Wish those days would come back
Category: Romancing with Nostalgia
My Other Half: A Mesmerizing Trip Down the Memory Lane
A small parcel was delivered to me a few weeks back by the apartment guard. When I finally opened it after keeping it aside for 12 hours and sanitizing it (to ensure there was no virus) a book came out of the envelope that took … Continue reading My Other Half: A Mesmerizing Trip Down the Memory Lane
The Eternal Traveller
I am a traveller. I travel forward and backwards, to the future and the past, while I try to grapple the present. Yes, I live in the present too, very much so, embracing it, trying to make sense of it at times. From my present, … Continue reading The Eternal Traveller
Mandi House Complex by Chandana Dutta
The resounding clash of the cymbals competes powerfully with the chaotic flutter of flaming orange across the stage. The darkened hall does not betray its audience, mesmerised and silent. This is the Kamani Auditorium in New Delhi, one of the city’s most popular proscenium spaces. … Continue reading Mandi House Complex by Chandana Dutta
Reclaiming Aadda – the lost art of a good conversation
The pleasures of growing up in a Bong joint family! Forever surrounded by Kaku, pishi, dida, cousins, so much pampering and conversations all around, storytelling, reading out to each other. I never lacked conversations growing up, till date nothing hooks me more than a good … Continue reading Reclaiming Aadda – the lost art of a good conversation
Time: Old & New, Flying & Pausing
Time gone by & what lies ahead Old year departs gently, ushering in the New So lured are we by the glamour & glitter of the New, that we forget the Old, its goodness, its warmth, as we fly with the time New hopes, new … Continue reading Time: Old & New, Flying & Pausing