Musings of a Random Life

Archive for August 2008

Why Don’t They Eat Cake?

Posted by: Subrata Majumdar on: August 31, 2008

It is as unmistakable as it un-missable. Irrespective of whether you are travelling by air or by road, it is impossible to notice that the green color in the fields of West Bengal is very unlike that in anywhere else in the country. The vast lushness is a pointer to the fertility of the land. [...]

New York to Bangalore

Posted by: Subrata Majumdar on: August 9, 2008

The last time it happened to me, I understood the situation. There was a huge thunderstorm in the New York area and my flight, a KLM, was sitting in the tarmac waiting for the weather to clear. This time around the skies were bright, blue and the Newark Liberty Airport was bathed in abundant sunshine [...]

Musings from the Big Apple

Posted by: Subrata Majumdar on: August 3, 2008

The thunderclouds of the afternoon gave way to some lovely blue skies in the early evening over New York City. I decided to walk up and down the waterfront for a couple of hours to make up for my binging on Doritos. The waterfront was sprinkled with people – walking their dogs, pushing their prams, [...]