Love during the time of Corona
The birds were chirping their way through the glass panes of the silent hallway. Normally it was filled with footsteps from dawn to the end of dusk. The crowd was part of the daily life. But these weren’t normal times. People had confined themselves to secluded places. Public places felt like the abandoned houses from…
2012
It was the 21st of December, 2012. Familiar with the year? Ok, I along with my six undisputed friends had gone to our coaching classes. The tension of our upcoming competitive exams erased our fears of this “world famous” date: 21st December, 2012; more precisely replaced the fear. We all seemed worried only about the non-cracked…
The Winter Evening
The hustle of the city traffic wears down once you enter the relatively older part of the suburb. The river side has this aura of magnificent hue of peace, which is barely present within the busy peripherals of the city life. The setting sun puts a minuscule crimson within the horizon. Tiny dark umbrage of…
Valar Morghulis: A Blog of Ice and Fire
‘Winter is Coming’ Ever since the very pilot episode of Game of Thrones, we had been literally waiting for winter to come. Winter was always coming, as the most honorable man of the show, Ned Stark reminded us all from time to time during the first season. The threat of the White Walkers and the…
How to Snap off Spoilers: Avengers Endgame
It has been more than a decade since Iron Man was released by the MCU. Those were different times. People weren’t that much affiliated towards superhero movies. The only superheroes movie-goers were familiar with were DC’s Superman & Batman and of course, Marvel’s one and only friendly neighborhood ‘Spider-Man’. That solo Iron-Man movie changed the…
Tryst with Haunted House
At a time when politics, religion and humanity have been crumbling under the trembling forces of elected national leaders, a few individually humor-loving soldiers of House Mahanta and House Dutta came together to have an amazing afternoon of pleasantries! As the elders of their respective houses were occupied with work involving their creative traits, the…
CBSE v SEBA: Game of Allegations!
The shortest month of the year, the month of love has finally ended. And that could mean only one thing: Exam season for school students. While I use to hate the month of March during my schooling days, it is now part of a nostalgia filled memory at my present age. Being still in the…
The Clamors of Valentine’s Day
The demons of February the 14th looms large over everybody. Hugs, kisses, cuddles and what not! And lest you forget those toxic few days which follow this day, you are a blessing in disguise. Are you single? Do you have a girlfriend? How many girlfriends have you managed to date? These above questions have a…
Bhakti Films and Government: A True Love Story
It was the summer of 2008. The everlasting summer vacation and the intense city heat were taking turns in having a toll upon me. The unfinished projects from school were beginning to create an extra burden on my brain cells. The same old boring school curriculum had started to give me some serious existential crisis.…
USA: The United Statues for Anti-Modi
Ever since 2017, I was used to having satirical giggles at the United States of America. Having the famous Statue of Liberty on one side and the adorable velvety-haired clown as the head of their distinguished federal government on the other is equivalent to irony running through deep tranches of justification! That was limited only…
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