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An Idiot's Tale

Cacography of a madcap story teller, JAYEETA GHORAI

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Letter to a Park Bench
You are the bench in the park outside my window, drenched in rain.

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Welcome, Home
Almost a year to the day I abandoned blogger.com in a huff, I launched my new web home.

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A Forgotten Indian Soldier
"Leeds "Pals" lose an Indian Comrade. Private Sen is killed in Action."

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Food Writing Among Overseas Indians
In the last decade Indian food bloggers have taken the internet by storm.

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A Gate Viewed Long Ago
M6 gave way to A74 (M), seven miles north of Carlisle. "Failte gu Alba" reads the board - Welcome to Scotland.

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Bollywood: India's Largest Export
“Hi, I’m Joy. And you?” Nothing like a bit of smile and chit-chat to shake up Monday morning lethargy.

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Song for the Macavity-s
This humbling of human egos, yep, this is what I love about the Macavity-s of the world.

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Chasing De-light
Enjoy this space. Look around you. Tell yourself, 'I did this'.

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Popular Blog Articles

Candles of Unity
I inherited religion as a social celebration, an exciting annual chapter in the family drama.

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Autumn Reveries
Autumn, my favourite of English seasons is here. But Fall of Bengal is quite different from Fall in England.

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Season of Grief
I planned to write something else that morning. A blank Word doc was open, about to hold a fresh idea.

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The (Im)mortal Madness
Recently, I heard a quitter remark about smoking: “If someone was to tell me tomorrow it doesn’t kill, I’d go back to it immediately.”

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The L-word
I have discovered a new punctuation in West Yorkshire: love. Hardly a statement or question ends without.

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Shapeless World
Would you have recalled by any chance the afternoon we got drenched in the Maidan?

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Money Manners
My favourite holidays are to little known places, villages hidden behind cow patches and fog.

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Pen Peeves
Writers cannot be trusted to keep promises. Some say I’m a disappointment to my name, [and] in short, everyone who matter.

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My Regular Canvas

MIRRORFECT

Visual media appreciation column, A-muse-ment.

ATTICUS REVIEW

Literary essays and book reviews.

TRAVELANDY

Travel related articles and reviews.

THE TIMES OF INDIA

Observations as an Indian living abroad.

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EAST Mag

EAST MAGAZINE

Forays into things Oriental.

Rupkatha

RUPKATHA JOURNAL

Scholarly essays and book reviews.

Blog Archive

► 2016 (1)
- ► June (1)
  - • Letter to a Park Bench
► 2015 (3)
- ► July (3)
  - • Welcome, Home
  - • A Forgotten Indian Soldier
  - • Food Writing Among Overseas Indians
► 2014 (18)
- ► June (3)
  - • A Gate Viewed Long Ago
  - • Bollywood: India's Largest Export
  - • Song for the Macavity-s
- ► May (2)
  - • Chasing De-light
  - • A Miss as Good as the Mile
- ► April (4)
  - • How Green Was My City Once
  - • A Silly Dandelion
  - • Writing as Breathing
  - • Being Lost, Being Found
- ► March (2)
  - • The Challenges of Adaptation
  - • Random Raveloe-ing
- ► February (4)
  - • Making Talent Fashionable
  - • She Wouldn't, Would She?
  - • Old Love, New Playgrounds
  - • My Film-y Adventures
- ► January (3)
  - • Oh My Gene!
  - • Foolishly Full-ish
  - • Candles of Unity
► 2013 (53)
- ► December (5)
  - • Not Always Golden
  - • Dragon Rising
  - • On Posterior Pains
  - • The L-word
  - • The Empty Nest
- ► November (1)
  - • Sound Sense
- ► October (4)
  - • The Faith-ful
  - • Stars That Twinkle
  - • Autumn Reveries
  - • Changing Attitude
- ► August (1)
  - • Clemency
- ► July (5)
  - • Imperial Dregs
  - • Love in the Times of Ignorance
  - • The Open Door
  - • Embracing My Selves
  - • Slowly March-ing Back
- ► June (4)
  - • The Eggs Factor
  - • Shapeless World
  - • Season of Grief
  - • The (Im)mortal Madness
- ► May (6)
  - • Money Manners
  - • In Unapologetic Defence of Objectivism
  - • Girls: Missing
  - • The Ethics of Aesthetics
  - • The Ownership of Affection
  - • Unwanted
- ► March (1)
  - • Marching on!
- ► February (5)
  - • Betrayed
  - • The Word Grouse
  - • When the Heart Sings
  - • Lost...and Found
  - • Gay Rights
- ► January (21)
  - • The Thing About Going (On)
  - • Grey Times
  - • Ditherings
  - • My Art of Surviving Life
  - • Return of Brajalal
  - • The Prism of Good Grace
  - • Missing Lust-re
  - • A Rover's Heart
  - • Strange Meetings
  - • Food Nudges
  - • Invisible Noises
  - • In Search of a Name
  - • To Beginnings
  - • Red Carnations
  - • A Warmer Understanding
  - • Going Home
  - • The Soul of Brevity
  - • Soul Searching
  - • Existential Evidences
  - • Pen Peeves
  - • A Changing Dynamic
► 2012 (1)
- ► October (1)
  - • Misbegotten Offsprings
► 2011 (3)
- ► October (1)
  - • Anthem for Road Block
- ► February (2)
  - • To blog or not to
  - • Nominal Inspiration

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