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'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...

Brishti
Aug 1, 20236 min read


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
Jan 5, 20233 min read


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
Nov 6, 202210 min read


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 26, 202212 min read


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
Oct 12, 20225 min read


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 27, 20224 min read


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 22, 20224 min read


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...

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Aug 5, 20226 min read


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 16, 202210 min read


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
Jul 6, 20225 min read
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