Documenting the Rhythm in life
Decorate the Home office corner This goes without saying that if you have some items that help you think, inspire you, motivate you, you should keep it on your desk. That is why people have photos of their kids, a stress ball, a funky appointment calendar at their office desk. But what if those are […]
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 […]
“দিভাই, শাড়ীটা ইস্ত্রী করেছিলি যখন, আঁচলটা আগে করে পিন দিয়ে দিলে পারতিস।” স্কাইপের পর্দাতে ভেসে এলো পিয়ার গুরুগম্ভীর স্বর। টিয়া মিনমিন করে “পরেছি তো”, বলে আঁচল নিয়ে পড়ল। টিয়া আর পিয়া দুই পিঠাপিঠি বোন: একসাথে বড় হওয়া, ঝগড়া, মারামারি, আবার গলায়-গলায় বন্ধুত্ব। তারপর বড় হয়ে ছিটকে গেল দুজনে পৃথিবীর দু প্রান্তে। পিয়া তাও দেশে আছে, টিয়া […]
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 […]
The first thing in the working from home is having a fixed dedicated working space. Those of you, who have been working from home regularly, must have a fixed area where you usually work from. Those who do not, need to create one. It is not easy to create such a dedicated working space, specially […]
Introduction The cycle of season is coming to an end for 2020 and fall is upon us. The sultry evenings, with mild romantic breeze kissing your cheek is gone and with it are gone the long, warm summer days. I live in Germany and for me the official harvest season is pretty much over. Right […]
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 […]
Introduction Corona has thrown a lot of our regular routine out of balance. I am one of the lucky few that it is just me and my husband, working from home, we share the household chores including cooking. One would think we have it completely under control and powering our way to be the power […]