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
One day our friend Tatyana who arranges guided tours in Moscow called us to ask if we would be interested in a new walking tour in the centre of Moscow, and later in assessing the tour. My wife Saroj and … Read the rest
Some years ago, I bought a plot of land in Prantik, a locality just beyond Tagore’s Viswabharati University in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, and put up a little cottage on it. Houses in that area have no numbers to identify … Read the rest
Jan 21, 2016. It was an ordinary day in the office until I got a call from my sister in the afternoon. She was sobbing on the other end. I had a hunch why she’d called. Mama was gone.
Mama … Read the rest
On a recent trip to Bangladesh, she finally found the answer to the much asked question.
Having been born and schooled in Kolkata and switched to cities like Mumbai and Cambridge for a considerable period, the question “Where are you … Read the rest
An image of my parents -in-law that’s never ceased to inspire me – a picture of Sharad Pandya who was part of Kakasaheb Kalelkar’s group and the curator of the Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya, Rajghat. Ammi, Kajal Pandya (nee Banerjee) worked … Read the rest
I first met Professor Pabitra Kumar Maitra on 2 April 2003. I had just started my interviews with Obaid Siddiqi, the scientist who founded the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS). But his institution had a longer history as Siddiqi … Read the rest
Bilqis
Here’s a, sadly blurry, picture of a painting that hung in my hotel room in San’a. Now, this may seem like an odd choice for a conservative Islamic country, but not if you know that subject of the painting. … Read the rest
Tower of Peace
Trying to organize my generally messy life, I was working my way through some old boxes and came across this flyer from the hotel where I stayed in Sana’a, Yemen. I suspect I initially came across the … Read the rest
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