Are We Going to Witness another Season of Waterlogging in Kolkata?
One of the fun activities which I miss as a grown-up is walking in the waterlogged streets of Kolkata. I will never forget those rainy days when I walked home after school hours through a drowned road. I was not alone. My friends were also as ecstatic as me. We enjoyed ourselves to the fullest,…
Why It Is the Right Time to Buy Property Even When Prices are Going up
Every difficulty comes with an opportunity to benefit if you are alert. The current meltdown in the financial markets is another such opportunity for a massive gain. Financial markets have witnessed major price erosion with stocks, cryptos, and almost every financial asset heading lower. As inflation is rising fast and furious, it is destroying the…
How You can Create an Admirable Garden even if You are a Total Starter
Living beside greenery has many health benefits, and you can create a fascinating green space at your home with some tips and minimal effort. A well-developed garden can make you joyful and happy if you just spend some time in it. In our fast-paced urban lifestyle, very few have time for gardening but this hobby…
Ready-to-Move or Under-construction Property — What should You Prefer and Why?
Anirban almost always suffers from dilemmas. The situation became worse after he got married because his wife and mother generally do not agree on any point. He feels helpless as he must take one’s side and upset the other. The three of them have been staying in a rented home for a long time and…
Why Live in a Gated Community, Not a Traditional Locality in Kolkata?
Sujoy grew up in a North Kolkata neighbourhood. He loves the closely-knit houses with hardly any space among them and rooftops so close that you can just cross over them. Sometimes, you never know where a house ends and another begins. James Bond would have loved it! It is easy to jump from one roof…
How Moviegoing Changed in Kolkata; What to Expect in the Future
Shankha Roy is a famous actor today. He is a familiar and highly popular face on TV soaps, web series, and big-screen feature films. His interest in acting was fired up by watching great movies in the darkness of the movie theatres of Kolkata. Even when he was a child, the grandeur of films always…
Will the Rising Home Prices Put the Focus Back on Affordable Housing?
It is almost a month now. The last time Raj and Moonmonn visited her father’s home is more than a month. Although summer is on us, along with the rare heatwave, Jamaishashthi is some time away. However, Moonmoon’s mother wanted to see them and as the heatwave subsided a bit, Raj and Moonmoon were at…
Does Repo Rate-Hike Signify Costlier Home Loans Going forward?
Rajat, a 30-year-old software developer working in a top IT company at Salt Lake, Sector 5 in Kolkata, cannot avoid getting into some disagreements with his father. Rajat’s father has recently retired from a large engineering company and lives off the interest earned from his savings. With the bank interest dropping to a minimum, he…