A note for 2022
The forms, formats and norms of social media are stifling. This place, is a breath of fresh air. My own corner in the internet, that I have shaped on my…Continue Reading →
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20 years since I left home
September 8, 2001. It was on this day, 20 years ago, I disembarked in Bhopal from a train on a…
Old Monk beer review: Does the beer live up to the legend of the rum?
It appears that Old Monk beer has been around for a little while, but for me this was a revelation…
Why Twitter appears to be so big in India when it actually isn’t
If we look at the news and what the news media tells us, we would be under the impression that Twitter is a big deal in India. How big a…Continue Reading →
A riot that changed a city: 40 years of 79'er gondogul - the 1979 Shillong anti-Bengali riots
At around 4:15 PM on October 22, 1979 a scuffle broke out in a Shillong locality and it didn't end…
Pohela Boishakh: A brief history of the Bengali calendar
A brief history of the Bengali Calendar and why India and Bangladesh celebrate the Bengali New Year on different days.
Enfield 200 - The Mini Bullet (ad from 1982)
An ad for a lesser-known Bullet - Enfield 200 - The Mini Bullet.Continue Reading →
Google just can't make its mind up! A long list of products that Google has renamed
Google, it appears, cannot just stop itself from googling new names for its products.
On International Mother Language Day, a note by a Sylheti from Shillong
At a time when an anglicised creole is the new lingua franca and I am identified and counted as a…
PNB Scam: Kitnay aadmi thay?
Another attempt at reimagining iconic Bollywood scenes as a critique of contemporary issues in a comic book format.Continue Reading →
The Deewaar of Aadhaar
The 'deewaar' of Aadhaar has people on both sides of the wall (and also many sitting on it)
'Mera-Merir ghor jole re...' on an apartment balcony in western Uttar Pradesh
Recreating a fading Makar Sankranti tradition from East Bengal and Assam.