The Wedding
Humourist Soumya takes a dig at the cross-cultural wedding of a Bong and a Punjabi. The cultural differences were sharply magnified to the woes of each side – later...
Vindaloo: A Delightful Marriage of Eastern and Western Cuisines in Goa
Vindaloo is a garbled pronunciation of the original Portuguese dish ‘carne de Vinha d’alhos,’ which means, meat marinated in wine vinegar and garlic. The local conditions tweaked the dish...
When Aloo was Lonely!
Humourist Soumya tells us about the journey of Aloo (potato) from South America, via Europe, to India. How was Aloo paired off in India? Read more in the weekly...
Where is the 11th Panchen Lama Missing for the last 22 years?
Within three days of the identification of 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima recognised by His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, the child was kidnapped by the Chinese forces...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Bhagirathi – XXII
Nilanjana recounts the story of Bhagirathi – the descent of Ganga – from the heavens. It’s a well-known tale from the Bhagavatam, presented lucidly in the weekly column, exclusively...
How Purba, the Survivor, returned from a Journey to Hell?
Trafficking of women is an international commercial activity in which force, coercion, and fraud are used to transport women across international boundaries for economic gain. As a complex organised...
My Favorite Christmas Tree
Here’s an excerpt story from the New York-based Joseph Ferguson’s latest short fiction collection, Shillelagh Law. It’s a must read. The story originally appeared in Ellipsis: An Anthology of Humorous Short...
Romancing the Celestial Bodies and Strawberry Fragrance
Here are two literary works by Sehar, a poem and a short story, woven around the theme of the silent solitude. In Romancing the Celestial Bodies, she delves into the...
The Missing*
A heart wrenching poem about missing tigers by Moinak, as awareness against illegal poaching of the wild cats. Every year they are going missing, From Parks, Sanctuaries, From registers as...
EgyptAir flight MS804 Vanishes: Crashed into Mediterranean Sea?
EgyptAir flight MS804 vanished mysteriously flying from Paris to Cairo. It has reportedly crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. It was speculated that explosion caused the crash. Terror attack possible....