Creative Desk

< script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3806302849682711"> SPRING SONATA By PRAMITA BOSE It’s springtime! The season mellows into a cornucopia of natural beauty, growth and fertility. Mother Nature blesses the earth with her rich abundance after a spell of wintry aridity and a deciduous stint of shedding florets and foliage. The colourful blossoms, fruity groves, the surrounding lush greenery and the warm yellow sun in the sky signal a period of full bloom, aesthetic elegance and a gratified completeness. Even the lone hearts longing for love so long beat faster during the mausam of vasant in anticipation of a soulmate that could culminate into a lifelong companionship. Well, no one ever knows when the Cupid’s arrows may strike! Spring Waltz The clock’s hands are advancing towards middle March, announcing the arrival of Rituraj bahaar . The dry, thirsty, seclude

< script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3806302849682711"> Crowning Glory: Short but Striking! By PRAMITA BOSE A woman must admire herself in the mirror, preening on her crowning glory that she ought to take pride in. She should think she is the fairest of all in the town with her long cascading tresses like that of Rapunzel from the pages of a fairytale or the much-coveted flowy, wavy golden yarn-like hair of the Barbie doll. Well, this is a conventional picture that every girl is expected to fantasise. But hey, lo and behold! Here comes a bevy of sassy lasses with short crops that dares to change this age-old notion of beauty, breaking away from the stereotypes of lengthy plaited hair down to their waist, knee or foot. Fashion onlookers are sitting up and taking notice of neck or shoulder-length trendy bobs, short lobs, blunt with bangs, a trimmed mop of crispy cu

< script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3806302849682711">   Savour the Flavours of the Food District in Tech Territory                                                             Be it those crispy bloated poochka balls with tangy tamarind water, munchy jhaal muri (spicy-salty puffed riced) in paper cones, idli-dosa s with authentic southern flavours, tasty dahi vada s to die for, melting-in-the-mouth kebabs and kathi rolls from Nizam’s in the New Market be lt, the Christmas food carnival at the Park Street, the spongy, delicious cakes and confectionery treats of Nahoum’s from its century-old Jewish bakery or the food connoisseurs’ paradise in Dacres Lane along the margins of the vast Esplanade expanse — seems the street food culture of Kolkata has come a long way in history, chronicling its highs and lows and attaining an inimitable heritage tag.