I am a scientist, a mom and an aspiring writer. I grew up in Calcutta, I spent my youth in Edinburgh and I live in San Francisco. I write about home and belonging, migration and identity, of loss and consolations, and journeys discovering ourselves & the world
Published Writings: Blue Throat Dancers, The Circle, Starry Nights, India Currents
The Wake for the Pigeon
I left home when I was 18. It was too soon. It could not have been soon enough. In some ways, it felt like a birth. A new chance at life started, though I did not know it then. Then, I loathed everything – all I wanted was to come back. After many nights of…
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Motherhood and Rasmalai
“Culture is information and behavior that flows socially and can be learned, retained, and shared” Becoming Wild How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace.Carl Safina “Culture is information and behavior that flows socially and can be learned, retained, and shared” Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace. By Carl Safina I grew…
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LOOKING FOR MYSELF
1st Jan 2020 I have always risen very early in the morning. I love all the hours when “Most Normal People” are asleep. Leaving the world to darkness and to me. The crows are in conference. Occasionally another bird tries to intervene. Sometimes a taxi rumbles by, you can hear the rattling of its parts…
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