Suvro Chatterjee bemused

I have begun to re-read the Harry Potter saga – and watching the movies in tandem. Already finished HP and the Philosopher’s Stone (and now into The Chamber of Secrets).
This time – maybe this is a regression to the child’s mind – I am reading primarily for the thrills, chills and spills. Yet, all those wonderful words of Dumbledore’s come back…...

It has been uppermost in my mind for quite some time that I am approaching what in the ancient Hindu scheme of things was called vanaprastha, the third stage of a full and well-lived life.
The first stage, after infancy that is, is preparation for living a life (which means education in a broad sense); the second, living the life of an active householder – earning a living, raising a family, perhaps influencing the world in some significant...

Aficionados – I know there are a few – will be happy to see a new travel post after ages.
With every passing year I enjoy Durga pujomore and more by giving it the miss – in which sense I belong to the second class of Bengalis, the first being those who stay at home or come home from all corners of the world to live it up amidst the crowds...

I have been amusing myself by making a list of people who are now considered ‘bad’ by majority opinion, almost worldwide.
Men.
Religious people.