Category: English Compositions

• December 19, 2014

  Loony

  ‘Sky resounding — what’s this roar for Fretting and fuming and a ruin of health? Living itself will make life livable Dying causes certain death.’ — His eyes lit up with a hint of a twinkle, As the tipsy signor exhorted thus — A swig or two need at most be consumed For what’s to…
• December 17, 2014

  Tiger

  (This Latest Version 18.12.2014) Even though a sheet of paper, a tiger it must be all the same Should I remove away its fetters? Or, is it better to make it tame? I’ve finally figured out now, what’s the nature of the offence Compared to the mighty rapiers, sharper it seems are the pens. In…
• December 16, 2014

  In this Faraway Land

  (This version: 16.12.2014) In this far away land, it all suits fine Drain pipe trousers, a tunic wild Laundered scarves — With a false identity carefully filed In this faraway land, it all suits fine. Briar pipe and pointy toed shoes Nose bridge gripped by darkened glasses — “A keeping off the sun” excuse In…
• November 17, 2014

  The Black Legend

  Published in The Telegraph, Calcutta on November 17, 2014 Manik Bandyopadhyay, in his classic short story “Prehistoric” (pragoitihashik) created an unforgettable heroine, Panchi, a beggar by profession. Her means for attracting public sympathy was a purulent ulcer that stretched from one of her knees down to the foot. And she employed every possible precaution to…
• October 26, 2014

  Exchange

  In its stead then, you receive A silent pool wrought just for you A looking glass clear and painted blue
• October 16, 2014

  Slips of Conjugal Happiness

  As I was boarding the bus that my hotel uses to pick up its guests from the station, I looked behind for my wife to help her in. But the landscape that greeted me was empty of my wife. And this was strange, for to the best of my recollection, she was walking next to…
• October 11, 2014

  A Question of Right

  A somewhat uncomfortable state of existence. I don’t recommend that you try it out, or else, like Alice’s smile without the Cheshire cat, you might end up with a bandage without a foot.
• October 5, 2014

  Kamala Bastralaya

  As you meander down Manohar Pukur Road towards Rashbehari Avenue in Calcutta, you are likely to notice a paint store bearing the Asian Paints logo at the right hand corner of the meeting point of the two streets. I never had any use for the store, but have often wondered in the course of the…
• September 22, 2014

  Without a Clue …

  I have forgotten how to write I lamented silently. And then wondered for the umpteenth time why the elements had conspired to cause my Muse to send me to exile. I had no idea, none at all. “I have no clue at all,” I sighed somewhat audibly. “No?” exclaimed she.
• July 7, 2014

  Train to Promised Land

  The latest debate surrounding the government’s decision to hike passenger fares and freight charges for the railways has dragged a skeleton out of the closet making the country turn white with fear. As any undergraduate student of economics should be able to explain, …