Archive for January, 2006
Justine Henin-Hardenne is in the Australian Open women’s singles final having knocked down Maria Sharapova in the semifinal. Losing the first set, she came back into match to win 4-6 6-1 6-4. I am a great fan of Henin-Hardenne and the least that of Sharapova. So nothing could have been better news for me. Up […]
When I was a kid of 6-7 years I dreamt to become a writer. That was a direct effect of the huge number of story-books I used to devour, a diehard bookworm as I was (and still am). I used to make a lot of fuss while eating and Mom used to persuade me with […]
A mobile phone is an indispensable gadget today so much so that we get restless when we are out of the network even for a while. But what if your cell, your favoured daily companion, gets stolen? That will be disastrous. So one should be always on alert… for example, don’t leave your cell anywhere […]
The question of West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination will be of MCQ type. The answer sheets will be evaluated by OMR method thus eliminating the possiblity of human error as also ensuring early results. Students, faced with this new question pattern, need a lot of practice to adapt with it.
A model answer sheet is available […]
The Madhyamik (secondary examination of my state) syllabus has been thoroughly revised. In our time — I gave Madhyamik in 2003 — we had telegram-writing. It carried 10 marks in the English paper. Now that the syllabus has been restructured, I wonder if it is still there. I, for one thing, think that telegram-writing should […]
Wish you all a Happy New Year! Let 2006 be your annus mirabilis!
Here are my New Year resolutions — taken from my diary, things that I have been kept telling myself throughout 2005. Realisations of yesteryear become resolutions of new year.