Madhura Dutta

She

First time she saw me she looked at me with a critical eye, measured me and directed me to sit beside her. I was dressed in a saree and was conscious of delivering my best performance of a cultured educated mind. She was the one who had advised Deepayan to ask me at our firstContinue reading “She”

Warming Up a Cold Christmas

The last time I visited Kashmir, it was for work. The month was November and it was cold with night temperatures dropping below zero degrees. We realized that without a heater it was impossible to sleep in this freezing cold and hence decided to book a costlier hotel with adequate heating facilities. The rooms wereContinue reading “Warming Up a Cold Christmas”

‘Good’ Coffee

Eight years back, right after I got married to an arranged husband, within fifteen days of tying the knot, we went to Seattle – the city where Deepayan was based in at that time. He chose British Airways and the route was via Heathrow so that Seattle would be our first landing in the USA.Continue reading “‘Good’ Coffee”

Drosendorf

Theatre with a socio-political agenda is not new in India. However, I had very limited knowledge of its vast history and its role in social change until I started working in the social sector. As part of my job, we used to design and implement unique community organizing and alternative learning projects to bring aboutContinue reading “Drosendorf”

A great cartoonist and I

Shri Reboti Bhusan Ghosh (1921 – 2007) was one of the great Indian cartoonists from the golden era of satirical cartoons. He was most well-known for his animal cartoons. He was the youngest pupil of Abanindranath Tagore. His cartoons impressed the famous cartoonist Shankar Pillai so much that he brought Reboti Bhushan to Delhi andContinue reading “A great cartoonist and I”