Today is Bishwa Matri Bhasha Dibosh, International Mother Language Day. For Bengalis it’s especially significant, because ours is the language that started it all. On this day, 72 years ago, our fellow […]
Tongues of Our Mothers
Old Years’ Eve
The “New Year” thing is so old, isn’t it? Starting from the banal (resolutions to do what you wanted to do last year) to the quietly sublime (not being able to help […]
Once Upon A River
There’s an old saying: no person can dip his toe in the same river twice. It’s never the same river. Nor the same person. There is a profound truth in this. I […]
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