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Mouri Bandhakopi

A close friend sends me a gorgeous cabbage from her garden this morning. It’s not easy to grow ...

The shrill of the telephone bell punctuates the serene tranquil of a mist-laced ...

Manikkaka gets home a plump little cauliflower, august with its pompous crown of green. I am ...

One autumn evening, Bapi brings home a pair of binoculars. A childhood friend of his had been ...

It’s a sultry summer morning, the ancient fan whirring above struggles to provide any respite from ...

Isn't it rather unusual that on a manic Monday morning, I wallow in sweet nostalgia, allowing myself ...

The shrill of the phone punctuates the idyllic silence of a lazy afternoon. I am immersed in a ...

Was your homeland more beautiful than this? A curious eight year old me asks Grandma one autumn ...

Kakimoni was an angel. She lived a few houses away from us down the flaming gulmohor-crowned ...

I have often mused about the East Bengal - West Bengal divide when it comes to food. And contrary ...

Cut to half a decade back. It’s a charcoal-scarred sky this morning. Ominous cumulonimbus clouds ...

Would a trip to Kolkata ever be complete without a ritualistic sojourn to the Maniktala Market ...