Colloquially English!

Days and nights of Bangla Meals of fish-n-rice in a Bengali’s home; Color them all in new colors, And usher in a happy new year! My salutations to one and all for a bright and prosperous Bangla, Malayali, Punjabi, Tamil or  any other new year that you could be celebrating. How could I not write about this language that has held me in awe for ever so long? English it is I talk about. The language had its origin in North West Germanic and compared to the Modern English that we speak today, it’s...

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Of pickles...and prosaic matters

Between Rushdie and Kiran Desai, I have been busy. I haven't written or blogged much lately. But Mr Ashok Banker says he reads, writes and researches for 18 hours every day. I hide behind the cupboard in shame, I admittedly haven't been that diligent. But then, I haven't been totally useless either. So, what have I done? Ah, I have been writing my own book and pickling stuffs.  Pickling mangoes Well, my book is drafted. The...

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