How India Inspires
Undoubtedly attributable to my inherent impatience with most things in life, I have an itch to swap out décor and re-do rooms every time I finally finish setting them up. And India, is like dry fuel wood for that fire. The riot of colors, patterns and textures make sure my fingers start twitching from the moment I land at the Delhi International airport. I start feeling a bit dizzy, and an unmistakable arrogance in the design sensibilities of my motherland starts filling up m
The other lands - the editorial piece I wrote for the 'Samhita' annual magazine
Few days back, when I was still contemplating what I should be writing about for Samhita, I was quite sure it would be about being away from home during Pujo. It is something we all Bengalis are quite emotional about, no matter how many years have passed since we emigrated from our homeland. I too, remain quite hopelessly solemn about the same, even after 10 years. There was a time when an inexplicable pain would start right around these days, as if I had an anvil placed on m
