Today is the birthday of Haruki Murakami, one of my favourite authors. This Japanese writer’s novels, essays, and short stories have not only been bestsellers in Japan but also internationally. His works have been translated into 50 languages. He was born in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, on 12th of January, 1949. During the pandemic I kept reading his …
Who doesn’t know Satyajit Ray (02.05.1921 – 23.04.1992), the great Indian filmmaker? He was also a screenwriter, music composer, author-editor, lyricist, illustrator and calligrapher. I am not going to talk of Ray and make a list of his ‘must-see movies’ because I take Akira Kurosawa’s statement as the universal truth. He said, “Never having seen …
Soumitra Chatterjee (1935), Veteran actor, breathed his last on 15th November of 2020. The world of cinema lost a lodestar whose worth is even beyond his list of awards. He is an internationally acclaimed legendary actor with immense versatility. His work was pivotal around Bengali Cinemas. He was a popular thespian – playwright, director and …
National Handloom Day is observed On 7th of August annually in India. This is to commemorate the beginning of Swadeshi Movement which started in 1905, on this day, in pre-independent India. India has centuries old rich history of making and trading of textiles across the globe. Handlooms are age old in our country. To protect …
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Travel Lover’s Synonyms for My Friends is what I wanted to write about today. As it is friendship day, while talking to my friends, I got this idea. Most of my closest friends and I bond over travel. There are some synonyms for travel lovers with thin line of difference between each which we often ignore …
