There are many occassions in life when it really feels nice to be proved wrong. Yesterday [Aug 14, 2008] happens to be one of those days since, during the day, Calcutta High Court, instead of taking the cover-up route, directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India’s premier body of sleuths, to file charge sheets against the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘kolkata’
January 31, 2008
Notes From The Book Fair’s Underground
The well-known villains of Bangla publishing – the monopoly seekers – Ananda Bazar Patrika Group – has now come out in the open with its ugly and disgusting ways. What something that book lovers, lovers of literature, language and culture have always known, has now become known to the world. The ABP Group has bared [...]
October 27, 2007
Brooklyn Parrots & Kolkata Birdies
Amateur ornithologists in urban areas of India may be interested to know that there is a large population of parrots in the heart of New York City – in Brooklyn to be exact. There is also a dedicated group of bird watchers known as the Brooklyn Parrot Society which keeps tracks of these birds and [...]


