Dear Baba, Its been eight years since we lost you and not a day goes by when I don’t think … More
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Id Mubarak
عید مبارک ईद मुबारक Id is a time of celebration after a long period of fasting. In a typical year, … More
Vasant Panchami Part Two: Stealing Kul
Its the fifth (panchami) day of Spring (Basant) in Bengal and with it comes this festival dedicated to the Goddess … More
Back to School, Then and Now
The most exciting part of going back to school during my childhood in India was getting new text books, skimming … More
For Better or Worse
Pandemic Thanksgiving
Having lost my mother to cancer at 26, and my father to a heart attack 16 years later, I am … More
Bishorjon
The victory of good over evil as Durga vanquishes Mahisasura in an epic battle, is celebrated as Bijoya or victory. … More
Shubho Mohaloya
Ya devi sarva bhuteshu, shakti rupena sangsthita, Namastasyai, namastasyai, namastasyai, namo namaha [To that Devi Who in All Beings is … More
Goodbye My Darling Mangoes
It’s May! School is out. It stays closed through the end of June. It’s too hot. We don’t have air-conditioning … More
Embrace Isolation
I wanted to present an intimate portrait of a family during COVID19 and focus on that insidious killer, which no … More
Save Climate Refugees
Shefali scrambles through her day cooking and cleaning homes in Delhi. It’s backbreaking work that starts at the break of dawn and doesn’t end till well past sundown. But, she didn’t always live this life of a lowly paid, classless migrant worker struggling to make ends meet in a large confounding city. In fact, she and her husband owned land, a store and a fulfilling life in the Sundarbans.
To have or not to have Boli?
When most Indians are celebrating Diwali and Rama’s return to Ayodhya after vanquishing the demon king Ravana, it is overshadowed … More