Rena
Hasan Zeya used to boast about how he was still practicing medicine into his early 80s. But at 84, he no longer is happy about his age. His daughter, Rena,…
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March 25, 2013
Sacred sounds
One of the greatest musical talents of our time was silenced Tuesday. Ravi Shankar died at 92. His was a name I grew up with, a name that made me…
December 12, 2012
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