Beautiful American Winter

Beautiful American Winter

Beautiful. Peaceful. Slow. Snoozing. Slumber. Snow. I’ve grown to like it. Slowly, but surely. Our beautiful Prospect Park here in Brooklyn has taken a new, lovely look. The lake froze. Sporadic cracks in the snow made room for the ducks to descend, water fowls...
About My Mother (and Women in India)

About My Mother (and Women in India)

This is very special. This is very personal. Recently, a Calcutta-based women’s health and science affairs magazine (see details below) published my Bengali-language article on women’s socioeconomic situation in India. I used my real-life experience to...
Hinduism and High Art

Hinduism and High Art

I am sharing with you some of the very picturesque Durga Puja deities and decorations — mostly from Calcutta, my beloved city. This is a very liberal, folk, egalitarian variety of Hinduism that West does not care to report. Well, if they don’t report it,...