Welcome to the Jolly Bengali Blog. I like writing about politics, travel and the trials & tribulations of being a Third Culture kid. My musings on sports are split out into a separate blog called The Confluence.
Categories
Correspondence is my travel-related musings.
Of Cabbages and Kings deals with the mundanities of life.
The Locke & Demosthenes categories are derived from the Ender’s Game saga by Orson Scott Card. Highly recommended reading, if you haven’t already read them.
A few of my favorite things…
Favorite Movies
The ones I rewatch:
- The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973)
- Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)
- The Matrix (The Wachowski Siblings, 1999)
- Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
- Spirited Away (Hayao Miyasaki, 2001)
The ones I love but rarely rewatch:
- The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1995)
- The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995)
- Aladdin (Ron Clements/John Musker, 1992)
- Singin’ in the Rain (Gene Kelly/Stanley Donen, 1956)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
- Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1956)
Favorite Books
The ones I sometimes re-read:
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Jester
- Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman
- Candide by Voltaire
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The ones I love but almost never reread:
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Favorite Songs
- Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie
- Soul to Squeeze by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Nuthin’ But A G Thang by Dr. Dre f/Snoop Doggy Dogg
- Can’t Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley
- Lovely Day by Bill Withers
- Winter by Tori Amos
- Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
- Black by Pearl Jam
- Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
- Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig Von Beethoven
- Canon In D by Johann Pachelbel
- Dream On by Aerosmith
- Galla Guriyan from the American Desi Soundtrack
Favorite TV shows
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