Pen By Madhura মায়ের টিয়া রঙের শাড়ীটার প্রতি অনেকদিন ধরেই নজর শ্রেয়ার। কিন্তু শাড়ীটা মা মোটেই তাকে দিতে রাজি না। যে নিজের একটা কাজ ঠিক করে করতে পারে না-সে নাকি শাড়ী পরে কলেজে যাবে!!! তবেই হয়েছে! এর আগে স্কুলের শেষ দিনে যখন সব বন্ধুরা শাড়ী পরে বিদায়ীউৎসবে যোগদান করেছিল, তখনও মা কে কিছুতেই শাড়ীর জন্য […]
Guest contribution
I am in inviting some guest contributors to collaborate and share their creativity. Often I would write a collaborative post, sometimes I would let their art speak for themselves
Unlocking… A lockdown experience
Pen by Madhura Mask-check, sanitizer-check, gloves-check, head cover-check -remember Monica and Ross from ‘Friends’ doing similar checks before flying to London? I now do it regularly before leaving for office. We are now slowly adapting ourselves to the changed circumstance. Venturing out for work is necessary, but the virus is still there. Precautions need to […]
The Pujas
Pen By Madhura Our locality was full of small to medium scale factories. Viswakarma Puja was celebrated with aplomb in this region. We would know that Viswakarma Puja is coming as the sky would be covered with colourful kites, which the youths would fly in the afternoon. On the eve of Viswakarma Puja, some households […]
The Tidal waves
Pen By Madhura So long, the writing mainly revolved around the different things that we enjoyed as child. But of course there were certain things which we would never like to return to our lives. The most important one is the tidal water which regularly came to our house after the monsoon receded. Our house […]
Radio Drama : ShrutiNatak
#KolomeDebarati # ByDebarati #copyrightreserved This radio drama is a wonderful example of collaboration work. The stories depicted here are all original creations of Debarati. This talented author has put together a team of beautiful artistic souls to bring to life the characters of her story to life. For this week, this blog brings this unique […]
Travel Anecdotes
Diaries by Madhura These days travelling is quite a norm. We travel for office work, to visit family or to spend a holiday. I am also no exception to this norm. And I have some beautiful memories associated with travel. While traveling by public transport on a particular route every day, one tends to see […]
Days without Power
Quarantine Diaries by Madhura Summer in Kolkata is quite unbearable due to its humid nature. What made it more unbearable was the occasional powercuts that we would had throughout the day. The most affected time was afternoon when the sun would be at its peak. We had hand-fans, made of talpata. Tal is the […]
Ghost.. or real-ভূত না বাস্তব
Pen By Debarati #ভূত_না_বাস্তব #দেবারতি ভূতের গল্প লেখক হিসেবে দীপঙ্কর সরকারের নাম বাংলা সাহিত্য জগতে সুপরিচিত। নিজের বেয়াল্লিশ বছরের জীবনে ভূতের গল্প লিখেছেন প্রায় ৩০০। কলকাতার একটি জনপ্রিয় রেডিও স্টেশনে শনিবার রাত ১১ টা থেকে ১ টা অব্দি একটা প্রোগ্রাম হয় যেখানে দীপঙ্কর বাবুর ভূতের গল্প পাঠ করে শোনায় রেডিও স্টেশনের একজন আর জে নাম […]