Bihu's Whispers Bhavna Kandra

Nashtneedh by Rabindranath Tagore was the first short story I read when I was 10. It anchored my interest towards literature, love and the hidden worlds of women. Gitanjali being my next difficult endeavour.

Ten years ahead, I met my old friend Tagore through my new friendship with Samprita (fondly called Shomps) who held my hand and walked me through the edens of Bengali literature notably Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and the heavenly tunes of Rabindra Sangeet.

This is an emotional tribute to my first friend Charulata as I sing along to this beautiful song by Kishore Kumar.

An attempt to sing this masterpiece by making it my own with emotion. Technically a lot more practice and work is required to be put in, which will be an active project for some time to come. Till then, this is what comes from me.

Appreciation of Dyson's bird-eye-view on the categorisation of approaches of pioneers into developing modern science.

Capturing the inquisitive riddles exchanged between Bilbo Baggins and Gollum from The Hobbit.

A poem which inspired Nelson Mandela through the struggles in his life and, through him to all of us in the times to come. Invictus is Latin for the word 'invincible'.

Of First Importance: which is the meaning of the Greek word that has been used to derive the word 'protein'. This chapter entails variety and versatility of protien as building blocks of life.