Maiteyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury

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Jim Corbett-A chapter each night (19 votes)
Posted 12 years ago under Offbeat > Memoirs
Rage is my colour (20 votes)
Posted 12 years ago under Offbeat > Poetry
HURRIEDLY BREWED: THE TASTE OF A CITY (23 votes)
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'I write, so I can sleep well' (13 votes)
Posted 12 years ago under Offbeat > Memoirs
The death of a tree (21 votes)
Posted 12 years ago under Offbeat > Short Stories
IN HIS FOOTSTEPS: BANAPHOOL (15 votes)
Posted 12 years ago under Offbeat > Weird
2008, National Library and a Gost (9 votes)
Posted 12 years ago under Offbeat > Short Stories
Revisiting 'Opur Sansar' (26 votes)
Posted 12 years ago under Offbeat > Poetry
Gathering Stillness (21 votes)
Posted 12 years ago under Offbeat > Weird
From one book to another (20 votes)
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Lines under a street lamp (29 votes)
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'Where Even the Present is Ancient: Benaras' (20 votes)
Posted 13 years ago under Offbeat > Poetry
A goddess and a flower (25 votes)
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Durga, a rear view mirror (11 votes)
Posted 13 years ago under Offbeat > Memoirs
Stitching into nostalgia (36 votes)
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Conversations into the night..A photocopy shop (26 votes)
Posted 13 years ago under Offbeat > Love & Relationships
Till peace does you apart- (18 votes)
Posted 13 years ago under Offbeat > Poetry
People we meet and don't forget.. (31 votes)
Posted 13 years ago under Offbeat > Love & Relationships
Red Hills (18 votes)
Posted 13 years ago under Offbeat > Short Stories
An everyday Ramayana (23 votes)
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Latest posts by Maiteyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury

Jim Corbett-A chapter each night
My daughter came home yesterday evening somewhat earlier than her play time, terribly anxious and flustered at the fact that a small snake had crossed the road where they were playing. Her city upbringing and the basic distrust of anything other than human and even humans, rendered useless my advise...
Posted on 13 October 2014 | 10:24 am
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Dighir Pare
On certain nights there are nightmares, dull, blinding and dramatic. Every time the scene is the same, I run down the Sukleshwar ghat on the banks of the Bramhaputra and scream at the waters facing Umananda, I am angry that the waters have killed yet again, angry that its spate carries thousands of...
Posted on 24 September 2014 | 10:27 am
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-Rage is my colour-
'Oh you're a Brahmin too!' she had exclaimed-with an expansive hand, and a sherbet syrupy sweet.'Of course we shall accommodate your daughter''Why', I had asked then-shame, in every goose bump.'We are the same caste you see', she smiled-showing me her God house, then.Like dolls they lay, clothed, fe...
Posted on 4 August 2014 | 11:30 am
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For the love of reading..and reading alone
At the recently concluded Bangalore Literature Festival there were of course a host of luminaries Gulzar with his soft poetry, Shobha De, with her charming presence, not to mention Chetan Bhagat and many more. A lot of everything was happening almost everyday, while some were just catching up with t...
Posted on 14 December 2012 | 4:28 pm
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Celebrating Manto in Bangalore
An interesting evening being a part of discussions on Sadat Hussain Manto( as a part of his Centenary celebrations) at Alliance Francaise Bangalore, where Girish Karnard was the chief guest. It was lovely to see writers from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh speak in similar hues and discuss writing tr...
Posted on 21 November 2012 | 10:50 am
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Dastakar Nature Bazar, Bangalore 2012
I was at the Dastakar Nature Bazar today, a wonderful experience, where Srtisans sell their own goods at moderately reasonable prices. It is on for two more days at the E Zone club, Near Marathali bridge, Outer ring road.I Loved this stall towards the entrance, full of lovely kites with traditional...
Posted on 7 September 2012 | 4:22 pm
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