The author being a professional in this area introduces and later on de-mystifies this domain of work. Being a professional in this area – the article highlights the catch 22 situation: you can only learn while on a job and there being no formalized training or qualification, the ‘break’ in this area is no difficult than a ‘break’ in modeling or film industry. The article also tells, in starkly real and deservedly harsh tones that the industry as such is not very quality conscious and there are many manipulations around to please the Great Search God – Google.

Freelancing is becoming a real option from woolly romantic dream of worked out professionals. Freelancer Swagata Nandy tries to connect the freelancing tradition with the greats of Bengal and finding out a surprising fact that all Bengalis who influenced history were in essence Freelancers. Or it was their freelancing spirit that made them great and noteworthy.

No city is worth a city unless it has her encyclopaedists, illustrators, strange and secret lovers – irregular sons and non-regular daughters. A true city should also have her fair share of dwellers those could be anywhere but consciously made the city their home. Ethereal Minstrels in one way - they are also the pilgrims of the city. First segment of this article was released in November Issue.

A housewife of Central Calcutta narrates her engagement with College Street Market. She is nostalgic and raises the question as whether the 'mall' culture can ever provide the memory-culture of marketplaces. Going a step further and apart from nostaliga, she asks the more profound question as whether market was created for society or society for market.

A Shantiniketan Resident writes about contemporay Shantiniketan. The article explores, using the personal lense the decay of this great dream, dreamt and put into reality by the greatest wordsmith of Bengal.

This artcile by Mr. Rohan Kuddus (or not) was received as an email-forward from Sankhadip - who wrote about Dada Culture of Bengal in October issue of Pentasect. A wonderful way to co-relate Babus of late eighteenth century as described by one of the greatest Babus of Bengal - Babu Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and contenporary software engineers called Sofo.

Pentasect has been able to step onto fourth issue along with and in spite of the financial winter that is slowly gripping the Anglo-Saxon world and their allies and non-allies. Central Banks are pumping huge money into market; however no one seems to be confident as where is this going. One strange event: Citibank is bailed out using taxpayer’s money whereas US car industry is not given such reassurance at the time of writing this. A New President of the United States which for some reason seems to be heralding to an altogether new United States.