"We've been asked to write a journal paper almost every month!" declared an academician friend of mine in frustration just a few days...

For book lovers like me, who are too lazy to pressurize their brains in remembering the page number they were last reading and also hates...

Continuing from Part 1. NOTE: As I talk about the various lost and fading professions in this series, I would also like to emphasise the...

NOTE: Dear Readers, I will be posting this topic in two to three parts depending on the length of the topic as the writing progresses. As...

FAST FACTS: What made Guano so important as to almost start a World War? All of us are very well aware of the importance of fertilizers...

Would horror movies be so scary if not for the background sounds? I think all of you would have the same answer to this... A big NO!.....

'The only constant in life is change' - Some 2500 years ago, a Greek philosopher named Heraclitus said it when the idea of 'change' was...

Food has the power to evoke memory, to bring people together, to transport you to other places — José Andrés Puerta In the December of...

‘পুতুল নেবে গো, পুতুল…। আমার এই ছোট্ট ঝুড়ি, এতে রাম রাবণ আছে দেখে যা নিজের চোখে হনুমান কেমন নাচে। এ সুযোগ পাবেনা আর, বল ভাই কি দাম দেবে-...

Note: You can read my previous blog, What Stories do your Kitchen Windows tell?, to understand the source of the names of the squirrels...

Every time I see or think of the smiling photo of my father that we had printed after his demise, I'm reminded of the fact that I will...

Childlessness can be broadly classified into two types: Voluntary Childlessness and Involuntary Childlessness. Whether voluntary or...

It is amazing how our brains work. At times, we can remember things from the time when we were 4-5 years old, while we may completely...

‘Taratari gol kor, thanda hoe gele pakate asubidha hobe’ (Roll the balls quickly while it's still hot, otherwise they'll be difficult to...

What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep...

I have an oft wandering mind - it wanders off when I'm reading, or cooking, or gardening, or doing something else. It's probably the age...

Jump to recipe.. Every morning as we (K and myself) have our morning cuppa on our balcony, the mobile vendors (some carrying dairy...

Photographs are a visual treat of stances, of times, of moments that may never be seen again or may not happen again. They are beautiful...

Recipe Below.. Whenever I hear or think of 'Malpoa', I am reminded of the very popular 'Bangal' catchphrase 'Mashima Malpo Khamu' (Aunt,...

Last week as we were going through the newspaper over our morning cuppa, K drew my attention to an advertisement in one of the dailies...