considered incomplete without a bindi or tip as we call it in Bangla . Poems have … Continue reading Teri bindiya re
Home and it’s earthy sweetness
Visiting home in January is always nice. Agartala is comfortably cold in January. One can enjoy the soft winter sun and the cool breeze during the day and feel the chill at night. And January is the time for harvest festival Makar Sankranti, known as … Continue reading Home and it’s earthy sweetness
A Happy Place
A Happy Place Its't that what we all seek? The ultimate happiness. In our quest for that, lies a long list of aspirations and things that we must achieve to attain the perfect bliss. We need the perfect job, the perfect house, expensive vacations and, … Continue reading A Happy Place
Departures
Pondering upon departures and arrivals
Dubai and I
I, me, myself is a lot of fun, I realized when I started traveling alone. I go where I want, I do what pleases me, eat and drink what I like. I am responsible only for myself. All I care about is me having a … Continue reading Dubai and I
Bye bye Dubai
Saying goodbye was not easy. Dubai did gift me amazing five days. As if the city knew that this vacation was my birthday gift to me and worked towards making it perfect. My plane landed in Dubai half an hour early and my room was … Continue reading Bye bye Dubai
Going solo
Yes a solo trip again. To Dubai this time to ring in my birthday. From the top of Burj Khalifa I shall say cheers to another year on this planet and wish for many more eventful years to come. So far I have always spent … Continue reading Going solo
The Bong Egg Affair
The deep and intense love affair between Bengalis and fish is well-known. We are often called mecho Bangali, meaning fish-loving Bongs. In a ‘true’ Bengali household macher jhol or fish curry is part of every meal. On certain days, for some unforeseen reason when fish … Continue reading The Bong Egg Affair