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A Symphony of Memory and Change
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Pankha
I had a hand-fan once.The air rose,and the mosquitoes fell withits swift stroke!That pujo filled with countless heads;How gently you removed your hand,from mine.Now suddenly, this vast emptinessin my hands!The next day, you asked for the hand-fan;And once again we…
Monologue of a young woman: “What Went Wrong?”
I didn’t always feel this way.There was a time I believed in the system—truly believed in it.Get a good education, work hard, climb the ladder.Build something.Buy something.Become someone. And for a while, I did.I watched my parents save every rupee,…
Food For Thought
While cooking a meal, most women and some men, think about what to prepare for the next meal of the day. The kitchen is the hub of all intrigues and strategies – is it going to be a ‘kasha mangsho…
Walking through Kumortuli: A Brief History of the Potter’s Colony of Calcutta
Once renowned as Calcutta, Kolkata is a city dwelling in history, culture, customs, and a unique blend of the new and old. Located on the eastern bank of the river Hooghly, it served as the imperial capital of British India…
Look, Maa! I made a documentary
Some years ago, I was working as an assistant director for the costume department of a Bollywood production. Someone on set told me, “Cinema is the highest form of technical art”. In the nascent stage of my filmmaking career, the…
The Woman and the City: Narrativizing Spaces in Satyajit Ray’s Mahanagar
Adapted from the short story “Abataranika” (“Introduction”) by Narendranath Mitra (1916-79), Mahanagar (The Big City) (1963) is considered to be one Satyajit Ray’s (1929-92) most masterly directed films. Set in 1950s Calcutta, the film zooms in on the quotidian drama…
Detailed Report on the System Design of Smart Water Management Systems
Prologue The integration of smart water management systems has revolutionized the way water resources are managed, offering advanced solutions for both drinking water and irrigation systems. These systems utilize Internet of Things (IoT) devices, data analytics, and automation to optimize…
Memory Moths
Arthur B. Cardozo Essentially an advertising professional with a creative bent of mind. A freelance journalist and cartoonist/artist with over 5000 published works to his credit. An actor, poet, a script writer for ad films and theatre, I have conducted…
Winters in Kolkata
Ghosh Debaditya Ghosh has been graduated from ‘University of Calcutta’. He has passed in the year 2021.
Night
Inam Hussain Begg Mullick Inam Hussain Begg Mullick is an award-winning Kolkatan poet-editor, photographer and polymath. His most recent book of poems is The Magical Life of Inamorato (Writers Workshop). For many years, he wrote in The Statesman. He is…
The Kingdom of Golden Dreams
Inam Hussain Begg Mullick Inam Hussain Begg Mullick is an award-winning Kolkatan poet-editor, photographer and polymath. His most recent book of poems is The Magical Life of Inamorato (Writers Workshop). For many years, he wrote in The Statesman. He is…
Trams, Trapped In The City Of Dead
Trams have been a major means of transport for the people of Calcutta for the last 151 years. However, in the past decade, especially under the current government of West Bengal, their decline has been rapid. Many people in Calcutta…
Luxury v/s Comfort – A ‘Food’ for Thought
In the culinary thriller The Menu (2022), the extremely symbolic climactic scene was knitted with sheer artistic brilliance. The conversation between the male protagonist, a rebellious psychopath culinary genius Chef Slowik (played by Ralph Fiennes); and the female protagonist Margot…
A Beautiful Life
‘Darling, are you ready? We are getting late!’ I holler at Bhavna as I walk towards our bedroom. It is the twenty-fifth anniversary of our wedding, and you do not keep guests waiting on a night like this. They must…