MOANRA

  • Short Story: C for Choices

    One day, long ago, I was sitting at a desk, doodling, instead of studying. I was quite intelligent, and I arrogantly believed that I could probably handle whatever tests and exams I had to give with a minimal amount of… Continue reading

    Short Story: C for Choices
  • পুনর্বিন্যাস

    সকালটা ভারি সুন্দর ছিল। ফুরফুরে হাওয়া, হালকা মিঠে রোদ। হাতে কাগজ, পাশের টেবিলে চায়ের কাপ। হঠাৎ  এক শালিক বাবাজি এসে ডাকাডাকি শুরু করল। সবাই জানে শালিকের ডাক মোটেও শ্রুতিমধুর নয। একটু হুট হুট করলাম, তাতে কাজ হল, সে চলে গেল।… Continue reading

    পুনর্বিন্যাস
  • Making of Anoushrayan – Entering the teens

    I love to see things grow, and a human baby is one of the most intriguing of all. All this time since birth to his 12th birthday, Anoushrayan had been changing slowly – the face, the structure, the voice and… Continue reading

    Making of Anoushrayan – Entering the teens
  • Making of Anoushrayan – The journey till 12

    It felt so distant. It felt so far fetched. It never felt like an eventuality. Well I was wrong. Every other child becomes 12 every other day and so did Anoushrayan; on 7th Feb 2019. Continue reading

    Making of Anoushrayan – The journey till 12
  • 10 days in Andaman – Baratang – 25th – 27th Dec’19

    For a mainlander it is an experience of a different kind, especially if one is a first time visitor like me. Of course, with water filling three fourth of the Earth we all are living on one island or the… Continue reading

    10 days in Andaman – Baratang – 25th – 27th Dec’19
  • 10 days in Andaman – Jarwa Reserve – 25th Dec’19

    Aalu paratha is one of my favourite dishes and to my excessive pleasure whether in Kashmir (had the unforgettable experience of having them on a shikara) or in Andaman I had the fortune to savour them; it almost always comes… Continue reading

    10 days in Andaman – Jarwa Reserve – 25th Dec’19