by Suparna Bose | Oct 19, 2020 | Guest Blog, Poems
Today I see you, As a child when you took care of me As a daughter grown up, who often decided for you As a daughter who moved away. Today I see you Decked in your best clothes that I chose over the phone. I did not bathe you, or cried as I pulled the shirt or sari...
by Suparna Bose | Sep 20, 2020 | Guest Blog, Social Trends
I cradled you when you slept I soothed you when you wept I fed you when you craved food for thought as all. Now it is your turn feed me, soothe me, love me. For I am the one who loved you once who loves you still. I may not ...
by Sravasti | Sep 18, 2020 | Poems, Social Trends, Sravasti's Blog
On the gradual degeneration of memory and self, brought about by the debilitating diseases of Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Schizophrenia. We have known families whose loved ones have never come back, as we see at the end of Aparna Sen’s film 15 Park Avenue. An ending...
by Marilyn Mitra Reza | Sep 16, 2020 | Guest Blog, Social Trends
On World Alzheimer’s Day The three things that I most remember about my father, (Baba as I called him), was his mastery over both English and Bengali; the ease with which he did the cryptic crosswords in The Statesman in minutes. Also, his vast...
