Tag: Bengali

  • Overcast

    Overcast

    One day, the onset of the afternoon was not in its usual colours. I slidthe two wine-coloured curtains apart to reveal the glass of thesliding doors behind. I switched off the LED bulb which illuminated amild crystal white light. The disappearance of the artificial lightallowed the clouded light of the sun to play a more…

  • Comprehension

    Comprehension

    Rohil stared at the mound of the clay spinning on the wheel head ofthe potter’s wheel. He caught a quick glance of his teacher who wasobserving him very closely. His teacher had just shown him how it wasdone by holding Rohil’s hands, but Rohil had somehow instantly lostall the confidence to do it. Rohil returned…

  • Accostomed Avowal

    Accostomed Avowal

    A person means routine and how you are entangled in the routine depends on the person’s priorities. And if you are extremely close to the person and the person is old …her routine almost becomes yours. That’s the flow of life I believe. Today, welcome to our blogging website and here I wanted to narrate…

  • Reminiscing About

    Reminiscing About

    Rushil could see the dirt that had accumulated between the teeth ofhis wide-tooth comb. ‘Why did I not notice this before? I use this comb every day. How longhas it been like this?’ he wondered. Rushil slipped his feet into his slippers and walked to the bathroom.He held the comb beneath the opening of the…

  • Accoutrement

    Accoutrement

    The pen was kept down and after a few scribbles on the empty white paper … A few more scribbles… And no! It was not coming into the paper the thought….the thought which Rina has gathered since morning and now she wants to put in paper… She tried and then wrote …” It was a…

  • Climb

    Climb

    The eyes opened to the branches of the oak tree spreading above. Somebranches were still moving, some were broken and some leaves werestill falling down from one of the broken branches. The sunlightKrisha tried to calm herself as she laid on the ground. The retired headmaster of the Krisha’s school, Mr Varty came rushingwith his…

  • Spoor

    Spoor

    “The pay is much better; The position is senior than the one I amworking now. It will be a bit difficult to stay away from family,but I will try to come as often as the opportunity presents itself. II am not thinking about anything long term, two years at most and I will beback here,”…

  • Sprinted

    Sprinted

    It was a silent morning, still in its early phase. People who workedafar or had to start early due to their profession were already inmotion, along with the conscious and motivated people who were out fora morning walk. Dilip, a 38 year old man was also one of these walkers. A new yearresolution had set…

  • Walking Ahead

    Walking Ahead

    The school helper entered the classroom V-B. Alka had recently joinedin for the position. The room was empty. The students had gone to thecomputer lab of the school. Alka looked around at the light-yellowwalls of the room with boards displaying different creative efforts bythe children, even the doors of the cupboards were not spared fromthem.…

  • Catching a Wink

    Catching a Wink

    Hem sat quietly outside on a wooden rocking chair facing the garden atthe back of his three floored house in the evening. The tea in the cupon the side table had become cold. Ananta, Hem’s wife, came lookingfor him after her tuition class ended. She picked up the cup andwalked back inside to heat the…

  • Rapport

    Rapport

    So, my grandfather paid an unbelievable amount to get this clock andit came here. ‘When I am gone, you are going to take care of the shop and the clock,make sure both of them stay in the family unless it’s a matter of lifeand death,’ my grandfather had told me, and that’s what I am…

  • Gravel

    Gravel

    The sound of the tire moving over the road with gravel on it. Girikstared at the passing structures in the form of buildings. It had beena longer drive than what Girik had expected. This client had requesteda home visit to understand an investment policy. The client was anindividuals with considerably high wealth, whom the firm…

  • Unwanted Silence

    Unwanted Silence

    ‘Where is all the water going?’, seven years old Aadhavi asked heruncle Mr Mehra while staring at the wide river with ever speedingwater. ‘It is heading towards the sea’, replied Mr Mehra. ‘So much water goes to sea, the sea must have a lot of water by now..’said Aadhavi. Mr Mehra smiled, ‘Yes, it has…

  • Crescent Night

    Crescent Night

    Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. The night had fallen. The otherwise primarily vacant and partiallydark road due to presence of trees with long wide branches full ofleaves, were full of light accompanied by the sound of movement and humanwords. It was the day of the weekly market. A…

  • Losing and Gaining

    Losing and Gaining

    What sacrifices have you made in life? We make sacrifices in life when we let go of a chance at somethingwhich we hold as being important to us, but not as important as thechoice we make instead. What exactly makes something a sacrifice? Everything we do in ourlife, has a cost, with ‘time’ being one…

  • Compiling Memories

    Compiling Memories

    What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today? Dev opened the small wooden door of a letter box. His eyes saw throughthe lens of the black framed spectacles at what all had arrived. Therewere a few old bills and an old magazine. Years after the advent ofthe electronic mail system, people don’t approach the letter boxes…

  • Musings…

    Musings…

    Are you a leader or a follower? Relationships with meditation have changed over time and today I would like to explain the situation which I currently have with meditation. When I was a child meditation was an alien term and knowing it was through the visiting of several religious places …  The common thing or…

  • Chasing Butterflies 🦋

    Chasing Butterflies 🦋

    The light from the sky touched the ground. The green of the grassreached its peak of vibrancy. The world started waking to a new day. Ira pressed her palm against the glass of the window. She had beenstanding there for a while. She had seen how, the way the sky feltchanged as the morning light…

  • Another Morning

    Another Morning

    The dining table was dressed with food items for a Sunday breakfast.13 years old Darika sat with a sandwich in her hand looking outsidethe window, lost in a world of her own. Mr Garg, Darika’s grandfather sat opposite to her. The majority of hisface was covered by the newspaper he held in his two hands…

  • Morning Breeze

    Morning Breeze

    My consciousness woke to a new morning and I rose and remained awake in a sitting position.