Shibda very beautifully analyses the photo of the old guest house of Visva Bharati, near the post office,…

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Shibda very beautifully analyses the photo of the old guest house of Visva Bharati, near the post office, where the Subarnarekha bookshop now stands. He looks at the light and speculates on the time of day when the photo was taken. Then he says, you can see how arid the landscape was in those days.

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KhulnaLocation is approximate — known to district level.

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  00:29
• We start to see the photos and letters with Shibda.

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  00:24
• Shibda looks at the group photo of the Bakes with Kshitimohan’s family.

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  04:41
• We discuss the wooden ferris wheel and talk about melas.

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  01:47
• I ask Shibda about how Kshtimohan Sen came to Santiniketan and he tells the story of his grandfather becoming…

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  03:37
• We read Kshtimohan’s 1955 letter to Bake.

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  04:30