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It was 7 in the morning, I opened the door to get the milk packet from the bag, hanging from the latch. As I reached out to get it, I was startled to find an envelope, neatly sealed. It bore my name and address but there was no stamp. I assumed it was delivered by courier. I kept it on top of the shoerack, next to the door and went on to finish my chores, my daughter  had her school and since my husband was out of station now, I would have to drop her at 7:30. The day went by and I entirely forgot about the envelope. It was only in the evening, after I returned from my walk, it caught my sight and I immediately grabbed it. I tore it open and got absolutely jawstuck. Oh, is it some kind of a joke? Is someone playing a prank with me? Is it my daughter, who often plays kiddish pranks with me, but not to this extent. Then who can it be?  The reason for these stream of questions and possibilities clouding my mind was due to the queer content of the letter. It read: Dear Reubenna, Before you

I have never watched Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas, in fact I have not watched any film based on this iconic novel by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay, except for Dev D ( I loved the positive ending). This Sunday, when my husband took charge of the kitchen and explored his way into making the perfect Kolkata Style Biriyani, ( he dons the cap of being the better chef) I had enough time to ponder over the other things in life. Then I started to think what are the novels from which movies have been made in Hindi. The first name that came to my mind was Devdas. So today I am going to list a few Hindi Classic films adapted from Bengali novels that I would love to watch. 1. Devdas (1955): I would definitely love to watch this film with Dilip Kumar playing the titular role. I have chosen this instead of the 2002 version because I felt the originality of the novel might be kept intact in this version. Another reason are the lead actors in the film- Dilip Kumar, I mean who better than the Traged