Long ago before the advent of social media sites like Orkut and Facebook, diarists and bloggers were a predominant feature in the world wide web. However, with the advent of the above-mentioned sites, coupled with the discovery (by the populace of course) of photo-blogging […]
Author: Lopamudra Kalipada Bandyopadhyay-Chattopadhyay
The Slowness of Being
Most writers these days tend to ruminate about the insanely fast paced life that we are thrust into. It is definitely a stark reality that we, the creative people are faced with. With the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), everything seems to have become […]
Each Day…
Each day is a struggle. I love silence and serenity. I love the swishing of leaves and the scratching of the pen over white sheets. I love introversion. And a wholesome solitude. But all that is impossible. I must struggle to put down my […]
These are a few of my Favorite Things…
What does a writer need? Apart from words of course. And apart from the fact that the need to write is the dominant passion that regulates his or her life. That the need to express unsaid words and sentiments is perhaps the elixir that […]
Casual Thoughts on a Busy Morning
What would happen if you stopped giving your opinion to everything? Would your erstwhile opinions wither away from the public memory or would they linger on as archived opinions? Would the society still judge a silent human being ? Thoughts to ponder on….au revoir […]
Immanuel Kant, Johan Galtung & the Proverbial Bondage of Labor
Can we ever be free from the so called proverbial bondage of labor ? Maybe there is a way or maybe not. For writers, writing comes within the purview of unfathomable pleasure. But when it comes to work that is not related to literature, […]
A Much Awaited Apology
This is a much awaited apology to both my readers as well as my blogger friends. I have been rather tardy with my blogging primarily due to the end-semester deluge of work. I have logged into the blog at times when unfortunately the system […]
The Need to be Silent
During the last few weeks a change seems to have come over me. I feel this tremendous need to be silent. It is like a pregnant pause before words of another kind are destined to flow. Having relinquished the company of platforms that promote […]
Vivaldi : Built for Work
I’ve been a regular observer as well as a keen follower of various browsers since the year 1998. I have summarily used Windows 95, 98, XP, 07 and 10. I’ve not yet graduated to Windows 11 since my laptop is rather old and I […]
The Paraphernalia of Writing/Life
Writing per se is a wonderful thing, as is life for that matter. In both cases, it is the paraphernalia surrounding the same that troubles the intellect. A writer can happily type away words, but when the manuscript is complete, then the tedious job […]
