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Potpourri

August 6, 2016
Sukanya Juno Biswas
Potpourri

Texas Diary: Many Colours of American Life

Life is a series of accidents, happy and unhappy. Here are some random Texas Diary jottings of Sukanya. Her kaleidoscopic experiences create a tapestry of American life. She shares the tales...

August 4, 2016
Piyali Callahan
Potpourri

The Driving Force

Piyali works at a public library in a relatively diverse neighbourhood. The author sees the melting pot that America truly is, in the library, where immigrants from different countries come together...

August 2, 2016
Lily Swarn
Potpourri

Life in Moments

Life is all about the simple joys in many moments that make it enchantingly beautiful. Lily, the quintessential Bohemian, the wandering gypsy drinking the ambrosia of life, seeks simple joys in...

July 16, 2016
Lily Swarn
Potpourri

Hey, Chai Anyone?

There was a message outside the Tea Board office in Kolkata. It said, “All time is tea time.” That’s right in India. We hear the chai vendors at all hours...

July 12, 2016
Saheli Mitra
Potpourri

Monsoon Memories: A Letter to Paper Boat

The essential romantic in us celebrates and serenades the rain. Blue Eve reminisces the monsoon, days of torrential rains, her little paper boat and more. She walks down the...

July 4, 2016
Santosh Bakaya
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…And a Snake Slithered Under her Bed!

Exams and sleep deprivation takes its toll on the youth, preparing for exams. In this imaginative daughter-mother dialogue, Santosh revisits her hassled daughter’s mind. Swamped with Dylan Thomas and...

July 1, 2016
Mamta Joshi
Humour, People, Potpourri

The Circle of Love

Mamta takes us into the magical world of songs and dances during weddings. Ladies Sangeet is an important ritual, filled with fun and frolic. She reminisces a celebration of...

June 27, 2016
Champa Srinivasan
Potpourri

A Roman Holiday in Switzerland

Champa takes a walk down the memory lane. She goes back many moons back to a short holiday in Switzerland. She reveals a hilarious incident of a carefree person, when...

June 26, 2016
Olaitan Maryam Mojisola
Potpourri

Last Night with Horroria

Olaitan shares an eerie experience. She uses the metaphors of light and darkness and few other elements to create an atmosphere of fear. She had a brush with someone...

June 24, 2016
Lily Swarn
Potpourri

Playing with Pain

The saddest songs are the sweetest ones. Lily quotes Charlie Chaplin and says that the ability to play with pain is rare. In pain, we cry. In a sense of...

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