Editorial
Posted by Editor in Editorial, Issue 13, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
From the time I was five, until the time I understood the meaning of death anniversaries, 20th June meant only one thing for me. My sister and I would take part in the All Assam Jyoti Sangeet and Rabha Sangeet competitions that used to be organized by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), and were [...]
Anurag Saikia
Posted by Sankhya Samhita in Fried Eye Special, Issue 13, Issues, Sections, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 1 Comment
Dear Ma-Deuta, I had once promised you that I will introduce you to your grandson before I even get married. Here’s presenting your first grandson “Tup Tup” in your loving arms. Tell me, is he, too, like me? ~Papu These catchy words are on the cover of the audio CD “Tup Tup”, released sometime [...]
Assamese Cuisines : Easy Eats
Posted by Sharmin in Fried and Tasty, Issue 13, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 1 Comment
Pumpkin Flower Fritters ‘Bors’[1] are generally served as a starter in Assam, to be enjoyed with a bowl of ‘khar’[2] and rice at the beginning of a meal, although they can be enjoyed as snack with a cup of tea as well. Assamese cuisine has some of the most interesting bors made from flowers like [...]
Chunky Chic
Posted by Gargee Borah in Fashion & Trends, Issue 13, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
With the mention of the word “accessory”, the first thing that comes to my mind is jewellery. And I am sure, it’s the case with most of us. In today’s cosmopolitan world, fashion is incomplete without this accessory and most of the time it helps in uplifting an already trendy quotient. It’s the basic essence [...]
Leap Series
Posted by Diganta Gogoi in Issue 13, Issues, Sections, Through the Lens, Type 1, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
“If you can’t fly, jump”. Diganta Gogoi, originally from Assam but living in Kolkata for more than three years now, believes that jumping is the closest one can feel to flying; when one is completely free. Capturing the essence of this moment of freedom are the photos in his “Leap Series”. All the photos have [...]
Leading From Pole To the Chequered Flag
Posted by Raghav Arora in Issue 13, Issues, Sections, Sports Desk, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
It looked like a walk in the park for Sebastian Vettel, in the current season it is a feeling that if Vettel decides to race the first question which comes to everyone’s mind is ‘Who will come 2nd today….????.’ That’s exactly what Vettel has done in 6 out of eight races this season and it [...]
Jefferey Archer – As I See Him
Posted by Fried Guest in Book Club, Issue 13, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 1 Comment
What else but best sellers can be expected from an author who can begin a story with the lines, “Tomorrow it would be 1 AD, but nobody had told him.” At 70, Jeffrey Archer has seen it all. He was an MP before he turned 30, was almost a bankrupt, did time in prison and [...]
Scrabble
Posted by Purbarag P. Choudhury in Fiction, Issue 13, Issues, Sections, Type 1, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 2 Comments
It was pitch dark outside. The living room was dimly lit by the candles on the antique candelabra. The old man sat reading the newspaper, avoiding the stupid conversation between his wife and his brother-in-law, Pinto. He considered him a lunatic and hated him for his irrational chatter. The white-haired old lady sat beside her [...]
Equality or Oppression ?
Posted by Sabrina Sirkar in Issue 13, Issues, Random Take, Sections, Type 1, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
It is said that we live in a multicultural, globalized and free world. States and people are regarded to be free in spirit and essence. Then how does one justify the recent ban on the full veils and headscarves worn by Muslim women as a part of their attire. The French Government passed a legislation [...]
Ash effective as it gets!
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 13, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 3 Comments
So Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is pregnant. And the whole country seems to be discussing about it, giving her a new found star status. I fail to recollect the last time she gathered as much attention. Her last film, another effort with her husband Abhishek Bachchan, was the ill fated Raavan. Not that they have not had [...]
Shopaholism – Analysed
Posted by Fried Guest in Fried Guest, Issue 13, Issues, Random Take, Sections, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 2 Comments
By Jayaprakashan Ambali Consumerism is taking roots in India, spurred by the new shopping malls and fuelled by the high disposable incomes of an increasing number of young Indians. Shopaholism, retail therapy, shop till you drop etc. are the popular terms for this emerging consumer tendency to buy more than their wants, let alone their [...]
X-Men: First Class
Posted by Parmita Borah in Issue 13, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
Director: Matthew Vaughn Writers: Ashley Miller (screenplay), Zack Stentz(screenplay), Jane Goldman (screenplay), Matthew Vaughn (screenplay), Sheldon Turner (story) and Bryan Singer (story) Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence With 3D technology making huge waves in the world of cinema, it is a huge risk for any Hollywood director to make a film from the X-Men [...]
How to Fix a Broken Heart?
Posted by Manjil P. Saikia in How To Skills, Issue 13, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
There is only thing that superglue can’t fix, and that’s a broken heart! Now, the previous sentence may not be correct technically, but what the hell, it’s true anyways. There is no one more miserable than someone who has had a heartbreak recently. And it goes for guys as well as girls equally. Having my [...]
Horrorscope
Posted by Bhoothnath in Horrorscope, Issue 13, Issues, Type 3, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 3 Comments
You know what is so sweet about personality analysis through sun signs? They always tell you about your plus points and the negative traits are presented in such a sugar coated way that even the negativity seems desirable. Or maybe it is written as a fine print so that it hardly gets noticed. But how [...]
