accident - Different Truths

January 11, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food, History & Culture

Butter Chicken: The Emperor of Salivating Gluttons

The fascinating journey of Butter Chicken can be traced to a tiny eatery in the old city of Delhi. It rose to international acclaim and to being the staple dish...

January 10, 2017
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
Sports

Akashganga: Trails of Stardust and Swirling Black Holes – XIII

Members of Akashganga moved on to multi-tasking and become a lean mean fighting machine. Sport and military parachuting complemented each other. But, behind all of these unique achievements paradoxically, an equally...

December 1, 2016
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Health

Depending on the Kindness of Strangers

The benevolence of strangers have time and again helped hapless people. Rita tells us about ‘crowdsourcing’ and ‘crowdfunding’ and how these have become a popular way for people to give...

November 6, 2016
Anumita Roy
Short Story

…And One Day-I

The protagonist, Nandini, was orphaned at the age of five, when she lost both her parents in an accident in the Western Ghats, in India. She was being brought up...

October 22, 2016
Madhumita Ghosh
Short Story

The Bride of Death

Life is full of strange surprises. It’s rightly said that facts are stranger than fiction. The protagonist, Anita, found acceptance of her love with Shubho perhaps a little too late....

August 9, 2016
Saheli Mitra
Gender

An Open Letter to my Lost Womb

Women often have to abort an accidental pregnancy. Modern procedures ensure it is least painful, but have we ever wondered how women feel from within, when we let go off something...