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 ...
Boro Bari: The Big House

Boro Bari: The Big House

Forty-odd years ago, I entered the "Boro Bari" through a nondescript door and stepped into a cool and dark hallway ...
Honouring the Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Honouring the Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Commemorating 67th Independence Day of the Federation of Malaya (31 August 1957) I am  dedicated to capturing and preserving the ...
Latex and Love: A Mother's Contribution to the Nation

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

      In the early 1970s, in the small town of Jenjarom in Banting, life was simple yet full ...
Mexico City: Viva La Vida!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...