In the middle of the day…
I edited a story this week about a woman who found rebirth through a pregnancy during the pandemic. I tried hard to understand how she felt and yet, the concepts…
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May 19, 2021
Losing my pillars of love
I have always been called the oldest among my cousins because the truly eldest of my generation were so much older than the rest of us, the sons of my…
December 27, 2020
The last time I saw Pishi when she was still lucid was in the winter of 2017.
Remembering Pishi: I’ve lost a role model, confidante and second mother
On the 24th day of my pandemic isolation, I learned my Pishi, my auntie, had died in her home in Kolkata. The news was not wholly unexpected – she…
April 19, 2020
Shonakaka
Shonakaka with me, (from right), my cousin Jayanta, my brother, Shantanu, my cousins Sudip and Suman at our grandfather's house in Kolkata. Circa, 1968. The last time I saw Shonakaka, I knew…
August 8, 2012