The old woman had her gaze focused from behind the thick frame of her glasses. She had a color palette and a set of brushes in front of her, mixing colors to paint a clear blue sky she woke up to this morning.

James Altucher is no stranger to the world of blogging, startups, and entrepreneurial innovation. In one of his posts, he talks about gaming the system: When he was younger, he couldn’t last more than two to three days at a job before plotting an exit ...

Mexico. A country I have always been fascinated with. My earliest memory of anything remotely “Mexico” can be traced back to the days I was growing up in India — the FIFA World Cup that used to get us all belligerent once in four years. ...

Neelanjana Gautam, the talented writer from The Statesman, and former faculty Loreto College, Kolkata, has partnered with LetsHaveCoffee to share her thoughts on how to break the ice on your first date. We highly recommend these tips that will help you land the second date ...

I still had not recovered from the heartbreak of losing a sporty Michael Kors watch, a special present from my husband. It disappeared from our sight one fine day. I have been mourning the loss ever since. Wait…until rumors of the Apple Watch started doing ...

Being healthy and fit is no longer a hypothesis. It is as real as real can get. And if you think a smart phone is just another fashion accessory, think again! Health and technology—the twin social interest icons—continue an enviable run in an accelerating app ...

Long starched roads. Acrobatic signals. Zipping cars. Colored tracks. Fancy jackets. Dipping temperature. Frosted panes. Winds of change. Sunny glow. Smell of coffee. Buzzing alarm. And the detangling of the arms! That’s the kind of image my husband wakes up to every morning; flush with ...

(Image courtesy: Mark Bridger/Solent News) It so happens that every Wednesday evening our gastric systems send us reminders. If this leaves you wondering about our organic functions, let me state right in the beginning that we are not battling any biological disorders, rather a very ...

Having lived in Kolkata for the greater part of my life, I see no reason why I wouldn't carry glimpses of my hometown in my optical sockets! My myopic vision corroborates this visual allegiance nearly corresponding to my roots. In this piece I would like ...

A film maker much acclaimed for his cinematic brilliance carries a lot of baggage for every medium he chooses to dabble in. But with Goutam Ghose, the transition from one form to the other is seamless.

(Image courtesy: Google Images) What sets Aveek Mukherjee from other cameramen is his sensibility. He is any woman's prized catch. He made Tagore's "Binodini" come alive on screen. The sci-fi "Patalghar" won him his first National Award.

(Image courtesy: Google Images) Vikalp Bengal, in association with Max Mueller Bhavan concentrated on "Censorship and Films for Freedom" -- a seemingly paradoxical, yet provocative look at documentary filmmaking.