The World Through My Pen

The world is a wonderful place where people are dragging their lives and what's helping everyone to move ahead is FAITH. But blind faith and wrong faith can simply not be entertained. My dear readers, look around you and you would see people either in talismans, or their fingers have disappeared behind rings meant to pacify the planets, or they are bowing down in front of mud dolls or wasting their money in buying stuff which are consumed not by the deities but by the ones who claim to be in touch with them. Some say that certain temples, churches, mosques give them peace. That on entering the ground a sense of bliss embraces them and in no time they feel rejuvenated. Let me ask you a simple question- When as a child you had felt insecure, didn't you go hide in your mother's arms? Did you not feel a similar bliss? If yes, then why cannot you worship your mother who feeds you when you are hungry, who sacrifices her favorite serial when your exams are ahead of you a...

Yes my dear readers I am writing this not on any other topic than women security. Even today in the interiors of India, people believe that a woman should be veiled and that clothes are the reason for them being raped. Why should only the people of the village be pointed finger at? Even in our cities dwell 'human beings', and mark my words when I am not specifying any gender I mean both, who feel that its a woman's outfit that calls for such lewd attention. I would like to ask you my dear reader, who I believe is radical enough to judge questions in a better manner- In India it is a common sight that men early in the morning are found under tube wells only in a gamchaa, bathing. Often some, in these early morning sightings, are seen only in briefs from where their penis is seen hanging obtrusively. I am sorry for my choice of phrases but isn't that what a man's brain thinks on seeing a woman's breast behind a tight outfit? So my question to you now- Why do ...

If you are planning for a weekend getaway and you happen to stay near Kolkata then Taki is the place you should dare to miss. Situated by Ichamati River, Taki has Bangladesh on the other side of the river. It is a land of the zamindars and sports a lot of zamindar baris (palacial buildings of the zamindars ) though most of them are dilapidated as the successors take little care to maintain the palaces. On being there one could hire a rickshaw van which would charge about Rs 25-30 per person for a good two hours ride. The places to visit in Taki are Golpota forests, mini Sundarban, Jora Shib Mandir, Zamindar Bari, and of course the beautiful Machhranga Island. For Machhranga Island one needs to book a launch from the ferry ghat. As the name suggests, Machhranga Island is one place where a lot of Kingfisher birds are to be seen. Standing on the island one can see Bangladesh from a closer proximity. During the famous Durga Puja immersions, people from both the countries assemble on...

Terrorism, in the 21st century, is something that has not only shaken up all parts of the world but also has it brought bad name to the Muslims. People all the world over abuse the religion for giving birth to people who spread terror and kill innocents. And on top of that a new radical Muslim group springs up every now and then. But let us think about it rationally. Does all these incidents actually make the religion or so to say the the Quran a piece of shit? Consider a group of people forming a new radical group going about saying that their religion asks them to kill people, that their religion asks them to fight against the innocent. Does that mean we start believing that there is problem in the religious scripts of that religion? Anybody can claim anything, but we have been gifted with a mind which is supposed to be used rationally and not just follow arbitrary nincompoops. It is also baffling to see that whenever a terrorist attack takes place the media all over uses th...