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Chatterji2016-01-16T07:55:33+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2015/10/09/meeting-ananya-and-savouring-homecoming/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/aniruddha-roychowdhury.jpgAniruddha RoychowdhuryFilmmaker Aniruddha Roy Chowdhuryhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fishermans-deck-2.jpgfisherman's deck 2The interiors of Fishermen's Deckhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/actress-ananya-chatterjee-wiki.jpgactress-ananya-chatterjee-wikiActress Ananya Chatterjee2015-10-10T19:36:06+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2015/09/10/i-just-cant-tolerate-exit-interview/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mother-son.jpegmother sonPicture taken from the internethttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20150428_153934.jpg20150428_153934Exit Interview is a fiction published by Rupa Publications2015-09-10T16:31:19+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2015/08/17/why-i-choose-to-be-childfree-suchismita-dasgupta-2/2016-03-21T14:11:54+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2015/08/17/why-i-choose-to-be-childfree-suchismita-dasgupta/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/suchismita4.jpgsuchismita4(From left:) Radhika Apte, make-up artist Aniruddha Chakladar, Tota Roy Choudhury and Suchismita on the sets of Ahalyahttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/suchismita2.jpgsuchismita2Suchismita clinched the Best Costume Award at the Madrid International Film Festival in 2013https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/suchismita3.jpgsuchismita3Suchismita in a Nextiles creationhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/suchismita1.jpgsuchismita1Suchismita Dasgupta2017-04-30T03:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2015/07/23/being-fat-is-just-fine-but-are-we-missing-a-point-here-sunayana/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sunny4.jpgsunny4Doing justice to the monochrome trend.https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sunny8.jpgSunny8Rocking a floral summer dress on the streets of New Yorkhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sunny10.jpgsunny10Sunayana looking classy in a silk saree.https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sunny-9.jpgsunny 9Sunayana in 2009 when she had knocked off 20 kgshttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sunny2.jpgsunny2https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sunny7.jpgsunny7Sunayana is completely comfortable and confident in a pair of shorts and T-shirthttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sunny5.jpgsunny5Sunny Sarkar in a black winter jacket which she has brightened up with a violet scarf2015-10-28T07:00:58+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2015/07/16/i-am-fat-but-i-know-how-to-rock-my-style-soumyasree/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11720626_10153357106576488_425464074_n.jpg11720626_10153357106576488_425464074_nA different take on the Bengali fave red and white saree. Saree and the unique blouse are both creations of Nextile by Suchismita Dasgupta. Jewelry: RuHH by Debarpita Senhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11714511_10153365579921488_565912233_n.jpg11714511_10153365579921488_565912233_nAnshu's Rongeen Collection by Pritha Mukherjee. Notice the Bengal special jamdani in the pallu. Necklace: Tantra by Meher Dasgupta. Bracelet: Nakshaa by Rijula Duttaroyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11713519_10153357110411488_521075739_n.jpg11713519_10153357110411488_521075739_nThe highlight of this attire is the specially designed blouse.https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11720016_10153357125346488_413924683_n.jpg11720016_10153357125346488_413924683_nBatik on tussar from Angachaya by Nisupta Bhattacharyahttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11694368_10153357284361488_168081070_n.jpg11694368_10153357284361488_168081070_nHandloom from Cupraa by Sarmishtha Somhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11693142_10153357284271488_916495980_n.jpg11693142_10153357284271488_916495980_nBlack kanjivaram from Thamboori by Uthra Arvind https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11713448_10153357111711488_1551988264_n.jpg11713448_10153357111711488_1551988264_nI have teamed bright colours and played with my hair. I salute weavers of Bengal in a matka silk saree from Angachaya by Nisupta Bhattacharya. https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11719996_10153356757756488_2135853497_n.jpg11719996_10153356757756488_2135853497_nLayered dressing when done right looks good on plus-sized people. I also avoid tops that have snug necklines. Seen here in Jeans from Alto Moda (the Plus Size section of Pantaloons), Top is from San Francisco based plus size brand IGIGI. Jacket from Lane Bryant, a plus size American brand.https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11717009_10153357071991488_733986728_n.jpg11717009_10153357071991488_733986728_nDyed Tussar with Cross Stitch Embroidery pink from Sanskriti by Lalia Duttagupta. Accessories include a matching clutch and a simple necklace. https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11713410_10153356767951488_997399647_n.jpg11713410_10153356767951488_997399647_nMy husband is someone who could live in jeans all his life -- so matched up to him with my jeans and they say black is slimming, so is a natural favorite. Induced some color with beads from Nakshaa by Rijula Duttaroy. Belle shoes from Clarks.2017-06-30T17:53:51+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2015/05/04/wow-for-the-real-women/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wow.jpgwowAn all-women band performing at WOWhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wow1.jpgwow12015-05-04T08:02:20+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2015/04/16/i-would-love-to-write-about-late-tun-tun-alaka-sahani/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/alaka-11.jpgAlaka (1)https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/alka-2.jpgAlka 2Alaka Sahani receiving the National Award from the president of Indiahttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tun-tun.jpgtun tunTun Tun was called the first woman comedian of Indiahttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/alaka-1.jpgAlaka (1)Alaka Sahani won the National Award for the Best Film Critic for the year 20132022-09-23T20:01:03+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2015/03/14/suzettes-death-will-now-bring-the-twist-her-story-lacked/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/suzettte-and-hunter-pix-diganta-gogoi.jpgSuzettte and Hunter. Pix Diganta GogoiSuzette Jordan (Pix by Diganta Gogoi published in Friday)2016-03-12T02:08:37+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2015/02/19/we-are-aware-stop-domestic-violence-by-fiza-pathan/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/banner3.jpgbanner32015-02-24T05:56:20+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2014/12/12/are-we-becoming-blase-about-rape/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/veeranganas.jpgveeranganashttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/uber-cab.jpguber cabUber Cab. Picture taken from the net.https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/suzette1-pix-diganta-gogoi.jpgSuzette1. Pix Diganta GogoiBehind this lovely smile is hidden a struggle that Suzette Jordan has to live every day. Pix: Diganta Gogoi2014-12-13T09:00:48+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2014/11/02/why-is-it-in-india-we-never-feel-safe-when-we-step-outside-our-homes/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/swati-copy1.jpgswati copySwati Vakharia is an IT expert, who has started her website with a vision for womenhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screen-shot-2014-10-07-at-12-25-58-am.pngScreen Shot 2014-10-07 at 12.25.58 amSwati campaigning against female foeticidehttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/swati-copy.jpgswati copySwati Vakharia is an IT expert, who has started her website with a vision for women2014-12-18T19:45:26+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2014/10/25/the-darkness-i-saw-this-diwali/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/diwali3.gifdiwali3https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/diwali.jpgDiwaliLit up balconies during Diwali in Dubai2014-10-27T18:11:06+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2014/10/18/why-these-devadasis-refused-to-dance-to-gods-tune/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/devadasi.jpgDevadasiDevadasis in ancient Indiahttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/4.jpg4Former Devadasi Kasturi is in the textiles businesshttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/3.jpg3Kallava became a Devadasi at six, gave birth to three children in her late 40s and now pays her children's school fees from her goat rearing buisnesshttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/5.jpg5Mala took her first leap out of the Devadasi system when she opened her pan shophttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/8.jpg8After Mangal's grocery store took off she got a marriage proposal which she acceptedhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2.jpg2Shobha could not find employment for years till she started on her own, raising buffalos and selling 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before make-uphttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/swati3.jpgswati3Swati's all-new visiting cardhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_5993.jpgDSC_5993Swati with Marvie at her hair and make-up academy in Mumbaihttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/swati2.jpgswati2Swati Singh worked with designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee for four years2014-09-09T19:45:35+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2014/06/19/shortstory-kasha-the-love-of-a-hijra-by-fiza-pathan/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/file5431234060083.jpgfile5431234060083https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/file8321289329278.jpgDIGITAL 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2014-05-08T10:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2014/05/06/i-defied-the-taliban-to-make-my-daughters-doctors/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/afghan1.jpgafghan1An Afghan girl (picture from the internet)https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/afghan2.jpgEGYPT NIQABhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/afghan3.jpgMudslide survivorsWomen in blue burqas sitting inside make-shift shelters after the landslide claimed thousands of lives in Afghanistan2014-05-08T13:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2014/04/21/a-journalist-lost-her-job-because-she-was-pregnantthen-she-fought-back/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/preggy.jpgA pregnant woman working in officePicture taken from the internet2014-06-01T08:48:36+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2014/04/14/oh-please-jashodaben-modi-is-definitely-not-a-bechari/2015-04-17T18:39:54+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2014/03/26/teenager-lands-in-trouble-because-he-believes-smoking-is-bad-for-health/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_2889-1024x1021.jpgDSC_2889 (1024x1021)Actor Bobby Chakraborty has taken his anti-addiction campaign to schools in West Bengal and has inspired young 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Chowdhury travelled for an hour in the middle of the night to ensure Samrajni was safehttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sayan-sengupta.jpgSayan Sengupta did not know any of them but joined them in the searchhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sourav-sarkar.jpgSourav SarkarSourav Sarkar joined Joydeep in his mission to find Samrajnihttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/joydeep-1.jpgJoydeep 1Joydeep Sengupta didn't have Samrajni's address. He just knew he had to stop her.https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/depression.jpgdepressionPicture taken from internet2014-01-17T05:53:13+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2012/05/20/dont-blame-the-men-for-female-feoticide-and-infanticide-its-the-women-who-are-responsible/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/indian-wedding.jpgIndian wedding2013-12-07T15:19:20+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/11/30/sexual-harassment-in-indian-media-the-inside-story-part-ii-2/2015-07-14T21:09:35+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/11/29/sexual-harassment-in-indian-media-the-inside-story-part-i/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rina-mukherji.jpgRina MukherjiJournalist Rina Mukherji moved court against her employer and fought her case for 10 long yearshttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sexual-harassment.jpgsexual 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night.https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscn3960.jpgDSCN39602017-06-23T08:39:39+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/11/23/us-and-them/2013-11-26T09:15:14+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/11/14/my-boss-is-always-touching-me/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/laptop11.jpglaptop12015-10-30T19:14:28+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/11/05/now-suzette-gets-to-think-together-with-amitabh-bachchan-and-robert-de-niro/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/robert.jpgrobertRobert De Nirohttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/farhan.jpgfarhanFarhan Akhtarhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/amitabh.jpgAmitabhAmitabh Bachchanhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/suzette_2.jpgSuzette_2Suzette Jordan 2013-11-11T10:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/08/31/head-at-23-when-i-joined-journalism-no-one-told-me/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/15-park.jpg15 parkIn the film 15 park Avenue Konkona Sen Sharma plays the role of a journalist, who is raped when she go to a small town to cover the political situation there. https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn4322.jpgWomen in JournalismConfessions of a woman journalist from India2013-10-03T08:55:58+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/09/07/why-sushmita-banerjee-went-back-to-face-the-taliban/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sushmita-banerjee.jpgSushmita-Banerjee-Writer Sushmita Bandopadhyay and (right) Manisha Koirala playing her in reel-life in the Hindi film Escape from Taliban2013-09-11T20:26:09+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/08/22/what-is-the-psychology-of-rape/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/partha.jpgparthaDr Partha Gangopadhyay is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist based in Scotlandhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rape-45_2.jpgrape 45_22013-09-30T15:47:41+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/08/04/love-friendship-in-south-point-school/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/south-point.jpgsouth pointA recent re-union of the our South Point batch in Kolkata (Pix by Sanjoy Saha taken from our FB Group page)https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/south-point1.jpgsouth point1Our school group enjoying Durga Puja 1990 at Triangular Park, Kolkata (Pix taken from Arpita Mukherjee Mitra's FB albums)https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/south-point2.jpgsouth point2The South Point High School building2022-05-19T13:18:47+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/07/29/you-dont-have-to-be-a-superman-to-help-out-a-woman-in-distress-bobby-chakraborty/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bobby.jpgBobbyBobby at a candlelight vigil in Kolkata in June, protesting violence against womenhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sunderban.jpgsunderbanBobby posing with local kids at Sunderbanhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/school-kids.jpgschool kidsBobby with children at a schoolhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bobby1.jpgBobby1Bengali actor Bobby Chakraborty2013-07-29T19:12:07+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/07/26/the-fiercest-feminist-i-have-metand-its-a-man/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/equality.jpgequalityhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/equality2.jpgequality22013-07-27T00:17:23+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/07/04/after-revealing-my-identity-as-the-park-street-rape-victim-i-have-got-more-respect-and-also-more-threats-suzette-jordan/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/suzette-jordan-380-1.jpgSuzette-Jordan-380 (1)Suzette Katrina Jordan2015-03-13T12:25:38+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/07/01/india-everest-conquerors-mountaineers-quietly-rescuing-people-in-uttarakhand-mustead/2013-07-01T13:47:24+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/06/10/i-know-what-jiah-khan-was-going-through-koneenica/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/koni.jpgKoniKoneenica at a recent photoshoot. (Photograph taken from her Facebook page)https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jiah-khan.jpgjiah khanBollywood actress Jiah Khan committed suicide on June 3, 2013 by hanging herselfhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/koni1.jpgKoni1Bengali actress Koneenica Banerjee2015-03-13T06:49:09+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/06/06/stolen-childhoods/2013-06-28T08:18:09+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/06/02/heres-one-luxury-that-comes-for-free-in-dubai/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn4142.jpgDSCN4142The setting was absolutely tranquilhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn4154.jpg???????????????????????????????Julie helps out a student to do the headstandhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn4148.jpgDSCN4148Step 3https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn4147.jpgDSCN4147Step 2https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn4146.jpgDSCN4146Step 1https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn4120.jpgDSCN4120Kayaking enthusiasts in the backdrophttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn4114.jpg???????????????????????????????Take it easy if you can't do a posture is what Julie sayshttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn4091.jpg???????????????????????????????Yoga session in progresshttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn4159.jpg???????????????????????????????Julie Campos Farmer doing yoga on the Umm Suqeim beach in Dubai2013-07-09T14:32:14+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/05/27/india-jail-born-man-earns-bail-money-for-release-of-his-mother-after-19-years-wtf/2013-05-28T13:40:37+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/05/21/5-more-reasons-why-ash-will-always-have-the-last-laugh/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aishwarya-3.jpgaishwarya 3A full view of the saree created by Sabyasachihttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aradhya.jpgAradhyaAishwarya with daughter Aradhya at her hotel balcony in Canneshttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aishwarya-rai.jpgaishwarya raiAishwarya Rai in a Sabyasachi creation2013-06-02T12:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/04/29/may-i-have-your-attention-please-2/2013-04-29T06:26:59+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/04/20/were-my-parents-justified-in-their-paranoia/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/drink.jpgdrinkhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/parents-1.jpgparents 12013-04-28T05:06:54+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/03/25/finding-my-past-in-muscat-through-facebook-2/2013-03-25T18:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/03/25/finding-my-past-in-muscat-through-facebook/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn34521.jpg???????????????????????????????The view from the damhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn3582.jpgDSCN3582Sunset at Qurum beachhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn3576.jpgDSCN3576Qurum Beachhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn3505.jpg???????????????????????????????Omani couple sitting togetherhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn3490.jpgQuriyat Beachhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn3452.jpgDSCN3452The view from the other side of the damhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn3438.jpgDSCN3438The picnic spot next to the damhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn3414.jpgDSCN3414Wadi Dayqah Dam in Quriyat. An hour's drive from Muscat.https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn3552.jpg???????????????????????????????A typical road in Muscat. Pix credit: Swati.https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn3320.jpgDSCN3320View from Rahul-Swati's home2013-03-25T17:45:01+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/03/08/10-things-that-have-changed-for-the-indian-woman-2/2013-03-08T17:04:32+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/03/08/10-things-that-have-changed-for-the-indian-woman/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bindi2.jpgbindi2https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bindi.jpgBindi2013-03-22T21:54:28+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/03/06/are-men-naturally-better-looking-than-women-2/2013-03-06T13:58:06+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2013/03/06/are-men-naturally-better-looking-than-women/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/aishwarya1.jpgaishwarya1I couldn't find a make-up free snap of Aishwarya Rai. Sigh!https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/kim1.jpgkim1Kim with make-uphttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/kim.jpgkimKim without make-uphttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/make-up.jpgmake-up2013-03-11T13:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2012/12/29/while-we-cry-hoarse-over-the-delhi-rape-case-did-you-know-the-guwahati-molestation-verdict-is-out/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rape.jpgrapeA girl protesting in Delhihttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rape1.jpgrape1The Guwahati incident2015-03-11T08:12:33+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2012/12/16/sandy-hook-incident-has-dealt-a-blow-to-our-belief-system/2012-12-16T18:43:49+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2012/11/16/we-saw-hudson-sweeping-through-our-neighbourhood-through-our-26th-floor-window-sunayana-sarkar/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/picture-123.jpgPicture 123Sunayana and Pradeep on a ferry on the Hudson. I took this snap on our holiday in the US in 2009https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/picture-214.jpgPicture 214The road in front of her buildinghttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_16141.jpgIMG_1614The Marina behind Sunayana's apartment buildinghttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_1614.jpgIMG_16142012-11-16T19:48:47+00:00monthlyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/2012/11/11/because-of-my-water-logging-experience-in-kolkata-i-could-deal-with-sandy-better-indrani-das/https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_16231.jpgIMG_1623Indrani with daughter Aparajita on their terrace. I took this photograph on my visit in 2009.https://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sandy1.jpgsandy1The same view during Sandyhttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_16091.jpgIMG_1609The view from Indrani's homehttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_1609.jpgIMG_1609The Manhattan skyline visible from Indrani's terracehttps://amritaspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_1623.jpgIMG_1623Indrani and daughter Aparajita at their terrace in Jersey City. 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