No matter how one reads 11/11, it turns out to be November 11th. The year is 1938 and the date now completely specified, refers to the date that N G Majumdar was killed by dacoits. And thus, this is a add-on to my last piece, “A Late Requiem for Nani Gopal Majumdar” and the eventsContinue reading “The Events of 11/11”
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Nani Gopal Majumdar: A Late Requiem
couple of days ago, I found out that there was a N G Majumdar Memorial Point on the banks of Nai Gaj in the Dadu district in Sind, Pakistan; not only that, there was a N G Majumdar Memorial Café by its side. The Google Maps coordinates of these points were also sent: N GContinue reading “Nani Gopal Majumdar: A Late Requiem”
Mistakes or Creating Opportunities
THE FIRST My school days were 1951-1960, we had 10 years of schooling, which always led my son to complain how lucky we were since they had twelve years of schooling. In school, I was not quite bothered with examinations; my parents were of course worried at my lack of brilliance but eventually adjusted toContinue reading “Mistakes or Creating Opportunities”
Who am I
I was born July 31 1945 in Calcutta in the home of Nalini Mohan Shastry, my mother Dipty’s maternal grandfather. My mother had traveled to be with her mother at child-birth, a practice still largely prevalent. My maternal grandmother Snehalata was a widow, her husband Nani Gopal Majumdar had been killed several years earlier. AsContinue reading “Who am I”