-Emon Sarkar Let me begin by jotting down some of the benefits of a fit lifestyle: It helps in weight loss, it’s good for your muscles and bones, it can boost your energy, it helps in combating health conditions and so on! But I really didn’t need to point out the benefits, did I?! In today’s age and time, with so much of awareness about … Continue reading Fitness Starts With I
Among the other challenges of parenthood, one major one is Parenting style. The tussle between the new parenting style and the orthodox parenting style is an inevitable concern of the new generation parents – each one wants the best for the new member of the family – but the approach differs! Continue reading Parenting style – The New Parents And The Grands
It was a day in the year 2013. While all over the world, a lot might have changed since then; in that house of Jharkhand, life has stalled losing all its charm. Unlike today it has been a joint family brimming with life and versatility. The head of the house, the lady might have been somewhere in her 80s then. She was pretty young and … Continue reading A Homage To A Life
Love is beautiful, love is excitement, love is joy, but love can also be dangerous, adding a twist in your life’s story! -Nivedita Bal John was happily married with his childhood friend Maria and had two beautiful children. He felt fulfilled and complete till he shifted to US recently for a work assignment with them. He was deployed in a complex software project by his … Continue reading Dangerous Love
While mountains are my favourite holiday destination, sea instills life in me. Every time I come back from a sea beach, I seem to bubble with life for a few days. Though there are quite a few sea beaches which are in a drive’s distance from Kolkata and you can conveniently go for weekend trip, Mandarmani entices me the most. It’s clean, it’s calm, it’s … Continue reading The Serene Beach – Mandarmani
Incident 1: Smita (name changed) is a mother of an eight-month-old boy. Last month she was considering suicide as she felt that she had failed in her career by choosing to stay at home post pregnancy as well as failed as a mother because she was unable to cope with the impromptu demands of her baby. Incident 2: Meenal (name changed) is a mother of … Continue reading Postpartum Depression – An Unacknowledged Destructor
Yes! You read it correct. Today we will share some easy and simple tips to prepare ghee (clarified butter) at home. During our grandparent’s time, when the availability of packaged ghee was limited, preparing it at home was a common tradition. However, now-a-days it’s so easily available and as most fear it to be tedious, the tradition is dying. Before we start with the simple … Continue reading Simple Steps To Prepare Ghee At Home
-অঙ্গনা – Guest Post আমি ততোখানি সমাজ-মুখী নই যতখানি আমি আত্ম-মুখী। আমার এই সমাজ–বিমুখিনতা কি আমার উত্তরাধিকার? এই বিষয়ে ভাবতে বসলেই আজকাল আমি আমার ঠাকুমাকে নিজের মধ্যে খুঁজে পাই; নাকি সামাজিকতার প্রশ্নে আমি আমার ঠাকুমা হয়ে বাঁচতে চাইছি! নিশ্চিত জানিনা। হয়তো এই লেখা সেই উত্তর খোঁজার একটা প্রচেষ্টা। আমার জন্ম এবং বেড়ে ওঠা উত্তর কলকাতার শ্যামবাজার অঞ্চলে, একান্নবর্তী পরিবারে। জ্ঞান হবার পর থেকে আমি যেমন … Continue reading প্রজ্ঞার উত্তরাধিকার
-Bhaater Paatey Niramish Enchorer Dalna Bhaater Paatey is the traditional Bengali term for side courses served with steaming hot rice. Enchor or green jackfruits had been a staple in the Bengali homes since ages. It was often used as a substitute of meat due to the high cost of meats as well as rare availability in the early days. The Enchor is also termed as … Continue reading A Traditional Green Jackfruit Curry from Maa’s Kitchen
“Shushkotar, rukkhotar oboshaan jodi chaan Baaro maash onge mekhe nin Surobhito antiseptic cream Boroline”…. (An excerpt from the famous Boroline jingle sung by Srabanti Majumdar of Boroline er Songsar fame) With the embark of the winter months every year, whiffs of a sweet, familiar fragrance can also be caught in the Bengali homes. There is no prize for guessing that the fragrance belongs to a … Continue reading The World Of Boroline
