While Shibda makes tea, we look at this curious photograph and wonder what might be going on here.

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While Shibda makes tea, we look at this curious photograph and wonder what might be going on here. This was Amartya sen’s father, Kshitimohan’s youngest daughter Amita’s husband, who was trying to open a parcel come on a P&O liner. Wonder what the box contained! Photo of this photo taken by me, while working on the Arnold Bake Collection of the Special Collections at the Library of the University of Leiden in 2015.

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KhulnaLocation is approximate — known to district level.

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• The reasons for calling this sub-chapter Sadhushongo (in the company of/learning by association with the sadhu…

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

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

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

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

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

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