#june
June, Pearls and the Gemini Me
I think I was just ten when I first learned about sun signs and birth stones. There used to be acolumn in the Sunday newspaper
I think I was just ten when I first learned about sun signs and birth stones. There used to be acolumn in the Sunday newspaper
Celebrating National Doctors’ Day with Dr. Nirza Saikia : Exploring Her Inspiring Experiences and Overcoming Struggles
We stand as equals. We both make a marriage work. We both make a relationship sustainable. We make what it takes to make a home out of a house.
এরই মধ্যে, এই পাল্টাতে থাকা মফঃস্বল তার সব নিভৃত কাহিনীদের বুকে করে মার্কারি ভেপরের হিমঘেরা আলোয় ঘুমোতে যাবার তোড়জোড় করে। দেশলাই বাক্সের মতন সাজানো শোবার ঘরে রাত নামে। আহা! শীতে মনটা বড্ড আবদার-আবদার করে….।
Our little girls are indeed perfect
and unique in their own ways. They need not be Goddesses to prove their Shakti.
The youngsters were chirping excitedly among themselves. School holidays had started and the excitement was palpable. “So, which days are we meeting? Panchami or Shasthi?
In earlier times, since women got married early and often became widows at a tender age, all households had two sets of women, the widows and the married, clearly distinguished by the colour code. Saris were made from a white cloth, better known ‘thaan’ in Bengali. While the widows wore white, the married women had a red border.
So, this Pujo, let us pay homage to the true spirit of the Devi by facing our fears, overcoming our obstacles, and meriting our minutes to culminate in a future that fosters felicity and encourages emancipation.
I rummage through my wardrobe, a yellow sari and a blue kurta. Uff, I’m done. Just the peacock green left, I sigh victoriously “Sari or
Every time I leave Kolkata, my mother’s expression reminds me of this Agamoni song: “Ebar amar Uma ele/ Ar Uma pathabo naa” (This time when Uma comes/ I am never sending her back again) !!
