Durga Puja Playground

DURGA PUJA HELPS US FORGIVE KOLKATA FOR WHAT IT HAS BECOME AND SOAK IN WHAT IT WILL ALWAYS BE. THESE FIVE DAYS ARE ABOUT LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD – THE ONLY TIME THE CITY CAN CARRY THE WEIGHT OF BOTH ON ITS WEATHERED ARMS. I’m talking about another time. A time of bulky transistors […]

Durga Puja playground!

I’m talking about another time. A time of bulky transistors and Eastman coloured mornings. When I’d be woken up by my grandfather, as he gently dragged me out of a flimsy mosquito net, our footsteps often colliding as I then sat perched atop his lap, staring out into a mist smudged October morning. Madhu dada, […]