A short sketch made in words with sharp strokes about Rising in the City. Since last few hundred years, cities have become part of human soul just like Internet is becoming now. Contributor Pallabi’s long sent sketch is reproduced which in some way complement our regular Feature of Calcutta Culture Glossary..

A HR professional, marshalling scriptural reading (The Bhagwavad-Gita here) as well as direct personal experience in corporate world looks at human behaviour. The article provides an insight as the scriptural classification of gunas correlate to what we call today as tendencies, bahgavioural patterns or as such..

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.

This Two part Essay takes up the subject of relevance of Tagore in Contemporary Bengal. Part 1 sets forth as how since 1960s, Bengali thinkers started to ponder the relevance of him and the essay continues in outlining the same till date in the backdrop of other issues, other concerns.

Of all art-forms, poetry is the most self-effulgent and needs no introduction. The poem below is written in a lighter style but we could see a very profound aspect of existence spoken, consciously – Of perpetual ?????? ? ????????? of generations.. But still the human family continues and endures…

One of the greatest festivals of Asia and may be of the world – Indian General Election is underway and all characteristics drama are in place– entertaining us. There is a very fine line between voters and citizens and as long as we are part of some monolithic giant called state – a fearful master and difficult servant, election will always have this Janus like multi-face.