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Keya Sarkar

All stories by Keya Sarkar

My Business: Gone with the Covid
Rediff.com5 Sep 2020

'Covid or no Covid, I knew I had made the right decision (calls from my bank to extend...

A view of the lockdown from Santiniketan
Rediff.com3 May 2020

Never have I been so thankful for my decision to quit my life in Mumbai and shift to...

Is this how 'women's empowerment' plays out?
Rediff.com7 Mar 2020

'I wonder how much of the guilt do I bear for having started off the cycle in the first...

Is India ready for NPR?
Rediff.com3 Feb 2020

Prodded by Mamata Banerjee, Keya Sarkar updates her voter card only to discover...

What's the purpose of 'didike bolo', Mamataji?
Rediff.com21 Dec 2019

'Despite many advising me otherwise saying "nothing will come of it", I refused to be...

Are you a 'voluntourist'?
Rediff.com11 Jul 2019

We had managed to unshackle another youngster from the chains of buzzwords, says Keya...

Why I stopped being my bank's 'priority' customer
Rediff.com6 Jun 2019

'I know margins are under pressure, but have banks begin to stoop so low to enhance...

The truth about training
Rediff.com20 Oct 2018

'I wondered how one could impart training to grown men to not lie,' notes Keya Sarkar.

Mark my wood!
Rediff.com10 Jun 2018

'My curiosity remained regarding what predominantly middle class Bengalis who frequent...

The day my butta felt adulterated!
Rediff.com27 May 2018

While everyone raves about the joys of the monsoons, Keya Sarkar is not as enthusiastic.

Where have Santiniketan's cycle rickshaws gone?
Rediff.com25 Mar 2018

The cycle rickshaws have been replaced by battery-run 'totos'. These 'totos' strangely...

How Tagore's legacy is being encroached upon
Rediff.com1 Dec 2017

Tagore had a song for every occasion. Perhaps one of his songs on greed could become...

Thank God for DeMo, GST!
Rediff.com27 Oct 2017

'Much as I have been enjoying the anti-GST jokes on WhatsApp and also worrying about...

The daughter of a 'monied' father
Rediff.com2 Oct 2017

Keya Sarkar outlines some of the challenges faced by a low-income father determined to...

When a dreaded snake came a-visiting
Rediff.com29 Apr 2017

'As it coiled around the stick and the gardener started to walk out, our house help...

The diary of a small-town car owner
Rediff.com17 Mar 2017

For Keya Sarkar it HAD TO BE a Maruti because that was the only company with a service...

Tagore's university to Mamata's university
Rediff.com7 Feb 2017

While the standards of Visva Bharati University fall, the chief minister of West Bengal...

Eye to eye
Rediff.com12 Jan 2017

Bereft of options when Keya Sarkar arrives at a charitable eye hospital in Santiniketan...

Eye to eye
Rediff.com12 Jan 2017

Bereft of options when Keya Sarkar arrives at a charitable eye hospital in Santiniketan...

When an MP 'developed' Tagore
Rediff.com17 Dec 2016

Knowing Rabindranath Tagore's dedication to aesthetics and simplicity, Keya Sarkar...