Category: Historical
Category: Historical
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Bijoya: Sadness and Longing
“I will return here once more, by the bank of Dhansiri, to this Bengal” Jibananda Das ...
A Sweet Little Dolly
She was born in Calcutta Medical College on November 15 1933, past midnight, the sixth child of Hemlata Basu. Her ...