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The making of a 'village'
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| | October 10, 2009, 00:38 IST |
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When I decided to settle in Santiniketan it was because I was a trifle tired of the many things to ‘do’ in Mumbai.
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Tagore never ate 'Kurkure'
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| | September 12, 2009, 00:37 IST |
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It is only in retrospect that I realise how many things I took for granted when I lived in Mumbai.
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Appreciating art
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| | August 15, 2009, 00:00 IST |
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Besides art historians or true aficionados, not many are aware of Tagore’s art portfolio.
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Policing the railways
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| | July 18, 2009, 00:15 IST |
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Dol Purnima (traditionally celebrated in Santiniketan) or Basant Panchami or Holi was the big event which marked the end of season for Santiniketan till even a few years ago.
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Simply priceless
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| | June 20, 2009, 00:32 IST |
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Despite the overall decay in academic and administrative functioning of the Viswa Bharati University, the art department, Kala Bhavan, still has quite a formidable reputation and many serious art students from India and increasingly from the Far East consider themselves fortunate if they can get to study here.
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No access banking
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| | May 23, 2009, 00:52 IST |
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When I had first arrived in Santiniketan, it had taken me quite a while to open a bank account.
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Buying a piece of peace
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| | April 25, 2009, 00:49 IST |
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For all the years that I lived in Mumbai, where prosperity is measured in square feet and life is structured in EMIs, friends and acquaintances always wanted to know why I hadn’t invested in real estate.
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Remains of Tagore's vision
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| | March 28, 2009, 00:06 IST |
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From the little I have read and the lot I have heard, I have had the utmost fascination for Tagore’s vision of integrating traditional crafts with mainstream livelihood potential.
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Imagine there's no country
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| | February 28, 2009, 00:15 IST |
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It was only two years ago that I had met Ana browsing through a book on Tagore at the little bookshop which is a part of our cafe in Santiniketan.
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Simple pleasures of life
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| | January 31, 2009, 00:50 IST |
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Two years ago, one winter morning, we decided to go out for the day into the countryside.
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The big iron scandal!
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| | January 10, 2009, 00:20 IST |
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When I had first moved to Bombay in the mid-’80s I remember it had taken me quite a while to appreciate fully the local speak of taxi drivers, domestic helps and shopkeepers or vendors.
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All that glitters is not gold
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| | December 06, 2008, 00:49 IST |
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About twenty minutes before one reaches Santiniketan on a train ride from Kolkata, the train stops at a rather nondescript small town called Ghuskara.
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Why blame just Mamata?
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| | November 08, 2008, 00:51 IST |
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When you stay in Santiniketan you have to reconcile yourself to the fact that entertainment opportunities are severely constrained.
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Pasta fetish
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| | October 11, 2008, 00:12 IST |
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When we first came to Santiniketan from Mumbai five years ago, one thing we sorely missed was the ability to go out and have a cup of tea or coffee in a clean and pleasant environment.
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Struck by lightning
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| | September 13, 2008, 04:43 IST |
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In all the 20 years that I spent in Mumbai I cannot remember ever being scared of lightning and thunder.
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