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“I was born to a middle-class family in a quaint village of Kerala in 1945. After completing engineering, I was confused about my career path. During that time, the economic condition in India was bad. The Indo China War of 1962 & the Indo Pak War of 1965 became a turning point. As a voracious […]

I was born in an affluent family, but life had different plans for me. During the partition of East & West Bengal, my family & I lost everything. We had to make all ends meet to manage 1 meal for the day. Those days, kids of my age would purposely become country crusaders, to get

“I got married at the right age & the right time. But during those days, we were not given a lot of time to make a decision about a lifelong bond of ‘marriage’. I & my ex husband were poles apart with completely different mindsets, but divorce in India is considered to be taboo. Moreover,

“Ours was a typical arranged marriage. To be honest, I never wanted to get married. But, when I turned 33, my father insisted on me getting married. Our parents fixed our match only on the basis of photo exchange & we had a traditional Bengali marriage on 24th May 1978. In spite of having an

“I lost my father when I was 18 years old. I knew that I had to look after my family as I was the eldest of all 4 siblings. My family could not afford to purchase milk for a family of 5 (4 siblings and 1 parent). I didn’t know the taste of milk until