BY ARUNDHATI GHOSH Episode 1: Borders as Rivers, Rivers as Bridges Ichhamoti is a woman seeped in desire. When a river that flows across the border of two nations born out of the pain of partition, the struggle for freedom and the suffering of millions, carries that name, it takes on many worlds of meanings. Ichhamoti meanders between India and Bangladesh, rippling down right atop … Continue reading Footloosing Frontiers
BY RUCHIRA GHOSH Anglo-Bengali camaraderie may be traced back to 1690 when Job Charnock, a senior official of the erstwhile East India Company, shifted his operations to Sutanati, an obscure village inhabited by local merchants who had dealings with the company. Gradually he got the area merged with two other villages, Gobindopur and Kalighat, thus laying (although this is highly disputed) the foundation of the sprawling … Continue reading Brit Influences Linger on in Bengali Psyche
COUNTRY SQUIRE INDIA 