Aheli Sarkar
Aheli Sarkar
Adrija Mitra
Don’t you want to fly?
High up in the sky
Raise your hands up in the air
And sing la la la la la!
To the birds above, say Good Bye
And roam around in the sky
Don’t you want to be a bird?
You can sing, you can fly
High up in the sky!…
“Aalo, aamar alo ogo, aalo bhuvan bhara..” ( Light, Oh Light, The world is vivid with light) – with these few lines in verse, Tagore described the celebration of life, illuminated by the wonderful rays of light. The universe is full of light, and of energy.
Tagore ima…
Shantanu Dey
A famous Bengali poet once wrote –
উমা হৈমবতীর অর্ঘ্য পেল ওলাই চন্ডী কি তায়
বেসান্ত পাবে সে নৈবেদ্য অর্পিত যা নিবেদিতায়।
The m…
Soumalya Chakraborty
The strains of a mysterious tune wafted through the night. It floated through the misty forest and found its way to a small cottage by the woods. As 10-year-old Marie was preparing to climb into her cozy bed, the music reached and almost immediately enthralled her.
Marie a…
Col R K Bhattacharya
I have been in Kolkata for the past six years. Since I never required heavy winter clothing here I finally decided to discard some of them. My long association with counter insurgency in Jammu & Kashmir had led me to accumulate too many of these heavy woollens but they had be…
Anindita Chowdhury
When I was about seven or eight years old I was distinctly under the impression that the roads of Kolkata had two names – just like me. One a pet name and the other, as Indians are prone to say, the ‘good name’. For instance, the short and crisp ‘Amherst Street’ also had a long…
Koyal Roy
The time is 8:30 or so in the morning. We are eight of us in an open gypsy, tearing our way through the jungles of Tadoba. Summer is already way ahead here and the previous afternoon the safari turned out to be hot, humid and uncomfortable, but today the air is cooler, the jungle – peac…
Shampa Dasgupta
A little over 33 years ago, a young girl of 23 with the bright red vermilion on her parting spilling onto her forehead, proclaiming her status a new bride, stepped on platform no.1 of Secunderabad Railway Station, apprehension and excitement writ all over her face. They were there…
Prateek Dhar
Daniel Stanford was a detective. He was the best detective in the world. He had solved many crimes prior to his joining the FBI. It was said that he could look into your eyes and extract the truth. He solved most crimes in 6 hours. But nothing could prepare old Dan for the crime I am…
Adrija Mitra
Chapter1: Emily Finds a Bird
Once there lived a little girl named Emily. She lived with her grandmother on a hilltop. One day when she went to fetch some water, she saw a bird lying on the grass with one of its wings broken. She took it home and put some bandages on its broken win…
Adrija Mitra
Chapter1: Emily Finds a Bird
Once there lived a little girl named Emily. She lived with her grandmother on a hilltop. One day when she went to fetch some water, she saw a bird lying on the grass with one of its wings broken. She took it home and put some bandages on its broken win…
Mohona Chowdhury
Sparkle of the shining sun,
Smell of yeast and tasty bun,
Children with kites on run,
It’s carnival today.
Men adjusting their coats and ties,
Women’s spoilt hairdo cries,
Everywhere cheer flies,
It’s carnival today.
Fun and frolic everywhere,
No more teard…
Aishani Majumdar
A delightful Monday morning,
All to myself.
Purple Moorhen, Red Naped Ibis and Little Cormorant,
Hard at work: all by themselves.
I was amazed to spot the Open Billed Stork
Using its beak like a fork.
Boating on the quiet Irai Lake, twenty five feet de…
Aishani Majumdar
A delightful Monday morning,
All to myself.
Purple Moorhen, Red Naped Ibis and Little Cormorant,
Hard at work: all by themselves.
I was amazed to spot the Open Billed Stork
Using its beak like a fork.
Boating on the quiet Irai Lake, twenty five feet de…
Muntasir Rahaman
Aheli Sarkar
Shantanu Dey
This is a saga of an immortal hero, Jatindranath Mukherjee (Bagha Jatin) and the early struggles for Independence. It was also a conspiracy of epic proportions.
Prologue
Many sung and unsung heroes have enriched the freedom movement but there were few exceptional leaders am…
Asmita Mukherji
Tracing the flight of a butterfly across the garden from his veranda, the sound of the creaking gate distracted Piku. The sunrays presented him with a familiar silhouette – Dadu. As Piku ran down the stairs, the doorbell rang and Minati Masi opened the door.
Piku spotted some…
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