Tani’s Substack

Remembering Dr RC Mazumdar

Dr Ramesh Chandra Mazumdar- His Birth Anniversary last week went un- noticed though it should have been celebrated with gusto

Dec 8, 2025 • Tani

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September 2025

That's Entertainment -

English language cinema broke racial barriers in colonial Calcutta

Sep 17, 2025

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August 2025

DIRECT ACTION DAY, 16TH AUGUST 1945

THE AMBIGUOUS ROLE OF THE BRITISH PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION

Aug 18, 2025 • Tani

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FREEDOM FROM CLICHED HISTORY

Face the past with confidence and not as part of a project

Aug 15, 2025 • Tani

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June 2025

December 2024

A VERY CALCUTTA CHRISTMAS

Although it has been some years from the image below, I am delighted that despite the crowds, the traffic and the sheer exhilarating madness of too many…

Dec 31, 2024 • Tani

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October 2024

Kojagori Lakshmi Puja

My Grandmother's Puja and my latter day improvised version

Oct 16, 2024 • Tani

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April 2024

AS THE WORLD DESCENDS INTO MADNESS

I ESCAPE TO MY BLISSFUL CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

Apr 6, 2024 • Tani

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March 2024

CALCUTTA- A CITY VANISHED

Remembering Pam Crain

Mar 12, 2024 • Tani

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February 2024

LIBERAL REFORMERS, TRADITIONS AND A CLASH OF CULTURES

LESSONS FROM COLONIAL INDIA

Feb 28, 2024 • Tani

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KOSOVO- A TANGLED SKEIN OF HISTORY

Circa 2023, November as war rages in Ukraine and a new conflict in Gaza brings tumult to West Asia, a potential source of further conflagration remains…

Feb 3, 2024 • Tani

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October 2023

O EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST

AND THE TWAIN CAN ONLY MEET IF THERE IS MORE EMPATHY

Oct 19, 2023 • Tani

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