'Publish Frequently or Perish' culture: How is it affecting academia?
"We've been asked to write a journal paper almost every month!" declared an academician friend of mine in frustration just a few days...
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Brishti
- Jan 5, 2023
- 3 min
The Bookmark Chronicles
For book lovers like me, who are too lazy to pressurize their brains in remembering the page number they were last reading and also hates...
Brishti
- Nov 6, 2022
- 10 min
The Lost and Fading Professions of Bengal - Part 2
Continuing from Part 1. NOTE: As I talk about the various lost and fading professions in this series, I would also like to emphasise the...
Brishti
- Oct 26, 2022
- 12 min
The Lost and Fading Professions of Bengal - Part 1
NOTE: Dear Readers, I will be posting this topic in two to three parts depending on the length of the topic as the writing progresses. As...
Brishti
- Oct 12, 2022
- 5 min
Guano - The bird excreta that almost started a World War
FAST FACTS: What made Guano so important as to almost start a World War? All of us are very well aware of the importance of fertilizers...
Brishti
- Aug 27, 2022
- 4 min
What sounds make you smile?
Would horror movies be so scary if not for the background sounds? I think all of you would have the same answer to this... A big NO!.....
Brishti
- Aug 22, 2022
- 4 min
Pujabarshiki Anandamela and the Child in me
'The only constant in life is change' - Some 2500 years ago, a Greek philosopher named Heraclitus said it when the idea of 'change' was...
Brishti
- Aug 5, 2022
- 6 min
The Eateries of BITS Pilani: A gastronomical trip down the memory lane
Food has the power to evoke memory, to bring people together, to transport you to other places — José Andrés Puerta In the December of...
Brishti
- Jul 16, 2022
- 10 min
Dolls of Bengal: Some stories from obscurity
‘পুতুল নেবে গো, পুতুল…। আমার এই ছোট্ট ঝুড়ি, এতে রাম রাবণ আছে দেখে যা নিজের চোখে হনুমান কেমন নাচে। এ সুযোগ পাবেনা আর, বল ভাই কি দাম দেবে-...
Brishti
- Jul 6, 2022
- 5 min
A Conversation with my Garden Squirrel
Note: You can read my previous blog, What Stories do your Kitchen Windows tell?, to understand the source of the names of the squirrels...
Brishti
- May 1, 2022
- 3 min
The Feeling of Relief accompanied with Grief on the Loss of an Ailing Loved One: the Hushed Emotion
Every time I see or think of the smiling photo of my father that we had printed after his demise, I'm reminded of the fact that I will...
Brishti
- Mar 14, 2022
- 5 min
The encounters of the Childless with the Socially Un-mindful
Childlessness can be broadly classified into two types: Voluntary Childlessness and Involuntary Childlessness. Whether voluntary or...
Brishti
- Jan 16, 2022
- 3 min
Poush (Makar) Sankranti and Memories of Yore
It is amazing how our brains work. At times, we can remember things from the time when we were 4-5 years old, while we may completely...
Brishti
- Dec 6, 2021
- 3 min
Gurer Narkel Naru/Coconut laddoos or balls made with Jaggery
‘Taratari gol kor, thanda hoe gele pakate asubidha hobe’ (Roll the balls quickly while it's still hot, otherwise they'll be difficult to...
Brishti
- Oct 17, 2021
- 3 min
What Stories do your Kitchen Windows tell?
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep...
Brishti
- Sep 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Lost Memories and Metamorphosed Relationships
I have an oft wandering mind - it wanders off when I'm reading, or cooking, or gardening, or doing something else. It's probably the age...
Brishti
- Sep 12, 2021
- 2 min
Coriander Fritters (Dhone Patar Bora)
Jump to recipe.. Every morning as we (K and myself) have our morning cuppa on our balcony, the mobile vendors (some carrying dairy...
Brishti
- Aug 19, 2021
- 3 min
Moments in time...
Photographs are a visual treat of stances, of times, of moments that may never be seen again or may not happen again. They are beautiful...
Brishti
- Aug 17, 2021
- 3 min
Dry Banana Malpoa/Deep Fried Banana Pancakes
Recipe Below.. Whenever I hear or think of 'Malpoa', I am reminded of the very popular 'Bangal' catchphrase 'Mashima Malpo Khamu' (Aunt,...
Brishti
- Aug 3, 2021
- 4 min
Puja Barshiki - The harbinger of Durga Puja
Last week as we were going through the newspaper over our morning cuppa, K drew my attention to an advertisement in one of the dailies...
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