সেই একলা মাথা উঁচু করে দাঁড়িয়ে থাকা সজনে ফুলের গাছটা, কিছুদিন পর ফুলে ফুলে ছেয়ে গেলে, তার পাতা আর দেখাই যেত ...
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সজনে ফুলের বেশ্বরী | Shojne Phooler Beshwari
শীতের চাদর সরিয়ে দরজা দিয়ে ঢুকত যে একফালি মিঠে রোদ , ঠিক গিয়ে পড়ত নাকবরাবর রাখা আমার বইয়ের টেবিলে আর ...
Sinhalese Devilled Prawns
It’s a mist-laced January morning. One of those languorous days when indulging in laziness is not a ...
Lau Boal er Jhol
The heat is punishing to say the least. It’s early morning, yet the sun is at its repressive best. I toss ...
Bebinca | Bibinca | Experiences of a Gastronomad
Layer above layer. And then one more. Come on, a little voice goads you. And you add yet another ...
Ada Pradhaman
Kerala during Onam is a feast for the senses. The myth goes something like this - the magnanimous king ...
Chhotomashir Sheem Bichi Koi Maach
The maacher baajar in our sleepy town is nothing to write home about. A row of make-shift decrepit stalls, ...
Bel Pana Tart (Wood Apple Tart)
The bel tree was not my favourite tree in Grandmas backyard. Well, far from it. And there was ample reason ...
Whole Roasted Fish
It was somewhere in the pristine verdant slopes high up the Malaysian highlands. A nondescript shack. By a ...
Nokshi Pitha
Do remember to get my khejur knata, Grandma reminds Bapi as he takes the last sip of tea from the bone-china ...
Payeshpatar Patishapta (My version of Kuih Dadar)
Payeshpata, it was much later that I came to know they were far more familiar as Pandan leaves in the ...
Rita Aunty’s Stuffed Chicken Roast
Aunty, I am in Kolkata, I call Rita Aunty to inform. A moment of silence. And then the familiar voice - I ...