Mexico City: Viva La Vida!
Embracing the past and the present, Mexico City pulsates with warmth and vibrancy, as I discovered on my recent visit ...
Finding Graham
The year is 1936. The Dutta family from Sylhet ( then undivided India, now part of Bangladesh ) were proud ...
The Mughal Mallika of Hindustan: The then and now of Noor Jahan
My love for Noor JahanMughal Queen married to the fourth Emperor Jehangir. She was his last wife. She died in ...
Belgrade
I traveled to Belgrade in February carrying the information that a first time visitor to the city would normally have ...
All in a Flash Flood
It’s August 2010 and I’m in a village called Domkhar Barma half way up the Domkhar Valley, western Ladakh. The ...
Jenny wants to Sing
The song draws to a close. We are a small group sitting, mostly cross legged, on the floor of a ...
Bakshi Barir Pujo: An Old Custom and its Storied History
The penchant for witnessing a traditional ’bonedi-bari’An aristocratic home, associated with traditionally refined landowning familiesDurga pujaThe autumnal festival dedicated to ...
Love, Loss and Objects from the Past
Smile - and the world smiles with you. Grieve - and you grieve alone. These had been the words I had ...
The Mere Tale of an Er….
'Everyone thinks that they have the best dog and none of them is wrong' On one rainy day, the tiny ...
Fight, My Beloved Country
Call it a woman’s intuition, but for a week I had been fearful that something was about to happen. I ...
My life with Baba
I have always been proud to be my Baba’s daughter. I do not have his outstanding intellect or his ability ...
The Tragedy of the Roy Choudhurys
In 1946, a year before the Partition and Independence of India, I was a young seven year old girl living ...
