TWO ON TRAIL
The tale of two individuals on a journey
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Author: Oindrila Ghosh
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To live in the midst of hills and open your eyes in the morning to hills, makes you inexplicably poetic and drives the poet in you to fall for everything you see around you. Here I am, a wretched soul with an explicit excitement bubbling every now and then in me to vent out a…
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” ” There was a time, when creatures existed, similar to human beings, that had both the sex organs, one of the male and the other of female. The gods, after creation, realized, that these, were some among the few that existed, who had power more than the gods themselves- ‘these organisms could produce life’!!…
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Suppose one day, you witness your morning cup of tea talking to your dish beneath it.. What would be your reaction?Astonishment?Surprise?Unbelievable?Nonsense? I witness it… every day! Believe me…… EVERY SINGLE DAY! Red liquor. A slim handle made silver. Floral patterns on the brim, with an intriguing tinge of blue and green. A white dish. The centre…
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This article was published in the 2015 issue of The Chemical Society Magazine, Miranda House, Delhi. 5th April,2015. An awfully quiet evening that had often stirred the vivid emotions of all kinds. And with all the worries beginning to crowd my mind every now and then it becomes increasingly difficult to remember the past happy college…
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Recipes are often described as a cakewalk. More often than not they turn out to be anything but an easy turn of events that smoothly give you the exact piece of delight that you have been expecting. The path of cooking, and more so baking, is never a smooth path free of doubts and dilemma.…
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“Has it always been so hard?”, he asked. “Well, it hasn’t been this hard. No.” said she. “Then why now, of late?” “Well maybe I was too happy… I had more friends than foes.” Laughed she. “That isn’t so bad” “Oh it is, doesn’t allow you think, doesn’t allow you sit. Happiness tires you. Happiness…
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To those innumerable moments when people gave me chance to breathe… To those innumerable moments when people took that breath away… To those ominous moments when I have tried to break off… To those miserable moments when people made me sway.. To make it all work .. To make it all fall apart.. To make…
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Disclaimer: My first way forward as an independent thinker commenced when I stepped into my Masters, since that was when I realized that I am a failed mainstream chemist, after appearing for 19 competitive exams. I was rather enthusiastic about the applications of chemistry in the environment. In the pursuit of my academic endeavor, I…
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“You have not written in a while you know”, he smiled at me. I looked away from his face and thought, indeed, I have not. I guess it is partly because of all the mess I have been in lately. In these last couple of months, I have moved from Texas to Maryland. A change…