A Different Flight

Some of you may know that I love making jigsaw puzzles. It gives me both a sense of peace and happiness. Plus there is the added blessing of minutely seeing the colors and strokes of beauty. Recently I got just such a happiness, and it juxtaposed so well with a poem about Kathak — for… Continue reading A Different Flight

What This Painting Told Me

Just by chance, I happened to make a painting. Then it told me something… My friend and colleague Sukanya and I made an animation video out of what this painting told me. I hope you will see it. Click on this link or any of the stills below, from the animation.

In The Dark Room

In this dark room, everything is ok. The world needs to hear and see success stories, but ultimately each person, in his / her dark room, must experience this ‘everything is ok’. It doesn’t make for much of a movie or a story, but *this is it*. Not emphatically, but simply because this really is… Continue reading In The Dark Room

Children, Philosophy, Meaning, and Joy

We were children. I used to love the conversations we had exchanging thoughts and ideas, my brother and I. We were on the terrace, talking. I shared some thought of wonderment with my brother. A what-if kind of thought. He said, “It’s all just mental masturbation.” I interpreted his statement as, “It’s all pointless, undesirable… Continue reading Children, Philosophy, Meaning, and Joy

Water, and a home.

I’m really grateful that I have water to drink. Cool water to bathe in every day. Even during the COVID lockdown, one day I found myself feeling grateful that there is cool water in the tap to bathe with. Kolkata is going through a heat wave right. In that there is no electricity problem in… Continue reading Water, and a home.

Observing The Logic In Our Emotions

I am a huge ball of emotions. A huge potent ball of emotions. I research myself. I research myself by observing my emotions. That is why I wrote once: एहसासों की लड़ी है यह ज़िन्दगी एक एक एहसास को सहेज कर, समेट कर, धीरे धीरे आगे बढ़ती हूँ। कमरा बिखरा रह जाता है। Emotions have… Continue reading Observing The Logic In Our Emotions