# Mahanagar > A Symphony of Memory and Change --- ## Pages - [Publisher’s Desk](https://mahanagar.xyz/publishers-desk/): From the Publisher’s Desk The Minds Behind Mahanagar Meet the passionate dreamers, writers, and creators who bring our vision to... - [Submission Details](https://mahanagar.xyz/submission-details/): Editorial Desk Crafting the Mahanagar Voice Guided by our editors’ expertise and passion, every narrative on Mahanagar is carefully curated... - [Home ALT](https://mahanagar.xyz/home-alt/): Mahanagar Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur sed sem sodales, imperdiet nunc sed. Join Our Community for... - [About Us](https://mahanagar.xyz/about-us/): The Minds Behind Mahanagar Meet the passionate dreamers, writers, and creators who bring our vision to life. Together, we craft... - [Contact](https://mahanagar.xyz/contact/): Get in touch Got a question, idea, or collaboration in mind? 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Suddenly, a flood surged... - [A Bundle of Sorrows, Patched and Hidden](https://mahanagar.xyz/a-bundle-of-sorrows-patched-and-hidden/): Tucked under their arms, they carry it around,Treasuring every pain, without a sound. Pressed deep within their chests, they hide,Yet... - [The beauty of Calcutta in the Monsoon](https://mahanagar.xyz/the-beauty-of-calcutta-in-the-monsoon/): Ghosh Debaditya Ghosh has been graduated from ‘University of Calcutta’. He has passed in the year 2021. - [Rain and the City: Eulogy to a Walk some Twenty Monsoons Ago](https://mahanagar.xyz/rain-and-the-city-eulogy-to-a-walk-some-twenty-monsoons-ago/): In the obtuse bend of timeI walk the lonely city lightsAnd each step keeps me moving,Till I see beyond the... - [Amorino Breathing](https://mahanagar.xyz/amorino-breathing/): The table is ink, serviettes o lyrical gymnasts,the barmaid is queen moon—sharks observed from quarter light. The majorette sweatingdream, amorino... - [An Enduring World within a Changing World? Juxtaposing M.N Srinivas’ ‘Remembered Village’ and Gertrude Emerson’s ‘Voiceless India’](https://mahanagar.xyz/an-enduring-world-within-a-changing-world-juxtaposing-m-n-srinivas-remembered-village-and-gertrude-emersons-voiceless-india/): The picture of a self-sufficient, unchanging Indian village society has been painted for long by orientalist thinkers. Metcalfe was the... - [Mayamoy](https://mahanagar.xyz/mayamoy/): Minoti hated her name. So old fashioned and back dated. Her annoyance with her parents for not having a spine... - [The ‘Garhs’ and ‘Nagars’: The Epitome of Trauma and Resistance](https://mahanagar.xyz/the-garhs-and-nagars-the-epitome-of-trauma-and-resistance/): Teler Sishi Bhanglo Bole Khukur Opor Rag KoroTomra Je Shob Buro Khoka Bharot Bhenge Bhag Koro! Tar Bela? a The... - [Analysing Adolescence through the lens of Vulnerability Studies](https://mahanagar.xyz/analysing-adolescence-through-the-lens-of-vulnerability-studies/): Vulnerability studies explicate how individuals or certain groups are othered by pre-existing power structures, relational imbalance or personal struggles. It... - [A City, and its Song](https://mahanagar.xyz/a-city-and-its-song/): This is the tale of a city long lost to the pages of history, the tongue once spoken by its... - [Stories of a Golden Diaspora: Tracing a Vanishing Heritage](https://mahanagar.xyz/stories-of-a-golden-diaspora-tracing-a-vanishing-heritage/): A faded red sign creaks overhead – Hap Hing Co. , Chinese provision and medicine store, opened in 1934. The... - [The Storm](https://mahanagar.xyz/the-storm/): Your face invades my memoryon a certain stormy night. While a song sways rapidly in therestless winds! Your body flickers... - [Pankha](https://mahanagar.xyz/pankha-shamik-ghosh/): I had a hand-fan once. The air rose,and the mosquitoes fell withits swift stroke! That pujo filled with countless heads;How... - [Monologue of a young woman: "What Went Wrong?"](https://mahanagar.xyz/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... - [Look, Maa! I made a documentary](https://mahanagar.xyz/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... - [Walking through Kumortuli: A Brief History of the Potter's Colony of Calcutta](https://mahanagar.xyz/walking-through-kumortuli-a-brief-history-of-the-potters-colony-of-calcutta/): Once renowned as Calcutta, Kolkata is a city dwelling in history, culture, customs, and a unique blend of the new... - [Food For Thought](https://mahanagar.xyz/food-for-thought/): While cooking a meal, most women and some men, think about what to prepare for the next meal of the... - [The Woman and the City: Narrativizing Spaces in Satyajit Ray's Mahanagar](https://mahanagar.xyz/the-woman-and-the-city-narrativizing-spaces-in-satyajit-rays-mahanagar/): Adapted from the short story “Abataranika” (“Introduction”) by Narendranath Mitra (1916-79), Mahanagar (The Big City) (1963) is considered to be... - [The Kingdom of Golden Dreams](https://mahanagar.xyz/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... - [Night](https://mahanagar.xyz/night/): Inam Hussain Begg Mullick Inam Hussain Begg Mullick is an award-winning Kolkatan poet-editor, photographer and polymath. His most recent book... - [Winters in Kolkata](https://mahanagar.xyz/winters-in-kolkata/): Ghosh Debaditya Ghosh has been graduated from ‘University of Calcutta’. He has passed in the year 2021. - [Memory Moths](https://mahanagar.xyz/memory-moths/): Arthur B. Cardozo Essentially an advertising professional with a creative bent of mind. A freelance journalist and cartoonist/artist with over... - [Detailed Report on the System Design of Smart Water Management Systems](https://mahanagar.xyz/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... - [A Beautiful Life](https://mahanagar.xyz/a-beautiful-life/): ‘Darling, are you ready? We are getting late! ’ I holler at Bhavna as I walk towards our bedroom. It... - [Luxury v/s Comfort - A ‘Food’ for Thought](https://mahanagar.xyz/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... - [Trams, Trapped In The City Of Dead](https://mahanagar.xyz/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. 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