• 18 Jan 2019
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In early January this year, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress. There are many other things that catch your attention about this feisty young woman, better known by her shorter and catchier nickname – AOC. Born in Bronx, of Puerto Rican parents, Ocasio-Cortez is only 29 years … Continue reading “Meet Saikat Chakrabarti, the Bengali-American chief of staff of the feisty New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez”

• 25 Nov 2018
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The smell of the first drops of rain on parched earth. Summer holidays in Calcutta. My earliest memories seem to be woven around that divine smell. Of Nor’westers. The sudden ominous dark clouds after days of relentless heat and spotless blue skies. The thunder and finally the downpour. Someone somewhere would call out, ‘the clothes, … Continue reading “Short story: Rain”

• 09 Sep 2018
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The snow fell relentlessly. And the days disappeared into the nights. It had been five months since Meera and Siddharth moved from India into the ground floor apartment on Flexner Lane in Princeton, New Jersey. On weekdays Meera saw Siddharth only late at night. Most of her days were spent indoors. She had little confidence … Continue reading “The Curse: a short story”