A hand-picked basket of cherries from the world of most talked about books and popular posts on creative literature, reviews and interviews, movies and music, critiques and retrospectives ...
to enjoy, ponder, wonder & relish!
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A hand-picked basket of cherries from the world of most talked about books and popular posts on creative literature, reviews and interviews, movies and music, critiques and retrospectives ...
to enjoy, ponder, wonder & relish!
A freelancer consulting Social Development Specialist, Debasish works in large-scale infrastructure development projects in India and abroad as well.
An Anthropologist turned Regional Planner Debasish (Shibaji) is fond of several activities from writing travelogues to cooking, from sketching, painting, photography to dress designing, embroidering to choreographing. Whenever he feels, in the early mornings or dead of nights, he sits with doing something creative that is so close to his heart.
Make some delicious Potato Coconut and Poppy Seeds Fritters - a traditional Bengali recipe. Join Debasish On the Foodpath to make Posto Chhoriye Alu Narkoler Bora - a super snack...
On the Foodpath, Debasish tweaks the traditional recipe of Chapor Ghonto made with tender White Pumpkin and flattened lentil fritters to make a delicious veggie dish....
Where will the fish live other than in water? This unusual fish recipe gets its name Ilisher Pani Khola or Hilsa Fish in Water possibly from its watery look. Unusual because unlike most fish dishes that...
The humble jackfruit can taste as delectable as a gourmet dish with succulent dumplings dipped and groovy gravy. Debasish Bhattacharya tries out a new jackfruit kofta recipe....
Cooking prawns with love makes them taste heavenly. Debasish tries out his favourite Golda Chingri (Large Prawns) when in a mood to do something 'hatke'....
When you have some leftover rice and you don't know what to do with, its time for experimenting. Debasish Bhattacharya did just that and came up with a fun recipe that's smart, quick and delicious....
Debasish Bhattacharya shares some easy and simple fabric painting tips. Find out how to paint your own ordinary Tee and turn it into a unique T-shirt. ...
My preparation was Parboni Payesh, the special winter time payesh (the Bengali variant of kheer), made royal with khejur patali gur, grated coconut, milk and condiments....
Next time you are stuck with some chicken breast pieces and a loss of ideas, try this finger-licking recipe of Pan Grilled Chicken Breasts in Thick Gravy....
The brilliant use of music in Alor Pipasa, composed by Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, strides two different segments – one scholarly and the other populist (suiting to the period of the story)....
The song is marvelously penned down in a broken dialect (of Sanskrit, Hindi, Maithili, Brajabuli and Bangla) and allows one to find resemblances with Bhanusingher Padabali....
A trip to Chandigarh will enlighten people on how creative minds can convert wastes into aesthetic creations. Nekchand’s Rock Garden has been developed out of broken tiles, glass bangles, building debris and the likes…..with...