There is a reason why people always advise others to look at a glass of water as half-full, not as half-empty. The common adage, “Life is not a bed of roses” is basically our living mantra as every day we discover how true this statement really is. Often we go through a particular set of [...]

Poila Baisakh or Bengali New Year is celebrated with equal fervor in both halves of Bengal. Either 14th or 15th of April is the day for Bengali New Year celebration. In West Bengal, Poila Baisakh is preceded by Charak Mela where people especially kids enjoy a lot by gorging on the roadside chatpata khabar (fast [...]

“Market gutted in fire-cursed city”. It was the shocking headline in the Times of India yesterday (23rd March, 2012). The tragic fire incident inflicted a severe wound to the being of Kolkata by reducing the sprawling Hatibagan market into ashes, and leaving hundreds of people without sustenance. I am a regular reader of the Times [...]

Pictures of Hatibagan market reduced into heaps of ashes by the engulfing fire in the wee hours on 24th of March, 2012. Read more

In India, summer is a worrying season. The scorching sun is the bane of the hair and skin health. Going out in the sun without proper hair and skin protection is like punishing yourself. With the latest range of skin and hair care products for use in summer from Tatha, you can beat the damaging [...]

Bangladesh is almost like a khajana of great cuisines. In general, the East Bengal (present Bangladesh) people are much fond of spicy spreads, be it vegetable dish or non-vegetable delicacy. Though non-vegetable Bangladeshi preparations are a favorite with the foodies, but vegetable dishes do not lag much behind in popularity. Slice of Real Life shares [...]

‘Machhe Bhate Bangalee’! There are only a few Bengalis who are not familiar with this saying. Literally translating, it means that the Bengalis live on two staple foods – rice and fish. Though continental foods are in and Mughlai magic is all time favorite with the Bengalis, still they have a soft corner for their [...]

Sujoy Ghosh director of Kahaani weaves a kahaani (story) to thrill us; and Vidya Bagchi played by Vidya Balan weaves a kahaani to accomplish her mission in the movie. What is the real kahaani? Is it the struggle of a pregnant woman in search of her missing husband in the city of Kolkata, as it [...]

Under the majestic white tents of Lincoln Center Falguni and Shane Peacock unveiled their SS’12 collection taking Indian woman fashion to a new height. Fit for the ultimate avant-garde fashionistas with a combination of bondage-like dresses, sharp shoulder pads, and silky crimson turbans, this collection is anything but mundane. And while the collection’s overall color [...]

Gone are the days when Indians used to celebrate holi within the premises of their houses in villages, and the apartments or housing complexes in cities. Holi was more of a traditional festival in those times. The way of holi celebration is fast-changing with the city people picking up the trend of eating and drinking [...]