Adventures of An Able Seaman
I joined the British Navy at the age of 17 in 1944. I had lived with my parents in Markyate, ...
An Unsung Hero -Debendra Chandra Dey
Among the countless revolutionaries who participated in the struggle for Indian independence from British rule, many have become well known ...
My Jewish Legacy
I had always been struck by the large portrait of a man, that hung over my grandmother’s sitting room. I ...
‘Warm as the wind, soft as the kiss of snow’ – The Indian Romance
Radio Moscow, which has now been renamed Voice of Russia, ran several interesting programmes, even if some involved propaganda. Programmes ...
‘Warm as the wind, soft as the kiss of snow’: Life with family and friends
In a two part story, Irina recounts her growing up in Moscow and travels to India I was born to ...
Life in a mine: how a disaster was averted
I joined Eastern Coalfields Ltd (a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, a government of India enterprise) The coal mines in India ...
Of War and Peace: Bangladesh in 1972
Excerpts from an account by an Indian civil servant deputed to oversee rehabilitation of evacuees and distribution of relief materials ...
The Maharaja’s English Connection
My husband Neil C. Duncan’s maternal grandfather was Arthur Ramdin. Neil put together a brief biography of Arthur who clearly ...
A Granddaughter’s tribute to the Artist, Sarada Ukil
Sarada Charan Ukil, popularly known as Sarada Ukil, my maternal grandfather is something of a mythical figure to me. What ...
Katrina: A Latvian Tale
My mother, Katrina was barely 10 when she was orphaned, her mother predeceasing her father by a few months. Born ...
My Grandmother’s Daughter
Till I was sent to a College Hostel in Darjeeling, I had never been away from the family. We lived ...
Anonyma: A lady on the train
Anonyma: Eine Frau in Berlin (known in the UK as `The downfall of Berlin Anonyma`) is a 2008 German film ...
