Sean Connery!!!!!!!!!! The name rippled me in my teens; mesmerized in youth and tore apart even at this age last year. Not sure, what to say – a myth? Or a sheer playboy? Sean Connery is the Bond; Bond is Sean Connery. Yes, keeping others in loop, tell me honestly – where you will find…
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Rajarani Temple – Temple without Deity
The year was probably 2008, an afternoon at the Academy of Fine Arts (Kolkata), where I met a group of people who were going to Bhubaneswar for performing the Odissi Dance. Before that, there was no idea that Odisha holds such events in line with West Bengal and first time heard about Mukteswar and Rajarani…
Au Revoir Bengaluru
Every city has its flavor. If the madness of crowd mesmerizes you in Kolkata then heritage can attract you repeated times in Lucknow. If Rajasthan is for sands, then Karnataka it’s for trees. Perhaps, Bangalore is the only city in the country that has ‘n’ number of trees where n is variably constant. OK, I can…
Pipili – Stitching Patches
If you ‘Google’ Twin Cities across the world, India is probably going to be the winner in terms of numbers. Kolkata – Howrah, Ranchi – Hatia, Kochi – Ernakulam, Varanasi – Mughalsarai, Bhubaneswar – Cuttack only to name a few. If you talk about twin entities in terms of creativity & artisan marvel, then another…
Tie – A Gift to Cherish
Sometime back I was gifted a “Tie” (often called as “Necktie” too) by one of my close relatives who incidentally is a successful academician and retired Director of a well-known IIT (Indian Institute of Technology). It was Orange in color with print and marked as the National University of Singapore. Probably, this is one of…
Lepchajagat – Offbeat Exploration
When you get a leave of 2-3 days and plan to move out for a weekend short trip, what comes to your mind first? Want to go to a place full of activities every day or want to relax, sit and enjoy the natural beauty of that place? Well, if you opt for the second…