The Eureka Moment Okay Folks! This post is in continuation with my Me’gong post and is about how we found a whales fossil in Meghalaya. While carrying out our scientific project work in Garo Hills for the session 2023-24, me and my project partner(also my life partner) Ginia made a significant discovery of a vertebrate […]
Author: Firoze Ahmed
TV series saviour:The Big Bang Theory
Ever since OTTs have made their entry into the entertainment business, its more of a headache to choose what to watch. We end up wasting more time in choosing what to watch rather than actually watching it. This, added with contrasting choices in viewing have limited the no. of series/ movies we watch together. Now […]
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A ‘Wet’ Picnic
The title “Wet Picnic” says it all!! It was one of the rainiest, wettest Meghalaya we ever saw since we moved here. My rakhi sister, who happens to be my college junior as well as office colleague for 15 years was visiting with her family. Her husband, a genius was also in my college, but […]
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Tears after watching a ‘Reel’
Sharing a weird story with you all which happened with me recently. I was casually scrolling down on instagram reels at the airport, irritated since our flight got delaaa……..aayed. ( Hey Spicejet, Shame on you!! Leave airline business and sell panipuri. People will bless you. ) Okay, the reel showed a playful golden retreiver waiting for […]
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Phuchka love
Samosa, biryani, phuchka are some of my most favourite food items. Relocating to Shillong from Kolkata owing to profession had created a hiatus so far in terms of these yummy food stuff. Whereas Shillong has its own unique charm, and has unparalleled natural beauty, it is nowhere near when it comes to food of Kolkata. […]
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Me-gong
Me-gong is a flower which grows abundantly in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya. The biodiversity of Garo hills is highly diverse in terms of botanical importance which are less studied I,myself, hailing from adjacent state, Assam have not yet seen many plant varieties and saw most of them for the first time. I will share […]
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5 minute miracle
I practice this 5 minute miracle technique of getting mentally relaxed before getting into the day’s grind esp. when there is a hectic day ahead. This started sometime in 2019 at a hotel(resort) I was staying at during my official field trips. The suite room in the resort had a wonderful seating and study space […]
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Wedding bells
How does it feel to be your own wedding planner? Its feels great. Wedding bells were round the corner for us when we finally managed to converge in our respective families. Ours was an extra special one followed by small reception where our families, dear friends and well wishers were present. Paperwork/formalities It officially started […]
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Zebra crossing, traffic signals and more
This post is about a daily mundane activity-driving to office every morning. I love driving and consider it as a fun activity. But, traffic/ road conditions in kolkata can make you feel otherwise. There are multiple routes to our office. We often drive through the same route everyday. So, the route, traffic signals, zebra crossings got […]
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South Goa Tales (Goa Part 4)
We had a very nice time in North Goa. A friend of mine along with his family joined us the day we were to go to South Goa.He is my college/ hostel-mate. His name is Jyotirmoy and his better half Poulami. They are fun people and make a cute couple. We have gone for several […]
