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 →
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 →
September 8, 2001. It was on this day, 20 years ago, I disembarked in Bhopal from a train on a…
It appears that Old Monk beer has been around for a little while, but for me this was a revelation…
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 →
At around 4:15 PM on October 22, 1979 a scuffle broke out in a Shillong locality and it didn't end…
A brief history of the Bengali Calendar and why India and Bangladesh celebrate the Bengali New Year on different days.
An ad for a lesser-known Bullet - Enfield 200 - The Mini Bullet.Continue Reading →
Google, it appears, cannot just stop itself from googling new names for its products.
At a time when an anglicised creole is the new lingua franca and I am identified and counted as a…
Another attempt at reimagining iconic Bollywood scenes as a critique of contemporary issues in a comic book format.Continue Reading →
The 'deewaar' of Aadhaar has people on both sides of the wall (and also many sitting on it)
Recreating a fading Makar Sankranti tradition from East Bengal and Assam.