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  • International Tea Day

    International Tea Day

    December 15th was the International Tea day.   While coffee is my religion, tea is my comforter.   Having read about the great British tea institution. (The 4pm tea and cucumber sandwich.) Last international tea day, I had one look at the tepid, insipid English tea and grabbed my cutting chai to atone for it.…

  • Brahmaputra Baits

    Brahmaputra Baits

    Assam or Prajyotishapura… the land on the banks of Brahmaputra to me has been romantic space. When I want to think exotic I used to try to visualize Guwahati. The transit zone from the mainstream to the mystic mysterious east. Guwahati on the Brahmaputra takes its name from Guwa or areca nut and Haat or…

  • A Hero Remembered.

    Lachit Borphukan of Ahom. While the nation divides it self’s into Nehruvians and Sanghi’s there are other heroes who have laid down their lives in the service of their mother land.  A few like Bhagat Singh or Azad from the cowbelt do get recognized when the Nehruvians and Sanghi’s are magnanimous. Among the unacknowledged heroes,…

  • Barriers

    sometimes we are punished by our own reluctance to accept.