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“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.” — Anonymous They say, what a nice picture, I'd say how nicely a picture is taken. So, what is a nice picture?  On the occasion of #worldphotographyday, myself a small learner and observer of life, who happens to document them, as is, it is, ofcourse there would be a story hidden, behind each photograph.  As a child, I was never to be seen in pictures, because yours truly was a defacto family photographer. Those days, analog camera, the roll and printing and subsequent Joy and excitement enveloped the printed versions, #matt finish... It's like the pre instant maggi time, where a picture equalled to hard toil, sweat and dirt, like giving a birth. Don't want to sound like a dinosaur, in 2020, I do not have a camera. Just a mobile phone. My last spoil was a Samsung #s10, and happy so far. Graduated from rigid and  fixated Microsoft  Nokia to flexi and modern Android. Hmm. Th...

Leading from the front Mamata Banerjee has reinvented West Bengal to take it to the top of the SKOCH State of Governance charts in 2018. In the process, from villages to cities, Panchayat offices to chief minister's office, West Bengal has witnessed a governance transformation. India is a land of contradictions. Digital goes hand in hand with agrarian; and modern looks well matched with traditional. And one state that seems to reflect this fabric of India in recent times is West Bengal. Clad in a white saree with blue border and the quintessential blue slippers, the leader of West Bengal is known as Mamata didi. A stranger to Mamata Banerjee’s stature wouldn’t believe in the grit she holds within but holds she does, and she holds steely determination and firebrand social activism. Leading from the front, Mamata Banerjee has reinvented West Bengal and in the process, from villages to cities, Panchayat offices to chief minister’s office, the state has witnessed a governan...