Growing up in the middle of lots of books, I was always curious about what could be so special about those big, voluminous bundles of paper. I still remember the day my father brought me Anondomela, a Bengali children’s magazine. This was my first introduction to a hitherto unknown treasure. To put things into perspective, Read more…
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Rabindranath Tagore Demanding situations in life often leave us dumbfounded and overwhelmed. All we are able to do is mull over the challenges that lie ahead of us. Inactivity paralyzes our senses and we find ourselves short of ideas on what our Read more…
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. Rabindranath Tagore We live in an age where certain sections of the society and media are trying to take rationalism to insane heights. Everything is looked at as a complex puzzle – even things that are rather Read more…
Books have been my companions since childhood. My parents and teachers encouraged me to read as much as I could. Amar Chitra Katha comics, Chandamama and Champak; soon gave way to Readers’ Digest, mystery novels by Enid Blyton; Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mystery novels; followed closely by the mushy and romantic, Mills & Boon Read more…
