Fear Itself
Young Neelakantan, one of the current crop of JUDE ughhs (undergrads, for the uninitiated), has recently done one of those godawful Facebook survey things on fears. “Which of the 62 commonest fears do...
View ArticleWhales Lay Eggs
The ABP Group is probably West Bengal’s most prestigious publication house. They certainly have near-monopoly in the best-selling category. Their house snags the ‘sure-shot’ authors, publishes the...
View ArticleLimb-Chopped Rain Gods
I went all the way north to Barrackpore for the famous Dada-Boudir biryani today, and to my complete surprise, realised it was rathyatra. (I tend not to keep track of festivals. As a wholesome,...
View ArticlePrincess Reborn: A ‘Ghost’ Story
Earlier this month — but last year in internet circles — my friend PP was inspired by my offhand burst of brilliance to set up a Facebook page called Spaces Have Tales. Thanks chiefly to the enthusiasm...
View ArticleThe Dragon Nightmare: The Flying Shadow
AUTHOR BRIEF: Hemendra Kumar Roy was a very popular author of children’s and young adult fiction, not that there was much of a difference between the two at his time. Society was rather different then...
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AUTHOR BRIEF: Hemendra Kumar Roy was a very popular author for children’s and young adult fiction, not that there was much of a difference between the two at his time. Society was rather different then...
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