On my arrival in Santiniketan, now almost 10 years ago, I remember being thoroughly confused about the days of the week on which shops in different areas remained shut. While most of Bolpur town and the university town remained closed for the second ...
Many of those who visited my craft shop in Santiniketan had been asking for "brown" or "hulled" rice. Probably the ambience of the shop - the fact that we use no plastic and that recycling plays a big part in the products we design - made them think ...
Ever since I came to Santiniketan, some acquaintances involved in real estate dealings had been telling me to invest in land. Since I had not bought even a tile by way of real estate in Mumbai, despite the best of financial advice, I thought I ...
My friend, who had been out of Santiniketan for sometime, texted me while still on her return journey by train. "Back in paradise," she wrote. If Santiniketan is paradise for us who stay here through the year, it becomes especially so in winter. The ...
There are two distinct parts to Santiniketan — one that houses the Visva Bharati University and the students and teachers who live around it, and another, where those who are not connected to the university live. Unfortunately, much of the ...
Since Santiniketan is very close to the Jharkhand border (a two-hour drive), there is a sizeable population of migrants from the state, and from Chhattisgarh and Bihar. They are all referred to as “Biharis” by Bengalis. Since my ...
