on thoughts amidst the coronavirus pandemic
Tag: Life
Godman
on someone i think is a godman
Retirement
on an involuntary retirement
Illusion
on someone you've probably seen
Graveyard
on the bright side of a graveyard
Mujibur
short story about a man and his unfortunate wife
The Pleasure of Solitude
"Walking with the crowd will usually take you no further than the crowd. Walking alone will take you to the places you've never been." This year has started differently for me. My vacations started from 1st January and while all my friends decided to go home during the vacation, I decided to stay back at the …
The Choice And Thereafter…
Today, as I was surfing the net, I came up on a wonderful story about how a guy was a given a choice by his fiancée, what he chose and his life thereafter. The story was written by Debo Dasgupta as an answer to a question he was asked on a website. The story is both interesting …
A Dinner Invitation Gone Wrong
At present, I'm about 500 kilometres away from home, undergoing a summer intern-ship in an Oil Company. Few of my university seniors work in the same company. Today, as I was walking through the market area with one of my friends (Shantanu) undergoing the same intern-ship, I was suddenly greeted by a senior (Sid Da). …
7 Things Education Doesn’t Teach
Textual knowledge is not everything in life. Marks may get you a good rank or pointer, but will hardly help you cope up with today's world. What one requires today are skills, wits and presence of mind. Education teaches us many things. But there are some certain things that do not fall into the ambit …
Where Did The Stars Disappear?
I do not remember the last time I saw a clear, starry night sky. Last night, as I stood by the balcony and looked up to the sky, I could see very few stars although it was a clear sky with almost no clouds at all. Where did the stars disappear? I kept wondering as I …
The Irony of Success and Failure
"I don’t know how this happened! It was all good luck..!" - Nobody, ever. One day, I was sitting in the coffee shop and I heard two guys discussing something that caught my attention. As I was alone, I decided to listen to them for a while and then join the conversation. They were talking …
Everyone Has A Love Story
Yesterday, after having lunch at a hotel in the city, I was returning to my university (which is in the outskirts of the city) in an auto rickshaw. It was a public vehicle and stopped for anyone on the road to pick them up. As it stopped near the railway station, a boy got into it and …
The Magical Creed
Last night, while going through a book by Napoleon Hill, I found this interesting creed which was written by a woman for her husband. The woman asked her husband to sign the creed and hang it in front of him where he could see it all day long while at his work. The man …
Is India REALLY Independent? Think Again!
Today is India’s 67th Independence Day. Let me wish you all a very Happy Independence Day! On this date, we achieved our independence from the hands of the British. As a free nation, we have come a long way in the past years. We have advanced and developed more than many other countries freed from …
Barnadhya Rwitam 
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