The first time I met Shubhendu was in the food court of South City mall. I have been on a hunt for a tattoo artist who understood my...

50% off on the total bill amount if paid by a woman. 20% discount on all products for Women's Day. These are just two examples of the...

A long-overdue travel tale. I made this trip back in 2018 and always wanted to write down the experience. However, partly due to work...

Roadtrips are fun if you know how to execute them to the T. Similar to air and railroad travel, road trips come with a charm of their own...

It all started four years ago on a winter evening over a cup of tea — the idea of an exclusive road trip from Kolkata to Lucknow. Many...

Honing my morning ritual of a cup of green tea (thanks to a recently read health article), I came across a segment in the newspaper...

I wake up in the morning and see the beautiful soft sunlight streaming in through my window. I feel happy and ready to start a new day....

Tomorrow at 2 p.m. exactly I will be sitting for my 4th semester exam. However, here I am blogging instead of studying to cut down the...

Back in 2004 while watching Mani Ratnam’s much-admired film Yuva, which was shot extensively in Kolkata, me and my mom were annoyed by a...

My mother has been awfully busy today since morning in preparing a semi-grand feast for my fiance on the auspicious occasion of...

Bollywood has given us a lot to cherish and celebrate, but it has also given us things that cliched and we are tired of seeing them. Here...

As per Wikipedia, sadness is an emotional pain associated with or characterized by feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief,...

The Babus have come, Didi has arrived, The Police have finally appeared, The Army awaits, The blame game continues, The anxiety deepens,...

Its a late post, but its an important one. Every year has its own mood and is like a new friend with whom you click or don't. But they...

On a typical Bandh day: Four men were sitting around a table, with empty plates and glasses full of golden liquor lightly swirling in...

Dear India, A very happy 69th independent birthday to you. I feel lucky that I was born in this independent country, an independence hard...

Our very own Indian Red Riding Hood is definitely taking all her "devotees" for a ride. The trident holding specter in red, coupled with...

It was a cold December night, and I was studying for my exams. That's when I heard the wail. It was so sad that I couldn't help but look...

Bad things can happen anytime, anywhere, and to anyone. One, who thinks that he or she is perfectly happy in their own bubble, might find...

Aruna Shanbaug, 67, had died on the night of November 27, 1973, when she was brutally raped and strangulated by ward boy Sohanlal...