Editorial
Posted by Editor in Editorial, Issue 12, Issues, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 3 Comments
The last few months have seen the most drastic situation that the country has ever faced regarding the question of corruption. Corruption has always been a part of the society; in fact an integral part of the Indian society. The only difference between the past and the present scenario is that never before had the [...]
Shillong’s Newest Three Piece Band
Posted by Rundolf Mawlieh in Fried Eye Special, Fried Jukebox, Issue 12, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
Looks like Shillong is turning into a haven of three piece Indie pop punk bands. And just why is this so? Yours truly, would simply answer because of the presence of the three most active and happening three piece bands under the above mentioned genre category and these bands are Pip of the Fourth Mother [...]
M.F. Hussain – A tribute to the great artist
Posted by Fried Guest in Issue 12, Issues, Random Take, Sections, Type 1, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 2 Comments
- Rathin Dutta, Hrishikesh Bharali Henry Wordsworth Longfellow once wrote- “Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time;” Perhaps the words aptly describe Maqbool Fida Hussain, a name that is synonymous with Indian Modern Art and Paintings. On June [...]
Dhokla
Posted by Sunita Pradhan in Fried and Tasty, Issue 12, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
Dhokla is a very popular Guajarati snack, perfect for those evening tea. Ingredients For the Dhokla mix 1 cup chana dal 1 tbsp of urad dal 1\4 cup water 1\2 cup set yogurt 1tbsp besan ( gram flour) 2 tsp salt 1\8 tsp turmeric powder 1\8 tsp hing (asafoetida) 1tbsp chilli paste I tbsp ginger [...]
A Small Journey into Japanese Cuisines
Posted by Fried Guest in Fried and Tasty, Issue 12, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
Hi friends, I would like to share my experience on Japanese food so far. I love to taste different types of cuisines and Japanese cuisine turn out to be one of the best among my food lists. Japanese cuisines provides a vast varieties of dishes with rice, beans, mushrooms, noodles, soya products, meat, seafood, seaweed [...]
White’s the Word
Posted by Gargee Borah in Fashion & Trends, Issue 12, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
Contrary to what people usually say, I say “If you ain’t got white, your wardrobe is not right!” It’s officially spring and the temperature just refuses to go down. You all know what I mean…. Nothing is quintessentially summer as the colour white in your wardrobe. The white pants or the white blouse that you [...]
Void
Posted by Samin Sultana in Fiction, Issue 12, Issues, Sections, Type 1, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 2 Comments
Three years back. The month was June. The days were warmer and the trees were younger. The sun, low in the sky, peeped through a rift in the clouds. Red, orange and marmalade hues tinged the sky. She sat beside him, restless, in a certain end of the park. The palm trees that lined the [...]
The Pain
Posted by Maharnab Hazarika in Children's Section, Issue 12, Issues, Poetry, Sections, Type 1, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 2 Comments
That’s all what I make, Looking back at my destiny, What reveals, how I made it; Leads myself into mutiny. What I cannot bear Everything written in my fate I know not how to depart- Thus I have come to tolerate.
Untitled
Posted by Purbarag P. Choudhury in Issue 12, Issues, Poetry, Sections, Type 1, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
The beautiful garden now stands alone The one who nurtured is now gone The flowers still bloom and the sun still shine The rain falls like tears for the ones left behind
Jenson Button and Rafeal Nadal
Posted by Raghav Arora in Issue 12, Issues, Sections, Sports Desk, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 1 Comment
Jenson Button was racing at 21st place in the rain hit Canadian Grand Prix on lap 40 and Nadal was stretched to 5 sets in the first round of his favourite Grand Slam, The French Open, but at the end of the day both won the respective titles. It is an unbelievable story of Grit [...]
Letters from Iwo Jima [Lōjima Kara no Tegami ] (2006)
Posted by Rini Barman in Issue 12, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
Directed by- Clint Eastwood Produced by- Clint Eastwood Steven Spielberg Robert Lorenz Starring- Ken Watanabe Kazunari Ninomiya Tsuyoshi Ihara Ryō Kase Nakamura Shidō Screenplay – Iris Yamashita Cinematography- Tom Stern Written by- Paul Haggis (story) Tadamichi Kuribayashi(letters) Tsuyuko Yoshido (book) Music- Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens Rating: “ Hanako ! We soldiers dig. We dig all day. This is the [...]
P.S. I Love You
Posted by Manjil P. Saikia in Book Club, Issue 12, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 2 Comments
Book: PS, I Love You Author: Cecelia Ahern ISBN: 0007270100 ISBN-13: 9780007270101, 978-0007270101 Binding: Paperback Publishing Date: 2010 Publisher: Harper Collins Edition: 01 Number of Pages: 503 Language: English Format: A Rating:
When Love Ends
Posted by Manjil P. Saikia in 55 Fiction, Issue 12, Issues, Sections, Type 1, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 4 Comments
Every good thing ends abruptly. So, this was the end of his love. He remembered the good times they had together, the times they played in the fields. Finally his mother could see this no more and asked him “When will you be normal again?” He looked at her and said “She was my dog!” [...]
How to survive a long distance relationship
Posted by Sankhya Samhita in How To Skills, Issue 12, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
Long distance relationships don’t work. Period. How many times have you heard this being said? How many movies have been made to prove this same thing again and again? Each time I watched one of these movies, hoping against hope that for once they’d brave showing some modicum of confidence in a long distance relationship, [...]
My Wonderful Companion- Bisoni
Posted by Hrishikesh Bharali in Issue 12, Issues, Random Take, Sections, Type 1, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 3 Comments
Prologue: Year: Somewhere in the summer of 2001 Location: A certain locality in the Greater Area of Ushanagar, Tezpur Light has been completely sucked out from this town. It seemed as if absolute darkness has complete sway for miles and miles except one or two houses and every soul in this town has been lulled [...]
Virtual World…Virtual Relationships
Posted by Upasana Das in Issue 12, Issues, Random Take, Sections, Type 1, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
It was sometime around July or August last year a cute little girl gave me a message in Orkut followed by a chat request in Gmail and the chat message read…. “Hi! Finally caught you”. Needless to say that Facebook was what followed next. And now over the last one year this relationship has blossomed [...]
