ART… Tolerance 27 Dec 20227 Jan 2023 Tolerance Vietnam and Cambodia have some fascinating examples in toleration that can be useful examples in our increasingly polarised world A 1000 year Chinese rule had deeply influenced the region…
childhood… Bikramda 10 Oct 202210 Oct 2022 Bikramda Fu na ha na po na bha That was the question we were asked in the morning by Bikramda.... Our cook housekeeper and guardian .We were being asked how…
BLOGGING… A fabulous review 26 Sep 2022 A review of my book by a reader in EnglandMy review for Memories - A novella: The Hilarious nightmare of growing up. My Rating 5/5. Let me start this review…
BENGALI… Tinda vrs potol 10 Aug 202210 Aug 2022 Tinda vrs potol The biggest problem with a cross cultural couple is the dinner menu. The difficulty in choosing the cuisine is a fertile ground for marital disputes. In our…
bringing up children… Getting drenched 31 Jul 202231 Jul 2022 Getting drenchedWhen my kids were small, we used to celebrate the monsoons by getting drenched together.The neighborhood kids who were forbidden to do so pointed us out to appeal to…
growing up… Lists 29 Jul 202229 Jul 2022 Lists When we got married, my roommates moved out of our barsati and my wife moved in. As the wedding happened without the knowledge and consent of our families, we…
BENGALI… The meal 29 Jul 202230 Jul 2022 The meal My grandfather, whom I called Dadu, was a British Civil servant with the title Rai Bahadur , who spent all his service years suited booted and having his…
bringing up children… Orientation 27 Jul 20221 Aug 2022 Orientation When I was a teenager, I greatly admired the Marxist revolutionary movements that I read about, be it Vietnam, Cuba, Telangana or Naxalbari . Ideologically I went from Pink,…
bringing up children… Parenting 18 Jul 202221 Sep 2022 When she was finishing school , like all middle class Indian parents we tried to persuade her to become an engineer doctor or lawyer. After getting excellent rankings in JEE,…
addictions… Blind love 11 Jul 202215 Oct 2022 Blind love Fate is a practical joker It plays such pranks on me First it gives me so much joy I lose my sanity Then one day without notice It…
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