Vikram Hazra

Have no excuses to offer for being away so long…I could say I was doing lots of stuff, but isn’t that what I always do? Feels good to be back though, and yes I have not been idly occupied — be prepared for several exciting announcements in the days to come. Meanwhile, enjoy some pics […]

Shubho Bijoya! Boroder pronam, chhotoder ashish, bondhuder kolakuli aar shokolke ottonto preeti o shubhechha janai. Joy Gurudeb, Tina o Bikrom Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

We are in Kolkata for Durga Pujo, staying with some very dear friends. This is their very handsome rose-ringed parakeet, who is always entertaining and quite philosophical in his outlook on life. A certain person was always hesitant to have him on her shoulder, but she seems to have gotten over that apprehension now 🙂

While in Baroda last weekend, I just had to take Tina to one of my all-time favourite haunts — the Sayaji Baug zoo! I practically lived there on my holidays; it’s a wonder they didn’t give me an honorary cage 🙂 This coincided with a humongous Gerald Durell fixation (“My Family and Other Animals” and […]

A nice article from AOL’s press bureau: As the world observes the International Day of Non-Violence on October 2 to commemorate the 139th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, we stand at a point  in time when the world needs his ideals of non-violence and peace more than ever. Who will bring back the value of […]

The past two days I was in Baroda (Vadodara) and of course I had to take a special leave from my diet and enjoy 7 cups (in 2 days) of what I consider the best icecream on planet earth; its a small shop called Natural Ice Cream (not to be confused with Natural’s — the […]