Category: Historical

Category: Historical

Three elderly women standing together in a leafy garden, wearing patterned blouses and smiling at the camera.

Grandparents, Family and Life in England

My wife Sushri and I are fortunate to be grandparents and thoroughly enjoy the relationships with our grandchildren.  Conversations between ...
Bhowmikbabu of Kharagpur: The Life and Legacy of Harish Chandra Bhowmik

Bhowmikbabu of Kharagpur: The Life and Legacy of Harish Chandra Bhowmik

This was well known in the Kharagpur  Railway Colony A city in West Bengal in eastern India, it has a ...
The story of my Grandmother and a reunion after fifty years

The story of my Grandmother and a reunion after fifty years

We live in a small state, called Mizoram in the north eastern corner of India. It was the British missionaries ...
The Power of Data: Prof. Chitta Mitra and his Lasting Legacy

The Power of Data: Prof. Chitta Mitra and his Lasting Legacy

The 3rd of January is marked by the pharmaceutical industry of India as the Pharma Brand Managers Day, in memory ...
Bose Saheb of Bardhaman: The Legacy of Santosh Kumar Bose

Bose Saheb of Bardhaman: The Legacy of Santosh Kumar Bose

The picture that we looked up to “If someone wishes to maintain good health, follow Santoshbabu,” Sir Nilratan Sarkar, the ...
A Legacy

A Legacy

A child’s relationship with a parent is highlighted by an incident or event. Mine followed the similar traction of a ...
The Potion

The Potion

Aparna When we were little, my brother and I dreaded falling ill. Not because of the fever that gave us ...
Of Aunts, Nieces and School Mistresses

Of Aunts, Nieces and School Mistresses

I am flooded with memories of the original narrator of this story as I sit down to write. I can ...
Of roots, connections and my ‘probashi-ty’

Of roots, connections and my ‘probashi-ty’

Last year, I went back to Varanasi, or Benaras as the locals call it (or Kashi as the Hindu scriptures ...
Celebrating the Life of My Grandmother: A Legacy of Muhibbah

Celebrating the Life of My Grandmother: A Legacy of Muhibbah

                          ‘We are but only fragile threads, but ...