I am back home. Finally! A break from the boring lectures, creepy professors and not to say the terrible food! This brief week-long Dol (or Holi) holiday comes as a blessing. A little late, and I would have lost all taste sensibilities.

Happy new year folks! BSNL has kept their promise. I am getting more than 1700 kbps of speed. Here is a screenshot of uTorrent. Incredible. I am just witnessing an overnight revolution in Indian broadband!

Here we get a breathtaking view of the mountains and on a clear day, the Kanchenjungha can be seen.

The government has made it mandatory for all medical students to serve in the rural areas for one year after internship in an attempt to ensure a steady flow of physicians to the remote villages where doctors are usually hesitant to go. This means that after the five-and-a-half years of MBBS (4.5 years study +…

When I first came to my college at the time of admission, I had no idea where it is located. So I am giving a location guide of the campus. North Bengal Medical College is located in Sushrutanagar, to the west of Siliguri, connected to the town by the 3rd Mahananda bridge. Sushrutanagar, otherwise referred…

In all my school years it never really struck me that I can actually get books from the bookstalls along the footpaths of Golpark. As this revelation dawned on me, I have been a regular customer there. The books there are a steal if you can strike a good deal. You may choose to buy…

Do you listen to a lot of music? Then you must be telling your friends more often than not what you are listening to. There are cool ways you can let the world know what music you are playing — online. With the help of plugins you can display the current track you are playing…

I have just given my site a complete design overhaul. There may be some glitches here and there yet to be fixed. Do tell me if you you notice anything. Also, tell me how it looks in your browser esp. if you have 800×600 screen area. And don’t forget to add your comments on the…

My database went kaput. I could not fix it and restored a backup taken a few days back. In doing so, I lost some comments and some votes. 🙁 Lesson learnt: Take backup of database as often as possible. Every alternate day at least, if not daily.

Omi Azad (www.ekushey.org) has stolen Bangla fonts made by Microsoft and is distributing that with design credits! It is really a shame that they have resorted to this kind of unscrupulous and fraudulent activity. I cant help wondering how can people be so imbecile? What a waste of time and energy! They take things for…