The House I Was Born In

The House I Was Born In

I often reminisce about my childhood, full of happy memories, not unusual for someone in her twilight years. In December ...
He Died Young ...

He Died Young …

He was my younger brother, the youngest amongst all our cousins. But the one with the largest heart and the ...
The Green Notebook and Bengal's Many Pasts

The Green Notebook and Bengal’s Many Pasts

A designed paper -green, a tad shade of blue- sticks to the cardboard cover, torn at the edges and frayed ...
Who is the Baro Babu?

Who is the Baro Babu?

Sitting down at my desk in the new office. I opened the dak(mail) file to find a flaming pink notice staring ...
Childhood Memories and Tales from the Past

Childhood Memories and Tales from the Past

This is written by Late Lt. Col. G.L.Bhattacharya in 1978 when he was 60. It has been translated from Bengali ...
My Earliest Memory

My Earliest Memory

Anagha, my daughter, told me yesterday her oldest memory is of me giving her lunch. She remembers me giving her ...
My Daddy, Strongest

My Daddy, Strongest

I’ve been thinking of my father a lot, of late. It’s been ten years since he’s been gone and he ...
A Trail  of Blood…And Spy Tales!

A Trail of Blood…And Spy Tales!

This is a page out of Lady Hardinge Medical College memories in New Delhi in the late 1960s. We were ...
The Turn of Wheel: a Spiritual Sojourn

The Turn of Wheel: a Spiritual Sojourn

This is a continuation of Part I At about 4.30 p.m. on 4 April 1961,4th April was the date of ...
The Turn of the Wheel

The Turn of the Wheel

As I look back on my past, I feel as if a firm, gentle, powerful Hand had moulded the events ...
The Chhattisgarh Conundrum

The Chhattisgarh Conundrum

This incident took place in Chhattisgarh way back in 2006. Chhattisgarh attained statehood after it was carved out of the large ...
Mejda: The brother I admired most

Mejda: The brother I admired most

My son Pradip asked me to write down what I remember of  my Mejda (second elder brother) Sukumar Chatterjee. So, ...