Tarapith Now, Tinpahar Next

It’s our maiden trip to Tarapith Temple Town in the first week of this New Year for a night’s stay. Tickets for the return journey were on the waiting list when we arrived there by Kavi Guru Express late afternoon, and we forgot all about it till the last moment. The next morning, while it …

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An Epiphanic Moment

It was at the back of a run-down palace beside a pond. He was sitting on a bench placed among plants of varied hues, a branch above his head hung with golden yellow guavas. The air was thick with a divine smell—a pregnant hush. Unnoticed by anyone of his clan, and partly hidden among the …

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Visiting Dwarka via Somnath

It often strikes me how a certain strand of memory is triggered by a particular sight or scene or scent or sound. Recently, while running an errand to purchase a tuft of Chandra Mallika flowers (Chrysanthemum), I ran into a gentleman sitting on an elevated spot by the side of a public pool, feeding a …

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Portrait of a Lady

A year or so ago, we were invited to a marriage ceremony at Brahmapur in South Kolkata. Due to a lack of space at the relative’s house, I was placed in a rented one-room flat at an apartment located fifteen-twenty minutes away by auto. Usually I stick out like a sore thumb in a crowded …

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Two Questions with the Canadian Explorer, Nature Writer and Photographer Kate Harris

Of all the wild places you visited, which one, according to you, was the most interesting? The most amazing experience, I’d say, would be Antarctica, for sure. It’s so inhospitable. You feel your own pulse, because there’s that quiet space and harshness in everything there. You feel your life much more acutely. But the scariest …

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