Mamma's Pet

Bihar is an eastern state of India known for its rich cultural heritage and ancient historical sites. This state was known as Magadha in ancient times and was mentioned even in the famous epic Mahabharata. It was also a prominent kingdom during the Buddhist era and the reign of the Muslim rulers. There are various tourist spots in this state that draw thousands of people every year, who are interested to feel the historical value of these sites and enrich their own experiences.   1. Nalanda Mahavihar – This Buddhist monastery was world-famous due to the existence of an ancient university known to have excelled in learning Buddhist and Hindu philosophy, medicine, and Sanskrit grammar. It is believed to have existed during the period stretching from the 7 th century BC to 1200 CE. This excavated site near Bihar Shariff is now declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, due to its immense historical value.  According to the historians, this monastery complex was built during the r...

  Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal is my hometown. I was born and brought up in this city, which is fondly nicknamed 'The City of Joy'. In my childhood, it was known as Calcutta in English. Later, it was renamed Kolkata, to maintain the essence of Bengali culture of this place.     When the English rule started expanding in medieval India, they established a new city as the capital of the British Empire and named it Calcutta, after the name of one of the three villages, which were developed together to establish this large city. Later, although the capital of India was shifted to Delhi, Calcutta never lost its glory. Now, this city has been renamed Kolkata and still it continues to be a major attraction for common tourists, pilgrims, and history lovers from all over the world.   As Kolkata is rightly called “The City of Joy", you can enjoy yourself to your heart’s content, in many popular sites, including historical monuments, spots of scenic bea...

  I was a little girl of only 10 years. I needed to get a passport-sized photo for admission in a new school. I was about to be admitted in Auxilium Convent, Bandel, for which I was quite excited. My parents asked me to be dressed in my previous school’s uniform for this photo shoot session.   My mother got me dressed in the red and white checked tunic and white shirt, with a little red tie, which was the uniform of my previous school. I went to a studio in Bandel with my mother, as my father had to work overtime that day. The photographer uncle was a kind and cheerful person. He asked me to sit upright on a pouf in his studio and clicked my photo. He clicked twice to make sure of getting a good-quality passport photo of mine.   When I was asked to get up after the photo shoot, I thought of having a photo with my mother as well. I requested the photographer, “Uncle, please can you click a photo of me and mother too?” He readily agreed and asked me and my mother to...

  People always try to protect their feet from all injuries or hard weather, as these are the parts which bear the total burden of their bodies. From ancient time, humans started the practice of tying some animal hides or strong barks of the tree around their ankles, so that their feet remained covered and protected while walking the jungles and mountains. Thus, started the custom of wearing socks on the feet, which is now too much popular among the people of all societies and of all ages.   Origin and reformation of socks down the history: The word “socks” is derived from the Latin word ‘Soccus’, which means loose-fitting slipper. The use of socks date long back to ancient man, as far as the 8 th century B.C., when mainly Greeks and Romans were known to put on socks, made from thick animal fur. Later socks became a status symbol among the richer class of the society or worn by the religious people in some European countries. Socks were generally knitted by hand till 158...

It is generally believed that people dream, whatever lies deep within their sub-conscious mind. Sometimes unknown places or people may come up with the dream, whom we actually might have forgotten after seeing just once. Our deepest fears also can show up in some other form in our dreams. In ancient times people wanted to decipher their dreams, as they feared that signs of their future might be predicted through their dreams by the divine powers. But modern psychologists also have accepted the importance of dreams in bringing out the inner self of a person. Normally I cannot remember my dreams, as the images become blurred after I am fully awake in the morning. Still, some dreams stay so vividly before my eyes, as if those incidents have actually happened in real life. My dream of last night was just one such rare one, which I remember minute details till now. I saw that our whole family was packing up to go somewhere, including my father (actually my father is no more in this wo...

1st March is a great festive day for me because it is my mother's birthday. It is the greatest celebration for me in the whole year, even greater than the Durga Puja, as my Mom is living Goddess for me. So I always make it sure that I do my best to make it as colorful and enjoyable as possible.  The above pictures were taken in her birthday party in evening. Though it was a cozy little gathering comprising a few  neighbors, our close relatives and friends. Mom lovingly cut my handmade fruit cake and extinguished the magic candles which continued to emit the tune of Happy birthday song. I gifted her a super net sari of bottle-green color, which she was wearing in the party, as seen in the photo. She was looking so wonderful!!!! My Mom is the greatest Mom of the world.............. I too wore a new kurta, bought specially for the occasion, on my mother's request.  All of us enjoyed the birthday feast with different tasty snacks and sweets. I decked the entire apartment...