Category: Lifestyle

'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...

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...

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...

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...

Here are the reasons why I find it difficult to get rid of books. What are yours?

Do you find your books to be clutter or love stacking them? I have never been much of a hoarder and periodically declutter by donating...

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...