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# Creativity is the mother of all new ideas and innovation. It is that bright spark that leads to development of revolutionary techniques and path-breaking inventions.  Creativity at the workplace (# WorkplaceCreativity ) is something that's not usually common, barring some specific jobs that require constant innovation and creativity like advertising, marketing, brand promotion, research and development, copy-writing etc.  Most routine jobs allow little scope of creativity or innovation. As a result, we get used to doing things a routine way. Whatever creative ideas we may have at the beginning of our career/job get buried under the push and pull of routine work. Our creative urges slowly die out from not being used. As a famous quote goes, “ I believe this passionately: that we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather, we get educated out if it.” Now, the question is if you have become used to following orders and follow set patterns of thin...

The 43rd International Book Fair in Kolkata or #BoiMela as it is popularly known offered a feast for the mind and the senses. If you were a bibliophile, this was paradise. Stalls after stalls of publishers and sellers offering the latest in literature and quick reads, fiction and non-fiction, books for learning and for entertainment. One is literally spoilt for choice. .And for the others who are essentially out to have a good time, the Book Fair, spread over a sprawling fairground offers plenty of opportunities. There are plenty of food stalls, shops selling jute bags, junk jewellery, paintings, colourful kiosks for taking selfies, art and culture hubs, literary discussions, poetry, music performances, dance, you name it, Boi Mela has it. On #BasantPanchami, the day Bengal celebrates #SaraswatiPuja, in honour of the Goddess of Learning, the Book Fair saw unprecedented crowds and resembled a giant colourful pageant. Dressed in traditional wear and jewell...