Essays
Thingyan and Poila Boishak in Myanmar
Thingyan festival, the famous water festival of Myanmar, celebrated to usher in their New Year, which coincides with our Bengali Poila Boishak.
April 13, 2026
Thingyan festival, the famous water festival of Myanmar, celebrated to usher in their New Year, which coincides with our Bengali Poila Boishak.
The Bengali calendar evolved from astronomy and empire, aligning time with agriculture, culture, and festivals, remaining vital despite modern systems.
Celebrated at the end of the Bengali year in West Bengal during Chaitra, it culminates on Chaitra Sankranti—the final threshold between ending and renewal.
And here’s the thing about Bali — I have never seen an angry face here. Not this time, not the last. Everything feels gently enchanted. That quiet magic seems to seep into the food too.
Her Sitayana stands out for presenting the Ramayana from a woman’s perspective, giving voice to Sita and upending a well-known story.
Every time you step outside, feel the wind, and feel that quiet urge to just be – that’s a Wordsworthian moment. He gave that feeling a name.
In this poem, the poet (William Wordsworth) tells us about a girl, a Highland lass, who is in a field alone: “single in the field”.
Sahel’s story explores identity, absence of birthdays, and emotional struggles of foster children, revealing loneliness, resilience, and hidden truths of care homes.
The mall road is the place of beauty at Darjeeling where you can see multiple cultures and people together.
Good Friday reveals a paradox: suffering becomes redemption, darkness leads to light, and sacrifice transforms grief into hope and deeper human understanding.
Languages remember more than people realize. They carry the past the way rivers carry silt; patiently, leaving traces wherever they flow.
Today, the number of children with foreign roots in the foster care system is notably higher than their proportion in the general population.
