Sharmistha Dasgupta: A Myriad Quill Canvas
Thinking, observing and writing on anything and everything that tugs at my heart
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When the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stood on the stage of World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2026 and declared that the global order was experiencing “rupture, not a transition”, he challenged a bunch of assumptions and norms of the neo-liberal world order. His speech was a wake-up call for middle powers like…
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If 2024 taught me how to embrace loss, 2025 made me realise the necessity of letting go. I wouldn’t say I have mastered the lesson yet to implement it successfully, but I’d like to believe I tried and I’m still trying with every ounce of my being. There is no comparison that stands when it…
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If you had internet access and were even remotely active on social media in 2025, you must not be oblivious to the ‘Bonrad’ frenzy that gripped the web world for months this year. Even Oxford took note of it, or so it may seem. The third and final season of ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’…
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I once read somewhere, “Grief is love with no place to go.” Grieving is never a linear process. Rather it is a messy one, engulfing every ounce of spirit we have in our being. Until a few years ago, I used to think that it is only the dead whom we grieve. Navigating through my…
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“What do you mean by a nice girl? She is moody and arrogant just like me.” The word “feminism” is often enveloped in a flashy outer coating in the modern day, so much so that its real ethos is forgotten in its ever-increasing usage. When we talk about a feminist book or a movie, the…
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Calcutta is often revered as a city that is slow and steeped in the past as a relic of the bygone ages. In contemporary art and writings, it is often associated with evoking memories. As we recall the past, somewhere or the other we see how the city too possesses a character arc in shaping…
Sharmistha Dasgupta: A Myriad Quill Canvas 