Those were the School Days This writing is a metonymical translation of the article published in my school high school magazine ’Choyon’ (চয়ন) in 1989.
Professor Arrow passed away on February 21, 2017 at the age of 95. I have had the good fortune to spend an afternoon with him
Buster Keaton, another very famous comedian went on record to say that during a talk with Chaplin after he had just made The Kid (1921)
And nature never fails anyone. On some days I’d look out and find a bright bud awaiting the sun’s awakening kiss.
We are racing against time. I sometimes wonder: Is Time an adversary, to be fought with tooth and nail?
Nabadwip severed almost all ties with top class scholarship over the years. It banks entirely on religion; Gaudiya Vaishnavism to be precise.
By 1880 the Joshis found themselves in Calcutta, the erstwhile capital of British India. But the city’s sultry climate and unfamiliar culture made the couple
For an avid and average Bengali detective fiction reader Bandyopadhyay’s Hindi film career, particularly the stories of the popular Hindi Socials, may appear a bit
These beautifully handwritten letters were lovingly kept aside to be read in solitude.
Lacroix and Verboeckhoven, the Belgian publishing house is said to have undertaken a massive publishing campaign for Victor Hugo’s ‘Les Miserables’ six months ahead of
The house was once occupied by Pratap Chandra Ghosh who started his career as Assistant Librarian of the Asiatic Society.
And the time was just before our Half-Yearly (Mid-Term) Exams. Thus, we were busy with exam preparation rather than participating in Birthday festivities.
Sisirkana Dhar Choudhury was ahead of her times. She picked up the violin at an age when women were known largely to practice vocal music.
Known also as the flame of the forest, this hardy, deciduous tree grows effortlessly even in harsh climates.
There once was a rooster who lived peacefully with its hens. But his neighbour was jealous.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, who else can be a better icon for an aspiring writer like my humble self than Christie herself?
