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Cinema • 13th October 2025

Dear Annie

By Samik Bhattacharya

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Nostalgia • 12th February 2019

Somewhere Blue

What do you do when you’re stuck in a city far away from your home with no company but a pack of cigarettes and a handful of old, Jazz numbers?…

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Nostalgia • 19th January 2019

On The Radio

Every night my Mom listens to her radio before going to sleep. Those battery-powered Phillips FM radios which people used to carry around in their pocket to listen to Test…

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Nostalgia • 22nd February 2018

Memories From A Distant February

As sophomores in school, we were bequeathed with organising the farewell party for the parting seniors. Everything, to the very detail. I wasn’t very fond of my school which I…

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Short Stories • 26th December 2017

Dangling Hoop Earrings

It was the new year’s day I still remember. The afternoon sun was mellow and there was chill in the air – the kind of chill Calcutta can get. She saw me while I crossed the street.

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Short Stories • 24th October 2016

Lobsters

They occupy the same two seats every day, side by side like a pair of lobsters. At first, I assumed they were married but after sufficient eavesdropping…

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