I suddenly woke up with a start. There was a strange uneasiness in my body and I was sweating profusely. I struggled to get up and sit and realized I was inside the sleeping bag. Now I remembered everything – I was accommodated in a
Cyclone Amphan did not only affect humans, and fell trees, it also caused a major damage to the birds of Bengal. Usually the nesting time of birds begin in Spring and continues till Monsoon. As a result many nests were already built on major trees
During Unlock 1, the primary concern amongst us all is how to reduce the spread of COVID-19 through various means --- primary among that would be by touching infected surfaces. Even indoors are no more secure (primarily offices, banks, shops) as a switch touched by
My journey on my bicycle, ‘Chetak’ continued with my local guide Bruno. I started my ascend atop the ‘Mountain of Moon’ Kilimanjaro from Kilimanjaro National Park’s Kilema Gate, the only route designated for cycling. This is basically a broad gravel route used for rescue purpose.
When a 24-year-old critical COVID patient was brought to a hospital in Dhakuria, doctors literally thought she will not live. Her lungs had almost collapsed due to the attack of the virus by then and she had to be immediately put on ventilator. But the
Last week it was Cyclone Nisarga, couple of weeks before that it was Cyclone Amphan. And despite both being cyclones, they differed in form and shape and devastation --- Nisarga formed over Arabian Sea on the west coast of India, literally died in a whimper.
The fine yellow rounded Bele fish eggs deep fried with warm rice on a rainy afternoon just after school, well, I still cannot forget that memory. But even a few years back, despite searching the best fish markets of Kolkata, I could not lay hands
It was January 23, 2019. As I woke up at dawn, I recalled the date -- January 23, the birth anniversary of Bengal’s iconic freedom fighter, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. I felt a surge of adrenaline within me -- what better way than to start
Cyclone Amphan had not just brought misery to the residents of Bengal, but it ravaged the green cover of the state, particularly of capital Kolkata and ‘killed’ large number of trees. The task is now to replace these trees, else severe ill effects of pollution
The portrait of the Mother Elephant standing in a Kerala pond in pain with its unborn child within and dying a silent death, thanks to the firecracker laden pineapple given by villagers to eat, made me numb. It also reminded me of a fine wintry