1 Introduction Durgapuja is the biggest festival for a Bengali. Celebrated between the day six to day ten, of the Navratri festivals, Bengalis all over the world, near and far, celebrate this festival. It is not only religious, but the biggest socio-cultural celebration. We would clean our houses, buy new clothes, buy presents for family […]
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The Logo & Dance of Chaos
I have been writing all my life. Ever since I was a little girl, I was writing for school magazines, annual puja magazines. I opened blogs two times: once when I was in my university and blogging was the big new deal ( yes, I am that old). The second time when I was a […]
One Crazy Day
Last Night When Mita went to bed yesterday, everything was perfect. Tomorrow’s clothes pressed and ready. The presentation prepared and ready in the USB stick, with backups in her email, hard disc, and another USB stick. Tomorrow’s make-up was ready. Vritya, 9, and Athir,6, were tucked in bed and they surprisingly fell asleep right on […]
Homeoffice Essen
Hallo und willkommen auf dem Blog. Heute möchte ich über Essen plaudern. Wer von euch befindet sich immer noch im Homeoffice? Wir arbeiten seit sechs Monaten zu Hause. Es gibt’s Pro und Contra für die Situation. Ich bin froh, dass ich durchgehend von zu Hause arbeiten darf. Ich erledige viel in der Arbeit, zu Hause, […]
লকডাউনের রান্নাবাটি
পশ্চিমদেশের নিরিবিলি এক শহরে আমাদের বাস, আমি এবং আমার জর্মন পতি। সোম থেকে শুক্র কর্তা-গিন্নী অফিস যাই। অফিসে ক্যান্টিনে খাই। সপ্তাহে একাধিক দিন সন্ধেবেলা বাইরে খাই বা আনিয়ে নি।হপ্তায় দু-তিন দিন যতন করে রাঁধি – দুইজনেই খুশি। দিব্যি চলছিল, এমন সময় করোনা দেবীর প্রাদুর্ভাব। আমাদের এখানে February র শেষ থেকে চলাফেরার নিষেধাজ্ঞা, এই কিছুদিন আগে […]
TBT : My Journey from August 2008
Beginning It was a humid monsoon afternoon. It rained non stop the entire week and stopped raining just yesterday night. The sky was still humid and full of dark clouds. There was a feeling that something momentous is happening. The background Nothing dramatic happened. But on such a heavy monsoon day, more than a decade […]
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 […]
How growing Coriander at home will be successful
Gardening Basics by Danceofchaos Coriander is such a versatile herb. It is used everywhere. Growing coriander at home sounds easy right? Surprisingly not. Coriander, cilantro or Koriander(german) is a nice smelling herb used a lot in tropical and subtropical cuisine. Any mexican salsa is unfinished without freshly chopped cilantro. Do you know the secret ingredient […]