History Alive!·Dec 7, 2017A Tale about DiggingThe thing that we found most surprising on our trip to Moghalmari was how great the road was! We got on to the Kolkata-Mumbai highway via…
History Alive!·Nov 23, 2017A Tale about LoveFairytale lovers be warned: this is a love story full of anomalies. There is a damsel not quite in distress. There will be a lead character…
History Alive!·Nov 16, 2017A Tale about KnowingKhana (pronounced Khawna), they say, was a prophetess. When she spoke, whatever she spoke came true. Or perhaps, one might have said that…
History Alive!·Oct 26, 2017A Tale About Looking“Ke okhane? Ekhane saharer dhulo niye dhukben na! No entry! Aage hath-pa dhoben, tarpor dhukben!” (“Who’s there? The dust of the city is…
History Alive!·Oct 20, 2017The Tale That Hangs in a MuseumWe had almost crossed the dirty white building when we stopped to ask someone where the Tamluk Museum was. Google indicated that we were…
History Alive!·Oct 18, 2017Two Defining WomenIn the light of the enthusiasm and support we have received for this project (and the number of stories there are to tell!), we have…