Thinking Out Loud

Thinking Out Loud

Random musings, personal reflections, anything and everything
02
Sep
Hometown Heroes

Hometown Heroes

Community Remembrance – A Way Forward I sometimes go for a walk in our nearby park. As I enter it, I
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18
Aug
You Scream, I Scream - A Life in Ice Cream

You Scream, I Scream - A Life in Ice Cream

I went back, searched here and there in my memory cell, but couldn't quite recall the first time
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11
Aug
Odyssey - By Way of Nolan

Odyssey - By Way of Nolan

Courtesy of my children, I watched The Odyssey today. I went in with low expectations, because bringing a magnum opus
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03
Aug
The Matinee Idol

The Matinee Idol

Abba (my father) bought us a black-and-white 24-inch Philips television in 1980, when he was Principal of Khulna Engineering College
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24
Jul
Not All of Me Cooks

Not All of Me Cooks

I once heard a real-life incident about Bhanu Banerjee, the veteran Bengali actor from Kolkata's golden era. His
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22
Jul
Time, Space, and the Friends We Make

Time, Space, and the Friends We Make

I first came to know about Facebook in 2006. Our niece, Aadiba, was hooked to her desktop computer in their
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14
Jul
The Door

The Door

Can you be a poet without knowing nature? Maybe. But there is something you lose if you never have that
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07
Jul
Above Politics

Above Politics

For the past few days, I haven't been able to stop thinking about a fundamental problem we face
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22
May
"I don't like to take medicine..."

"I don't like to take medicine..."

Yesterday, my two children took me to watch the critically acclaimed and commercially successful movie of recent times - "
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