'Mera-Merir ghor jole re...' on an apartment balcony in western Uttar Pradesh
Recreating a fading Makar Sankranti tradition from East Bengal and Assam.Continue Reading →
Durga Puja in Shillong: Live blog
For my fellow Shillongites am putting together this little live blog, featuring posts on how people back home are celebrating.
The Durga Puja pandal map
Pandal-hopping is a Durga Puja essential. But for that you need to know where the pandals are. Use and contribute…
Sisters, will you tie your brothers a Narendra Modi rakhi this Raksha Bandhan? Rs 20 only
The image of Narendra Modi continues to seep into our everyday lives, not only from the media but also from regular objects around us. Almost a decade after the present…Continue Reading →
Pohela Boishakh: Unofficial Google doodle
It’s a fresh year for the Assamese, Tamils, Malayalis, Punjabis, Nepalis and Bengalis. Today is Pohela Boishakh, the Bengali New…
Happy Holi!
Holi is a festival of fun and frolic (and double entendre?)
Unofficial Maha Kumbh and Makar Sankranti Google doodle
The sun transits from Sagittarius to Capricorn during the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere and India celebrates Makar Sankranti and the once-in- a-dozen-years event, the Maha Kumbh at Allahabad…Continue Reading →
Rongali Bihu unofficial Google doodle
For some it is the beginning of the new year, for others it marks the end of the harvest season.…
No Holi doodle on Google home page? Worry not, here it is
Were you a little disappointed to discover that the colourful doodle on the Google home page today was not for…
When India became a republic: Front page of The Indian Express (January 28, 1950)
There’s a difference in knowing from a history book and learning via a historical source. Accounts from a time when an historical event happened and later day interpretations by historians…Continue Reading →
The religion of noise
Peeved with the constant noise blaring from the loudspeakers in the kanvaria vehicles passing through the highway close to my…
Caught on Cam: Drunken Holi Brawl
Drunken fights are fun to watch (the kind where things don’t take a serious turn). More so when you have…
