Niponwave

Add B.R. Ambedkar’s birthday to the Bengali New Year, throw in a Saturday and a Sunday and wow! you get a good enough excuse for a short break! As it turns out I made perfect use of this recipe for holiday and got back home in this scorching Kolkata heat. […]

I have set up the website for an orphanage which is located in Siliguri, the same town where I am doing my medical course - from North Bengal Medical College. The North Bengal Orphanage or Uttar Banga Anath Ashram (as it is called in Bengali) is a flicker of hope amidst darkness. In a […]

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Today I had been to the Siliguri Telephone Exchange to get an EVDO for a friend. Unfortunately, we were told at the counter that they have run out of stock! Then we went to the WLL office on the 2nd floor to meet a senior executive who confirmed that it won’t be available till at […]

Notwithstanding the 2nd prof. exams looming large in the horizon, we celebrated the Christmas in style. Since the day also saw the release of Ghajini, Saurav and I went to watch the first day first show at Payel. Payel is known to be the best movie hall here in Siliguri, not counting the state-owned Dinabandhu […]

Last week the world was abuzz with the CERN experiment. CERN scientists fired the first beam of protons last Wednesday at 1230 hours IST. Same day Siliguri witnessed a strange halo around the sun at noon! What a coincidence.. enough to cause a panic. You can read more about these at these links

The Quest For […]

I returned to college last Monday after a brief fun-packed 10-dayer post-exam break at home! The same day my good friend Johnda and I hit the all new Sports Bar which has opened at Cosmos mall, just beside the entertainment zone. Mocktails and chicken tandoori - just what I needed after a train journey the […]