Life in Calcutta was an unending stream of surprises and nostalgia. Surprises - because it was a place which is quite different from places I have visited. Nostalgic - because I felt as if I should have been there always.

Some of these articles have got published on Zine5. These can be accessed at Old Zine5 while the last couple of articles are available at New Zine5. Articles with a  (*) in front of them  have never been published anywhere.

As I would want to say " It is possible to love a city like a woman."

East-bound      (21-Jan-2002)

Poverty      (22-Jan-2002)

Chowringhee      (24-Jan-2002)

House-Hunting Part I      (26-Jan-2002)

A Picnic to Ibiza (*)      (27-Jan-2002)

House-Hunting Part II      (31-Jan-2002)

That Lonely Girl (*)      (01-Feb-2002) ( This is now available as 'Silent Admiration' on Sulekha)

Kolkata Book Fair      (04-Feb-2002)

Life at Maharashtra Nivas      (15-Feb-2002)

Saraswati Pooja      (19-Feb-2002)

The Joy of Washing Clothes (*)      (24-Feb-2002)

Hazra Roadscape - Part I      (02-Mar-2002)

Hazra Roadscape - Part II      (03-Mar-2002)

That Little House      (06-Mar-2002)

Of Leisure, Religion and Music      (07-Mar-2002)

Underground Wonder      (11-Mar-2002)

An Evening in Paris      (15-Mar-2002)

Holi      (30-Mar-2002)

Didi      (10-Apr-2002)

The Faces of Kolkata      (26-Apr-2002)

The Quintessential Bengali - Part I      (01-May-2002)

The Quintessential Bengali - Part II      (01-May-2002)