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, ...
From Raj to Freedom

From Raj to Freedom

As a child in British India, Bharati Dutt lived a privileged and sheltered life in an extended joint family of ...
The Dream

The Dream

Not long after my wedding in April 1971,  I had to leave my wife, Malabika, with my parents and sisters ...
Our Thamma : The Life and Times of a Romantic

Our Thamma : The Life and Times of a Romantic

By  Anwita Basu & Deeptanshu Basu As romance brews in the air of  19th century Britain with women dressed in ...
Trailing the Silk Route: The Biswas Villa

Trailing the Silk Route: The Biswas Villa

Click here to read PART1 of this story The entire family left Murshidabad overnight, leaving behind everything- enormous property, their ...
Devi and the Sword: The Biswas Story

Devi and the Sword: The Biswas Story

It was in 1972. We were going by train from Durgapur in West Bengal to our ancestral place, Srinagar in ...
Occult Occurrences

Occult Occurrences

New Delhi An Internship is when we are the doctors in training. It is an extremely exciting and exhausting one ...
Traversing Geographies of Memory-Interviewing family members

Traversing Geographies of Memory-Interviewing family members

Interviewing family members is messy. The interview does not stay confined to the questions one asks. Indeed, it spills into ...
A Woman of Substance II

A Woman of Substance II

Continued from part  1 A Dream Come True Connecting with the past is surely an ongoing process, for an individual’s ...
A Woman of Substance

A Woman of Substance

First of the two part memoirs of an extraordinary woman and mother Connecting with the Past On a cold January ...
Ghosts Galore

Ghosts Galore

I had my first confrontation with a ghost in the 1940’s.  My family were staying with friends in the village ...