Santanu Sinha Chaudhuri

blogs from Kolkata

Scorched Earth: A Political Novel Based on Science
Although the title of the novel, পোড়া বাড়ি (Pora Bari), which literally translates into "Burnt House", is rather uninspiring, I bought the book because of its subtitle: "A Political Novel Based on Science". It made me imagine that the novel would be a combination of political thriller and sci-fi, no...
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 5:18 pm
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
When we come out of our main gate of our residential complex in Bengaluru, a short private road leads us to the main road, on the right side of which is an imposing office building. On the left, on the ground floor of a less imposing structure, is an arcade with eateries and other stores. We call th...
Posted on 25 August 2026 | 5:04 pm
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Shonku
As I am on the wrong side of 75, information about a friend's death comes to me almost regularly. A large part of our world is made of friends; with every passing, our personal world shrinks a little: the smile that I won't see ever again, the phone call that will never come, the bottle of beer that...
Posted on 22 August 2026 | 6:48 am
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