The day is Bijoya Dashami, the end of the six-day Durga Puja festival, bidding adieu to the Goddess and hoping for the new celebrations in the coming year!! But this end of the festival also marks the festival of friendship and union among the residents of the borders lands of India and Bangladesh. On the [...]
Anjum, Munna, Pintu, Hassan, Bimla, Kartik, Tamu… some rarely see their parents…some live with them, these children don’t share the same roof…but interestingly they share one common thread intimately related to their life … The River Ganga. On either side of the river, children living by the ghats try to fill their life with some [...]
On a lazy afternoon, August 2009, I was savouring the last few days of summer in our garden. The air was full with the dusty brown aroma of the earth, soaked with the first rainfall. The sky, still partially clouded and the tree tops glimmering with the sunbeams through the dark clouds. Suddenly a narrow [...]
Severe cyclonic storm “Aila” hit West Bengal on May 25, 2009 at 125 km/hr. The well known Sunderban delta region was badly damaged due to severe rain, cyclonic storm and waves. The cyclone flooded 55 major islands, destroyed 400 kilometers of embankments and leaving 55 lakhs people homeless. Still now, even after 6 months since [...]
It was another busy day… a week ahead to follow… new dreams to fulfills… new hopes to lead on… It was another day for me… a medical reason to land in Mumbai… a day off… and I thought of experiencing Mumbai… What better way but to get on a taxi. My driver!! a man in [...]
