INDIA PERSPECTIVE

Life as an Army Officer's Wife

2010-06-12T09:24:00.000+05:30

My first impression was of the green lawns lined precisely by those white and red painted bricks and the unending lines of the three tonners and two tonners. This was a world alien to me. This was the OG world to which my husband belonged. Coming from an entirely civil background, I had no clue as to what I had let myself in for. And my husband had done nothing to alleviate my ignorance.

mysore trip

2010-06-11T13:31:00.000+05:30

.......unspoilt mysore, a place of temples n palaces, a place where you can become part of history, a place poised to take off like bangalore....and thats sad..

Strength Training : A beginner's diary

2008-12-14T10:57:00.018+05:30

Thus I started weight training or strength training. It wasn’t easy. Firstly you have to know exactly what you are doing to convince others who confuse weight training with weight lifting. You have to start with the lowest weight. 1.5kg is reasonable enough. 10 minutes daily or 20 minutes on alternate days bring pretty good results. And here is the rest of it. STRENGTH TRAINING: A BEGINNER’S

THE LAND OF RAMIYA AND SAAMBAR

2008-06-06T09:23:00.000+05:30

Relationships have a tendency of descending into habits whether one likes it or not and then they become too difficult to break. And my relationship with Chennai was no different. Despite the fact that it was not at all love at first sight. Quite the contrary, in fact. It took me at least six months, excruciating ones, to get used to a place where there are only three seasons: hot, hotter and

OOOH.....TY

2008-01-01T09:25:00.003+05:30

My husband handed me something. “Your tickets for the Queen of hill stations”, he said. I looked down. “Oh Ooty,”I looked and felt disappointed. When families all across were on a ‘going abroad for a small holiday’ trip, Ooty was like falling down from a peak. ....From Chennai we were to travel to Mettupalayam, which would be a good 9 ½ hours. From there we were to board the narrow gauge ‘Toy

NANDIGRAM DEBACLE

2007-11-19T09:55:00.001+05:30

everyday there is something or the other on Nandigram... it pains me to see what is happening there. infact sometimes i wonder whether it is all true. there is a total sense of incredulousness to see what is happening in those peaceful villages that i used to visit when i was a child..true that CPM cadres have had a grassroot existence even long before i was born. but to think that now they are

LEARNING COMPUTER BASICS

2007-09-12T09:26:00.000+05:30

If you have heard these cries, ladies it is time to wake up and undo all the hours, days, months and years of neglect you are guilty of. I am talking about a very important and comparatively new member of your family- YOUR PC. Have you never wondered why it is called that? It is because it is your very own ‘personal’ computer. And after the initial getting to know each other, when you start

Relevance of Rabindranath Tagore today

2007-09-12T09:22:00.000+05:30

Scanning the newspaper for tributes to the great Bengali Bard, Rabindranath Tagore, I came across a presentation by Sujoy Prasad Chatterjee. And my mind raced back to an evening in the past; an evening of recitations and songs I had experienced in Bengal Club.(please note the word experienced) a year back. A friend of ours had invited both of us, husband and wife, to this musical evening in

indian idol update

2007-07-31T10:17:00.000+05:30

Amit Paul's "pehla nasha" last friday was as inspiring as his last performance Amit Paul's "pehala nasha" last friday was as inspiring as his last performance and did not let down the expectations of a growing amit paul support club.The song can be downloaded from http://www.bollyfm.net/bollyfm/mid/386/tid/2524/mp3soundtrack.htmlLYRICSChaahe Tum Kuchh Na Kaho Maine Sun LiyaKi Saathi Pyaar Ka

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS

2007-07-29T12:25:00.000+05:30

Did harry potter leak or not? There was a review of the deathly hallows on 20th july which said a little and left more unsaid. But the leak was only some photographs of some pages which were not as promising as the book promises to be. When i asked my twelve year old son as to wherein lies the charm of harry potter, he very condescendingly told me that it teaches certain life skills:

indian idol amit paul?

2007-07-15T20:58:00.000+05:30

in fridays performance amit paul had everyone swooning with his rendering of nasha yeh pyar ka nasha.....i have to admit Amit paul was never one of my favourites...Chang and parleen had already created a niche in that list...but strangely amit paul's magic has started workin on me i guess.......i think at this level, the choice of songs is very very important...one has to go for foot tappin music

front cover

2007-02-20T19:41:00.001+05:30

front coverOriginally uploaded by somajum164. designed for a durga puja souvenir 2005 on photoshop

front cover

2007-02-20T19:40:00.001+05:30

front coverOriginally uploaded by somajum164. designed for a durga puja souvenir 200 on photoshop

HAPPY TEACHERS DAY

2007-01-26T22:54:00.000+05:30

Today is Teachers Day: a day for students to show their love and respect for the people who are God's representative within the school environs; a day to strengthen the very bonds that mould their personality n attitude towards life. And yet in todays context of unpredictable student fury it is indeed a moment of poignancy. Prof. Sabharwal's death amidst election violence in Ujjain, a

Reel life and Real life: a review.

2007-01-25T22:19:00.000+05:30

Corporate, Rang De Basanti and Kabhi alvdia Na Kehna.. three different movies, three different directors, three different storytellers. yet all three weave a reel life story about some bitter truths of real life. but it is only one bitter reality pill that the indian people are finding it difficult to swallow :KANK. the other two ( Corporate and Rang De)people have swallowed and

POLITICS IN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

2007-01-23T23:01:00.000+05:30

The death of Soumik Bose in Bengal Engineering and Science University caused indirectly by the political violence in the campus raises the question of whether students union in universities should be patronized by political parties. Hearing this news my husband recounted, during his engineering college days in Tripura once during such clashes, how he and some friends had to run away and hide in

OF PUDDLES AND PAKORAS

2007-01-22T12:28:00.000+05:30

it is very unusual to be raining so much in kolkata at this time of the year. but it is. this is the time for the monsoon to recede, raising the humidity to unbearable limits("pocha bhadra" they call it in the local idiom). but not so this year; although i believe in some parts of West Bengal( like Malda) it is so hot and humid that local administration has shut down primary level schools.

THE SHELTER

2007-01-21T23:12:00.000+05:30

I literally sank into the sofa. I was trying to regain my composure. Three of us had ventured out to do some thing meaningful for society. We had heard of this place called “The Banyan” a home for destitute, mentally imbalanced women. And all of us felt, due to some reason, that the time had come to go out and do something for the socially downtrodden. We drove ourselves to this place. With

diwali night rangoli

2006-10-28T18:55:00.000+05:30

after the fireworks, muted, and tambola its time for the ladies to gather around and pose with the rangoli which was put together, hurriedly, in the last minute

Diwali

2006-10-28T18:52:00.000+05:30

The central Govt officers' quarters at 30, Belvedere Road all lighted up for diwali

Lakshmi puja at 30, Belvedere Road

2006-10-28T18:49:00.000+05:30

even the children want to participate in the proceedings be it fanning a dhuno into life

Sindoor khela at 30, Belvedere road

2006-10-28T18:39:00.001+05:30

Kali puja pandal, BF Salt lake

2006-10-28T18:24:00.000+05:30

CF Salt lake puja pandal, kolkata

2006-10-28T18:22:00.000+05:30

shaped like a palki but diff fro putiari club as it is made of cloth not bamboo

BE Salt lake protima

2006-10-28T13:18:00.000+05:30

idol also made of terracotta