Sucharita Sarkar
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TERROR STRIKES MUMBAI – WITH A NEW FACE (8 votes)
Latest posts by Sucharita SarkarKasab's hanging has got me rather down in the dumps...I remember hating his snarling face as he shot down the unwary hapless passengers waiting at the CST station. I remember how close a shave it was for the spouse, whose office is bang opposite CST and who was in the office as their windows were sh...
Posted on 22 November 2012 | 10:01 pm
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Have you ever given an autograph? I have. Three days a week, for nearly two years. Who's that lunatic, obsessed fan...are you thinking? Please do not go by my current state of middle-aged aunty-hood. At that time, I was a svelte seventeen. I was a boarder at Lady Brabourne College Hostel in Calcutta...
Posted on 25 April 2012 | 5:36 pm
Read postIf you belong to the age group of 5-15 years, that is. You will wake up late (no early morning schools for a month or more), eat a lazy breakfast, slump over the TV half-watching Cartoon Network (or some such). And then Mummy will take you to any or all of the following, in any sequence: Shiamak Dav...
Posted on 20 April 2012 | 12:13 pm
Read postIt is just such a relief... ...to finally wind up my two-year-old Minor Research Project on Blogging in India. Yes, the monkey's off my back, off my laptop, off my pen-drive and has gone ahead to be printed and is soon going on to be submitted to the University Grants Commission. Yes, the long tail...
Posted on 4 April 2012 | 9:12 am
Read postToday, I have to travel daily in local trains to reach my workplace. Trains hold no thrills for me, only the dreary utility of getting from home to work in the shortest possible time. Years ago, it was different. Trains were an occasional thrill, not an everyday chore. Trains were meant to take us t...
Posted on 19 December 2011 | 5:16 pm
Read postWhile most Indian communities celebrate Rakshabandhan, Bengalis usually prefer to celebrate the brother-sister bond on Bhai-Phonta, which comes a day or two after Diwali.There are certain disadvantages. Rakhis for Rakshabandan can be couriered, and there are even virtual Rakhis that can be e-mailed.
Posted on 24 November 2011 | 5:53 pm
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