Read This

Whether you are from the Department of English, Jadavpur University or not, read this. It’s priceless.

Diversity on Goan Beaches

I mean no offence, but since I have lived in Goa for almost two years now, I thought I might as well share with you how I identify tourists by the way they behave on Goan beaches. Here’s my two cents on that.
Bengali
A family is Bengali when the husband carries his wife’s purse, the wife [...]

Why The Telegraph Should Kick Suhel Seth Out

Am in this rant-rant–rant mood ever since I visited Calcutta this winter. First it was the bloody pollution and the fact that Calcuttans seem to have no sense of space. (I am talking about the odd car that comes pushing into your way on the road as well as the irritating person who breathes down [...]

To ASI, In Protest

If you have visited any monument protected by the Archaeological Survey of India, you would have noticed the amazing number of signs that ASI puts up warning you that vandalism is going to cost you a couple of thousand rupees or jail or both. So much so that you are often intimidated and do not [...]