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Soumitra Sanyal – Cheers to the Vintage Indian!

On April 14, 2020 By chawm

The exact aetiology that makes OCD (of which we all “collectors” suffer in varying degrees) flower is, shall we say, not fully understood, as yet. Some experts postulate that we bear the condition in our genes, though what triggers the “mutation” (if that is the right term), is not clear.

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Pens, Pestilence and Penance for the Pendulous and the Pensive in Painful Penitentiary!

On March 29, 2020March 29, 2020 By chawm

These are trying times. Just when we were beginning to think that mankind has triumphed over the two biggest adversaries that has challenged its existence since the dawn of civilisation – war and pestilence, the world has been hit with a pandemic of such proportions that we have nothing in

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