Love, Life and Connected Pasts
Today, as I reflect on the spirit of Muhibbah – the goodwill that beautifully unites Malaysians – I am compelled to celebrate the extraordinary … Read the rest
Anagha, my daughter, told me yesterday her oldest memory is of me giving her lunch. She remembers me giving her small pieces of lady’s finger sabzi, making up stories about it. She remembers me telling her stories about two guys … Read the rest
I’ve been thinking of my father a lot, of late. It’s been ten years since he’s been gone and he still leaves a huge hole in my life that will never ever be filled. When I was in a quandary, … Read the rest
This is a page out of Lady Hardinge Medical College memories in New Delhi in the late 1960s. We were in the third year of College. It was our prerogative as seniors to devise ways to harass the freshers. It … Read the rest
This is a continuation of Part I
At about 4.30 p.m. on 4 April 1961, near the border between West Bengal and East Pakistan, I found myself caught in a crossfire, with close to 10 Pakistani soldiers with rifles and … Read the rest
As I look back on my past, I feel as if a firm, gentle, powerful Hand had moulded the events of my life so that they formed a pattern.
I was a professional soldier by choice from 1941. In June … Read the rest
This incident took place in Chhattisgarh way back in 2006.
Chhattisgarh attained statehood after it was carved out of the large province of Madhya Pradesh in the year 2000. The state borders six provinces -Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, … Read the rest
My son Pradip asked me to write down what I remember of my Mejda (second elder brother) Sukumar Chatterjee.
So, I begin.
Gopal Chandra Mukhopadhyaya of Chandni Para, Shantipur, Nadia District of West Bengal, my grandfather, was the only son … Read the rest
As a child in British India, Bharati Dutt lived a privileged and sheltered life in an extended joint family of civil servants, doctors, engineers and Gandhians.
Between the ages of seven and 11, just old enough to understand, chronicle and … Read the rest
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