The Pursuit Of The Future
Please find my article The Pursuit Of The Future published in OutlookWeekender here
Sonali Ghosh
Feeding Kolkata’s Fish Fetish
Wetland Life: Feeding Kolkata’s Fish Fetish A day with the fishermen of East Kolkata Wetlands Its half past four a.m. as I drive into the narrow stretch of unpaved mud road off the highway that leads into Bantala, one corner of the vast and interconnected wetlands marked by the hundreds of signature fishing ponds that ... Read moreFeeding Kolkata’s Fish Fetish
Our Lady of Baltistan
Reflections in the Haze When the road swung away from the last village on the list, I imagined we would head towards some far flung guest house in the mountains -not that any such quarter was visible from the innards of the Innova that was shuddering and shaking after ten days of moving us around ... Read moreOur Lady of Baltistan
In the land of middle age
In the Land of Middle Age (And the Art of Looking How One Feels) *** Early signs of above – (a) fear of reading the newspapers, (b) being unable to cope with ANY news, no matter how watered down, (c) fearing telephone calls, inability to wake up with the sense of seizing the day, (d) … Read moreIn the land of middle age
The Food of my Youth
Home Food: Loving and Living Without… *** There is an elusive, haloed image and taste one has of ‘home food’, or ghar-ka-khana, that for me, grows stronger with every passing year. Every year I put on a kilo or two seeking and craving this home food that is not available to me anymore and the … Read moreThe Food of my Youth
His Ladyship
“His Ladyship” Part I: June The vacuum cleaner whirred into maximum mode. As it was ‘soundless’, the resultant sound was a mix of a muffled blow drier and a piped down mixer, the manufacturer had cleverly managed to tone them down so the sound was nowhere close to Hoover-level. Somewhere below the dining table … Read moreHis Ladyship
The Pros and Cons of Cat & Dog Management
Pros and Cons of Cat & Dog Management: Life Lessons Learnt from Being Owned by 3 Cats and 3 Dogs In 2010 I lost my mother and generally got lost. A few months later, by the beginning of 2011, I lost my father and became an orphan. I am – I mean, I was – … Read moreThe Pros and Cons of Cat & Dog Management
Living with the Idols
Please find my article Living with the Idols published in News18 Immersive here
The Beauty of Being Bella
Bella’s Quartet: A Story in Four Parts Part One:I Arrival A tiny black creature wiggled its legs and inched towards me. I was returning home after weeks of being away on a long job that had made me travel relentlessly around the country from its northern tip to southern most end. The creature has glorious … Read moreThe Beauty of Being Bella