Experience of a friend who prefers to be anonymous.
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Being Indian
About the responsibilities of the Indian citizen.
Face to face with a social virus
Experience of a friend who prefers to be anonymous.
জনতা curfew এবং পাঁচটার ধন্যবাদ
On the way the GoI is handling the spread of COVID-19 in India.
Park Circus Maidan: “Kolkata’s Shaheen Bag”
A ground report on the peaceful, unrelenting protest in Kolkata's Park Circus Maidan.
Herbst
My first autumn in the high latitudes.
প্রবাসীর পূজো, ফ্রাঙ্কফুর্ট ২০১৯
My first big festival so far away from home, in a different home.
পূজোর গন্ধ
পূজোর একটা গন্ধ আছে, জানেন? একটা এঁদো পচা খড়ের গন্ধ, মাটি পোড়ার গন্ধ, রঙের গন্ধ। টাকার গন্ধ, নতুন জামার গন্ধ, roll-chowmein’এর গন্ধ, আনন্দের গন্ধ। আশার গন্ধ। আকাঙ্ক্ষার গন্ধ। পেচপেচে টিপটিপে বৃষ্টির গন্ধ, ঘামের গন্ধ, খানিক বিরক্তির গন্ধ। একটু rum-এর গন্ধ। একটু খুনসুটি, খানিক প্রেম, অনেক চেষ্টা আর একটু সাফল্যের, গন্ধ। ফুচকার জলের গন্ধ। আর কী … Continue reading পূজোর গন্ধ
My thoughts on the current ‘state’ of affairs
I grew up in a secular India, a democratic India, an opinionated, poor, confused yet beautifully diverse India. Today, it is united. But no one asked the ones who were integrated overnight, whether they wanted the unity. If you are celebrating the abolition of Article 370, I ask you to kindly consider the implications of … Continue reading My thoughts on the current ‘state’ of affairs
Digging deep into cosmic explosions
A simple explanation of my PhD research.
Equality
Amongst genders, and languages.
Of mother tongues
My thoughts, summarised.
Relapse
About a relapse episode to my depression.
I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends
About my depression.
Transliteration — ট্রান্সলিটারেশন — ṭrānsliṭārēśon
How to transliterate Bengali words to the Latin script with correct representation of the phonetics.
The f-word
My take on feminism.
Why I am not an Atheist
Dear God, Thank you for everything. Bless me and help me To be good And to do my studies well. That was our prayer in school, in case you are wondering. We had to utter this every day from the nursery till the 12th. The enormous amount of religious sentiments and observations of religious customs … Continue reading Why I am not an Atheist
Dear Diwali
An open letter to Diwali, the festival.
Reality
It is not always that you raise your hopes for months to have a fire kindled in you, only to be dozed to ashes in a minute. Not always is a man ready to take a risk that spans across continents and important years of his life. It's not easy to be a sport when … Continue reading Reality
