Category: Historical

Category: Historical

Freedom, Food and the Tragedy of Deaths

Freedom, Food and the Tragedy of Deaths

I came to live in Coochbehar with my parents- in- law after I was married. Coochbehar, 700 kilometres north of ...
Ghosts in the House

Ghosts in the House

Whenever I am haunted by memories of the past, our house in JabalpurA city in the central Indian province of ...
Knights by the Table

Knights by the Table

I do say that it is in my blood to run the Knight’s Fish & Chips Restaurant in Glastonbury. I ...
Palace to Partition: My Mother's Tale

Palace to Partition: My Mother’s Tale

I was travelling to Bangladesh for the first time in 2017. I told my mother that I was going for ...
Ruby and the Memsahibs

Ruby and the Memsahibs

I was travelling by car from Jamshedpur to DurgapurDurgapur in the state of West Bengal is 180 kilometres north of ...
To Ma, with Love

To Ma, with Love

My mother, Swarna Kumari (Beena) Roy Choudhury was the daughter of Professor Rajanikanta Guha, a well-known academic in Bengal, who ...
On the Wings of Dreams – My years of growing up

On the Wings of Dreams – My years of growing up

In a two part story, June recollects her childhood, her adulthood and the adventures of travel It was Sunday morning ...
The Legacy of my Swadeshi Grandparents

The Legacy of my Swadeshi Grandparents

Sometime around 5.30 am when the sun rises in winter in Guwahati Assam, that precious time in the morning when ...
An Unsung Hero -Debendra Chandra Dey

An Unsung Hero -Debendra Chandra Dey

Among the countless revolutionaries who participated in the struggle for Indian independence from British rule, many have become well known ...
My Jewish Legacy

My Jewish Legacy

I had always been struck by the large portrait of a man, that hung over my grandmother’s sitting room. I ...