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What I collected
Do you have any collections? We have our attachments and hobbies in life. They keep life lovable and interesting to live through. Now one of the most commonly practiced hobbies is making collections. Some people like to do it secretly, others want people to know about it, while some do it unknowingly as well. …
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What Might Remain
What is the legacy you want to leave behind? Legacy, a term which has many associated emotions, dreams, hopes, ambitions and even selfishness associated with itself. In a way I feel that the thought of legacy is a little inclined towards a certain luxury for many people out there who are struggling to hold their…
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The Cold Blend
How do you feel about cold weather? Just the day before, the temperature crossed 40°C and the weather application said that it felt like 50°C and I wished I didn’t read the ‘felt’ part, because since then I actually started feeling it. The worst part about this kind of weather is that it will test…
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What could have broken
Have you ever broken a bone? One morning a few years ago, I carefully took my motor bike down the slanting ramp, without starting it and once down I pushed the self-start button for the bike to start but it wouldn’t. I made a few more failed attempts before giving up. My car had barely…
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Blue Brain Project
Do you know about the Blue Brain project? Here it is On 1 July 2005, the Brain Mind Institute and IBM launched the Blue Brain Project1. The Blue Brain Project is a Swiss brain research initiative that aims to create a digital reconstruction of the mouse brain. The Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.…
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The first Metro line
Metro systems across the world have been in operation since the late 1800s and transport millions of commuters across cities every day. The London Underground is the oldest metro system in the world, with services operating from 1890. The UK’s London Underground was originally opened in 1863 for locomotive trains. In 1890, it became the…
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The Calm
It was late at night. Mr Kakati kept his hand on the steering wheel as he drove his car maintaining speed between 60-65. His wife and his daughter were with him. They were returning from dinner, a gathering of college friends of Mr Kakati. Mr Kakati was a very calm and patient man; he meditated…
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The Gift Shop
Mr Chabra’s gift shop was very popular back in the day. It was the first modern styled gift shop in my neighbourhood. When I went there as a child for the first time, it was a completely different world. The variety of toys there would make any child want to stay there forever. The shops…
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The Fruitful Experience
List your top 5 favorite fruits. The thing about fruits is that they are usually our favourite food on the healthier side when we actually start making sense of eating as our past miniature self. They are sweet and require a bit less convincing as compared to veggies. Ask my mother who had to run…
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To be fair
There was a fair in the town with rides of various forms. I do wish to one day see them put up those rides, the curiosity although not so strong, yet has consistently been there. Apart from rides there were also stalls selling food, decoratives and various other items of presumed interest to people. Fairs…
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When the Good Came
Share a story about someone who had a positive impact on your life. In adulthood we realise that there aren’t many things which we are very excited about. But most of us did have that life when we were a kid with a normal childhood. There are people who are full of life but our…
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The passing happiness
It was still early in the morning, and the stairs of the Tower B of Echelon Edge remained silent for a while till sound of elevator climbing up to the fifth floor of the building was heard and after exactly twelve minutes, a dog, a white dog with black patches ran down the stairs and…
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Understanding Absence
Nandan stood in front of a shop that had belonged to him now, unexpectedly. He was here to hand the keys to the one who had rented the shop. Nandan’s uncle, Mr Anant Lahiri ran a very successful business in the shop as a lady’s tailor. Everyone wondered if Mr Lahiri knew his end was…
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That One Day
What’s a job you would like to do for just one day? We choose our professions for many different reasons, of course the primary one should be on the basis of where our interest and passion lies, but nowadays, at least around me I find people who have good talent for otherwise different things, rushing…
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Name that Stick
What are your favorite brands and why? There was a time when the word ‘brand’ didn’t really have a more elaborate meaning than what it has today. When I was small, local shops and establishments were still very popular for their products and the quality of things were far better. Before the brands themselves were…
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Why the moon doesn’t fall on Earth 🌎?
All bodies in the universe are attracted to each other through the gravitational force. The bigger the object, the stronger that force is. But gravity or curved space doesn’t always make things fall down. Some smaller objects also remain in orbit for a long long time after we leave them there. Earth’s Moon is also…
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Unique temple
There are many mysterious temples in India, in which Kodungallur is famous for the Bhagavathy Temple which is known as Kurumbakavu Bhagavati Temple. The temple has a royal outlook that mainly attracts tourists. There is an idol of God Bhadrakali who is described in mythology as another powerful form of ‘Adi Shakti’. The eight-handed wooden…
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On the First Floor
On the first floor of a three floored house, Kamal Gupta had found a room on rent. The university nearby rarely left any rooms available with students filling up every place available but this one was somehow left out. A sudden and very attractive vacancy didn’t allow Kamal to have the luxury of time to…
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An Occasional Morning
The frequency of watering plants in summers increases where every alternate morning I have to thoroughly water the plants in my little garden. The movement of vehicles is very limited during this hour and there are numerous people who pass by the road in front. Most of them are out for a morning walk, some…
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Another Glance
It was evening and Devat was returning home. His steps took him inside the metro train station. There was no crowd, it was a Sunday evening and the peak of summer heat had made staying at home a preferred choice for many. Devat stopped at a coffee stand to have cold coffee. His new job…
Early Morning Memories 