Photo Story : Me and my sister #111

While going through my old photos on FaceBook I found this one. The idea of the photo was one fine day, I looked at the mirror and found myself looking exactly like my sister. The avatars you’re seeing are customized by me and Sissy. Our skin tone is almost the same- brown. But from my […]

Beloved

Photo challenge : Beloved

Beloved My cousin got this customized new year greeting card. She sticked it to the wall so that everybody can appreciate her friend’s unparalleled love for her. Truely heart-warming. [The photo is of Hindu God Ganesha who brings good luck]

The Afterstory : Straightening my hair #85

As many of you will know from my previous story that I have recently got my hair chemically treated. The previous post was all about how the procedure was and this is about how people responded to my new look.   The reaction Now this didn’t go as per my expectations. I received mixed opinion […]

Stereotyping : A common problem #81

“… your name please?” “Progga…” “Sorry, what?” “Pragya… P-r-a-g-y-a” “You are a Bengali right? Obhijit, Obhishek… ‘O’s everywhere”.The guy burst out in laughter thinking how funny he was. As a Bengali working in a multural cultural workplace I am used to these stereotypes. Today I want to take this opportunity to explain everything that is […]

My first visit to Bangalore: visiting Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple #80

Last month(coincidentally last year) I happened to travel to Bangalore with my family. It was a short trip for 2 days. My family is not at all into travelling so I didn’t have much expectation from the 2 days’ trip. The first day I had to accompany my parents and didn’t have any time left […]

A Day in an adventure park #79

I don’t remember a time when I was excited about adventure and human interaction for the whole day. Everyday I go to office, do my work, come back home, spend a couple of hours on internet and go to sleep. Oh and I talk to mom over phone for some time. Mostly I like to […]

Gold digger feminist. #77

It’s year ending day. Honestly I had tons of other things to write but I had to start with the thing that had been bothering me since morning. Now before going into the incident, I want to admit that I have many flaws but I keep on trying to be a better person everyday. Yesterday […]

Silent Emotions #76

I have grown up as a shy, introvert person. Silence and solitude are fine for me. Lot of people, noise, too much social interaction make me sick. I can’t show up to somebody and approach for friendship. I don’t mind to have my lunch alone. Nonetheless I don’t like to be left out or abandoned […]

“Minding my own business” #75

A couple of months back I wrote about one of my weird dreams in which I was close with somebody I wasn’t supposed to. Days passed and I got over it. I dreamt of Ritz, whom I meet everyday in office and after that dream for one day I was feeling strange around him. I […]

Sex, Violence, Strong Language? #74

Background Esmer, a 13 year old boy and my beloved cousin. I’m seeing him from the day he was born. We lived in walkable distance until I moved to another city. In last 2 years, we couldn’t meet very often but I always wanted to stay in touch with him. I might have 10 years […]

Zero leftover challenge. #72

This month I decided to give away leftover foods to homeless people. On my way to office I come across many beggars daily. I can almost remember all of their faces. I can’t tell if all of them are genuinely in need of food or not but I couldn’t manage to find a more suitable […]

Sticking to what you love #71

Who doesn’t want to be cool? But being cool doesn’t necessarily be easy always. Some people feel cool in following the mass and some standing well out of them. Many of today’s internet famous personalities have been bullied in the school/college-life, they might be frowned at by their neighbours even now after all this virtual […]

Some days are meant for disappointment #70

Expectation, mothering disappointment since beginning of time. No matter how hard I try to keep myself unaffected from expectations, I end up in negative situations rooting from expectations. The incident I’m gonna write about is just beginning of my bad mood today and the circumstances kept adding fuel to that fire.  Today, we had planned […]

The Independence Day #69

Till my high school days Independence Day was more than a holiday to me. It was more than those 2-3 patriotic songs being played in loop for the whole day. ” Don’t even think about staying at home tomorrow. I will take the attendance for sure. ” -my class teacher used to say this  every […]

Need Changes Our Attitude #68

I felt this several times in my life. I used to feel bad for not having minimal connection with my college friends after graduation. Apart from 2-3 people whom I counted for my close friends, there were many classmates whom I had helped many times in studies and stuffs. Even though we never had terms […]

Double Standards #67

Background: If you have come across my previous post you already know that I have recently been to my hometown and I met some of my old friends. One of them was Suse. I might have mentioned her here and there. I know Suse from high school. In fact from 12th standard I regarded her […]

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