Category: Human Interest

Category: Human Interest

Our Old School

Our Old School

I can remember Grantchester Road in Cambridge where I lived for under a year when I was 6 going on ...
Encounters at Harvard

Encounters at Harvard

In 1955 I was offered a two-year scholarship to Harvard University, to get my MA in English Literature. It was ...
Ghosts in the House

Ghosts in the House

Whenever I am haunted by memories of the past, our house in JabalpurA city in the central Indian province of ...
Ruby and the Memsahibs

Ruby and the Memsahibs

I was travelling by car from Jamshedpur to DurgapurDurgapur in the state of West Bengal is 180 kilometres north of ...
Jason and our Home of Love

Jason and our Home of Love

I was one of 7 children and we lived with our Dad, Mom and Grandmother. My Dad was a very ...
Always in the Mood for Dance: My life with Bill

Always in the Mood for Dance: My life with Bill

I was born in October 1918. My mother lived in Exeter, Devon and I was 2 and a half lb ...
Life in a mine: how a disaster was averted

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 ...
My Grandmother's Daughter

My Grandmother’s Daughter

Till I was sent to a College Hostel in Darjeeling, I had never been away from the family. We lived ...
The Lost Innocence Of The Nagas

The Lost Innocence Of The Nagas

My posting, after being commissioned in to the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army in 1967 following the Young ...
Crocodiles and Education

Crocodiles and Education

When I look back on my life I begin to wonder if I have achieved anything of consequence.  To my ...