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From Battlefields and Beyond

From Battlefields and Beyond

A Legacy

A Legacy

My Story of Two Rosaries

My Story of Two Rosaries

Coming Full Circle: A Heartfelt Return to Cambridge, 35 Years On

Coming Full Circle: A Heartfelt Return to Cambridge, 35 Years On

The Potion

The Potion

A 70-Year Journey Through Passports

A 70-Year Journey Through Passports

Of Aunts, Nieces and School Mistresses

Of Aunts, Nieces and School Mistresses

Of roots, connections and my ‘probashi-ty’

Of roots, connections and my ‘probashi-ty’

Celebrating the Life of My Grandmother: A Legacy of Muhibbah

Celebrating the Life of My Grandmother: A Legacy of Muhibbah

Boro Bari: The Big House

Boro Bari: The Big House

Honouring the Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Honouring the Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Latex and Love: A Mother's Contribution to the Nation

Latex and Love: A Mother’s Contribution to the Nation

Mexico City: Viva La Vida!

Mexico City: Viva La Vida!

Finding Graham

Finding Graham

The Mughal Mallika of Hindustan: The then and now of Noor Jahan

The Mughal Mallika of Hindustan: The then and now of Noor Jahan

Belgrade

Belgrade

All in a Flash Flood

All in a Flash Flood

Jenny wants to Sing

Jenny wants to Sing

Bakshi Barir Pujo: An Old Custom and its Storied History

Bakshi Barir Pujo: An Old Custom and its Storied History

Love, Loss and Objects from the Past

Love, Loss and Objects from the Past

The Mere Tale of an Er....

The Mere Tale of an Er….

Fight, My Beloved Country

Fight, My Beloved Country

My life with Baba

My life with Baba

The Tragedy of the Roy Choudhurys

The Tragedy of the Roy Choudhurys

Crossing the World's Most Dramatic Border

Crossing the World’s Most Dramatic Border

Of festive feastings, not fastings

Of festive feastings, not fastings

Bijoya: Sadness and Longing

Bijoya: Sadness and Longing

Haunting Memories

Haunting Memories

A Sweet Little Dolly

A Sweet Little Dolly

Looking for my Ancient Religion in Uzbekistan

Looking for my Ancient Religion in Uzbekistan

The Deoliwallahs: The untold account of the Chinese-Indians

The Deoliwallahs: The untold account of the Chinese-Indians

The Couple Who Built Sreenibas

The Couple Who Built Sreenibas

The Assamese Connection:  Bishnupriya, Gunabhiram and Swarnalata

The Assamese Connection: Bishnupriya, Gunabhiram and Swarnalata

Daddy: A Man of Many Moods

Daddy: A Man of Many Moods

The Turn of the Wheel: Suprobhat's Story

The Turn of the Wheel: Suprobhat’s Story

The Adventures of a Portrait

The Adventures of a Portrait

The House I Was Born In

The House I Was Born In

He Died Young ...

He Died Young …

The Green Notebook and Bengal's Many Pasts

The Green Notebook and Bengal’s Many Pasts

Who is the Baro Babu?

Who is the Baro Babu?

Childhood Memories and Tales from the Past

Childhood Memories and Tales from the Past

My Earliest Memory

My Earliest Memory

My Daddy, Strongest

My Daddy, Strongest

A Trail  of Blood…And Spy Tales!

A Trail of Blood…And Spy Tales!

The Turn of Wheel: a Spiritual Sojourn

The Turn of Wheel: a Spiritual Sojourn

The Turn of the Wheel

The Turn of the Wheel

The Chhattisgarh Conundrum

The Chhattisgarh Conundrum

Mejda: The brother I admired most

Mejda: The brother I admired most

From Raj to Freedom

From Raj to Freedom

The Dream

The Dream

Our Thamma : The Life and Times of a Romantic

Our Thamma : The Life and Times of a Romantic

Trailing the Silk Route: The Biswas Villa

Trailing the Silk Route: The Biswas Villa

Devi and the Sword: The Biswas Story

Devi and the Sword: The Biswas Story

Occult Occurrences

Occult Occurrences

Traversing Geographies of Memory-Interviewing family members

Traversing Geographies of Memory-Interviewing family members

A Woman of Substance II

A Woman of Substance II

A Woman of Substance

A Woman of Substance

Ghosts Galore

Ghosts Galore

Nostalgia and Happy Memories

Nostalgia and Happy Memories

“When to the sessions of sweet silent thought,  I summon up remembrance of things past"

“When to the sessions of sweet silent thought, I summon up remembrance of things past”

Those Horrible Nights

Those Horrible Nights

The Bungalow in Kalimpong

The Bungalow in Kalimpong

A Dacca Childhood

A Dacca Childhood

A Chittagong Childhood

A Chittagong Childhood

Ghosts of Gracedale

Ghosts of Gracedale

Old Wisdom Dies Hard

Old Wisdom Dies Hard

Hermit and the Householder:  Khirode Chandra Roy Chowdhury

Hermit and the Householder: Khirode Chandra Roy Chowdhury

Memories of Mama

Memories of Mama

Where do you come from?

Where do you come from?

Gandhi's Children

Gandhi’s Children

Memory and Difficult Emotions: Notes of an Oral Historian

Memory and Difficult Emotions: Notes of an Oral Historian

Bilqis, the Queen of Sheba-vignettes from Yemen II

Bilqis, the Queen of Sheba-vignettes from Yemen II

Caravanserai – vignettes from Yemen

Caravanserai – vignettes from Yemen

Memories of the Matriarch

Memories of the Matriarch

India, Torn (II) : A witness to history in the making

India, Torn (II) : A witness to history in the making

India, Torn (I):   Haunting Memories

India, Torn (I): Haunting Memories

My Nima-A portrait in White

My Nima-A portrait in White

Life in the Shires

Life in the Shires

Come to my Paradise

Come to my Paradise

The Ferry

The Ferry

Sinai, the Bedouin Way

Sinai, the Bedouin Way

Life on the Nile

Life on the Nile

The Birth of Nolan

The Birth of Nolan

The Love Gene

The Love Gene

The Voyage

The Voyage

Coming Home: Happiness, at last

Coming Home: Happiness, at last

Coming Home: Love and Longings

Coming Home: Love and Longings

Coming Home: Dreams and Heartbreaks

Coming Home: Dreams and Heartbreaks

500 + Jolly :The great escape

500 + Jolly :The great escape

It all starts with a smile

It all starts with a smile

A joyous day and some poignant memories

A joyous day and some poignant memories

Your name is written on every grain you eat

Your name is written on every grain you eat

The Life and Times of Vassily K

The Life and Times of Vassily K

Love on the Shores of India

Love on the Shores of India

Our Old School

Our Old School

A Journey in Various Moods

A Journey in Various Moods

Freedom, Food and the Tragedy of Deaths

Freedom, Food and the Tragedy of Deaths

Buffalo Horns: An Unhappy Trophy

Buffalo Horns: An Unhappy Trophy

A Winter's Tale

A Winter’s Tale

Encounters at Harvard

Encounters at Harvard

Ghosts in the House

Ghosts in the House

Knights by the Table

Knights by the Table

Palace to Partition: My Mother's Tale

Palace to Partition: My Mother’s Tale

C’est La Vie! II

C’est La Vie! II

C’est La Vie! (This is Life)

C’est La Vie! (This is Life)

Ruby and the Memsahibs

Ruby and the Memsahibs

To Ma, with Love

To Ma, with Love

Jason and our Home of Love

Jason and our Home of Love

Always in the Mood for Dance: My life with Bill

Always in the Mood for Dance: My life with Bill

My Flights of Fancy- Travels to the Orient

My Flights of Fancy- Travels to the Orient

On the Wings of Dreams – My years of growing up

On the Wings of Dreams – My years of growing up

The Legacy of my Swadeshi Grandparents

The Legacy of my Swadeshi Grandparents

Adventures of An Able Seaman

Adventures of An Able Seaman

An Unsung Hero -Debendra Chandra Dey

An Unsung Hero -Debendra Chandra Dey

My Jewish Legacy

My Jewish Legacy

'Warm as the wind, soft as the kiss of snow' - The Indian Romance

‘Warm as the wind, soft as the kiss of snow’ – The Indian Romance

‘Warm as the wind, soft as the kiss of snow’: Life with family and friends

‘Warm as the wind, soft as the kiss of snow’: Life with family and friends

Life in a mine: how a disaster was averted

Life in a mine: how a disaster was averted

Of War and Peace: Bangladesh in 1972

Of War and Peace: Bangladesh in 1972

The Maharaja's English Connection

The Maharaja’s English Connection

A Granddaughter's tribute to the Artist, Sarada Ukil

A Granddaughter’s tribute to the Artist, Sarada Ukil

Katrina: A Latvian Tale

Katrina: A Latvian Tale

My Grandmother's Daughter

My Grandmother’s Daughter

Anonyma: A lady on the train

Anonyma: A lady on the train

The Guhas of Brooking Street

The Guhas of Brooking Street

From Jersey, Channel Islands, to the African Continent

From Jersey, Channel Islands, to the African Continent

The Journey

The Journey

The Lost Innocence Of The Nagas

The Lost Innocence Of The Nagas

Gin-and-Ice, No Lime

Gin-and-Ice, No Lime

Gold Rush

Gold Rush

The Macready Mystery

The Macready Mystery

Crocodiles and Education

Crocodiles and Education

1984: Thirty-Two Years Later

1984: Thirty-Two Years Later

Life with my Grandparents

Life with my Grandparents

I.R.A. Activity in London - THE HARROD'S BOMBING

I.R.A. Activity in London – THE HARROD’S BOMBING

To be a butterfly

To be a butterfly

In Search of Spirituality

In Search of Spirituality

Evacuation from Ferozepur

Evacuation from Ferozepur

Wartime Summer

Wartime Summer

The Gold Watch

The Gold Watch

The Bourn Connection

The Bourn Connection

Babcia

Babcia

When The War Began

When The War Began

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