Month: April 2021

• April 19, 2021

  লোকটা – অণুগল্প

  রাস্তার মোড়ে ফুটপাতে বসেছিল। কুচকুচে কালো জামা, কুচকুচে কালো হাফ প্যান্ট। ছেঁড়াখোঁড়া। হাত পা মুখ, ঝাঁকড়া, ঝাঁকড়া চুল, দাড়ি গোঁফ। সব কুচকুচে কালো। আসলে হয়তো লোকটা ফরসাই। সতেরো বছর স্নান করে নি।
• April 18, 2021

  Jr April 18, 2021 – The Mona Lisa Man

  Morning arrived like every other morning. The usual chores, the usual rituals surrounding “toast and tea”. Staring for a while at the newspaper without reading it. Then, to prepare myself to meet the faces that I meet, a stroll over to the balcony. A sunny day awaited me and people were going about their ways, each towards his or her destination, too busy to notice me. Which reminded me. This had not always been the case. People who used to walk past our balcony in another part of the city during another epoch of history, did notice us, or at least some of them did. That’s putting things somewhat mildly though. There were passersby who not only noticed us, but actually made it a point to draw our attention towards them. Amongst them was the old man we came across in A Two Penny Opera …
• April 16, 2021

  Haiku

  Siliguri nights … Stale hotels — till sunrise smiles Siliguri nights –stale hotels till sunrise smiles on Kanchenjunga Photo — https://unsplash.com/@chiragmalik7
• April 4, 2021

  Jr April 5, 2021 – Once Avenue Hair Dressers

  What with Covid holding me hostage, the nature of daily happenings has undergone a transformation. Well, I still eat my meals of course, which is a sort of physical activity.