When you save a life, you save the world

Dear Baba, Its been eight years since we lost you and not a day goes by when I don’t think … More

Vasant Panchami Part Two: Stealing Kul

Its the fifth (panchami) day of Spring (Basant) in Bengal and with it comes this festival dedicated to the Goddess … More

Having lost my mother to cancer at 26, and my father to a heart attack 16 years later, I am … More

The victory of good over evil as Durga vanquishes Mahisasura in an epic battle, is celebrated as Bijoya or victory. … More

Ya devi sarva bhuteshu, shakti rupena sangsthita, Namastasyai, namastasyai, namastasyai, namo namaha [To that Devi Who in All Beings is … More

When most Indians are celebrating Diwali and Rama’s return to Ayodhya after vanquishing the demon king Ravana, it is overshadowed … More

When I was growing up, shashti was my most exciting day. We wore our first set of pujo clothes, and I couldn’t … More

We observed my mother’s Shraddha. That day is blurry but I am sure that we blindly went through the rituals … More

Summer is almost over, as are the monsoons. The mangoes are most definitely gone, but here I am, still trying … More

Left to their own devices everyday would be cake day for these two bandicoots. Third experiment in watercolors for my … More

Hope and anxiety. What will she be? Our state of mind around mid-September, 2010.