Westward With A Sigh

Up to mid-July, there was absolutely no sign that anything in or about his life in Baripada was going to change or was to be termed ‘the old life’ hereafter. True, there was no college to go…

The Apprentice

It may be a long road from the Low to the High. But it surely is a short step from letter ‘C’ to letter ‘O’ in the imagination. And this is despite the little delay involved, as the tongue…

A Cold Coming

In course of time school ended and college life began for Subrat.  It didn’t, however, bring the much coveted independence. Also it was a new ‘C’ word that troubled him now, making a mockery…

The Detour

It was in the slice of real life as it was in that slice of reel. A young couple in their late twenties and their three-year-old daughter were walking the Chowringhee Road under a sweltering…

When A Poet Dies

With Test over just before Christmas holidays, school was practically over for the 1973 batch. With the turn of the year, new things were coming to light such as tie-ups that were not…