A Fish Tale
subtitle: rui maachch: rohu fish, which we ate everyday when we were young. subtitle: maachch-wala: fish seller subtitle: didi – elder sister
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This is part of a project I’m working on, it’s about Bengali culture. (photographs are mostly from the internet, used without permission as it’s a class assignment)
View ArticleAbol-Tabol
I found an old favorite book the other day – Abol-Tabol by Sukumar Ray. Like most Bengali children, we grew up with this book and know all the poems by heart. Though the original has drawings by the...
View ArticleLosing sweets
[TRANSCRIPT Last week I went home to Calcutta for a brief visit. Those two days were filled with delicacies of all sorts, including the most esoteric dessert. Actually the presence of some seasonal...
View ArticleThe empty space
A couple of months ago we lost our beloved Dida, our mothers’ mother. When I lose someone from my life, I have a ritual of committing to paper all the memories before they grow dim in my mind. This is...
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