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Reading and Creative Writing are my passions from a very young age. After spending many years of teaching as my profession, finally I am devoting myself to my passions - Poetry, Singing, and Art. I also write short stories, long stories, memoirs, cooking diary...and work on translations of poems from my home-language, Bengali, a regional language in India. 

 My early years were spent in India, and some later years in the Middle East - finally settled in Toronto, Canada. Writing comes first, but I also learn, practise and enjoy music and art. I am an avid reader from my early childhood - read both classic and modern writers - from Iliad, Odyssey and Shakespeare to P.G. Wodehouse, to Elena Ferrante and Kazuo Ishiguro. The book which is always on my desk is Gitanjali, the collection of spiritual songs by Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel-laureate Poet of India.

Poetry is an expression of thoughts, feelings and reflections. Some of my unique life-experiences get expressed in my poems and short stories. I attempt to express my reflections and thoughts with creativity and depth - poetic flow and elegance are my goals. At present I am working on a memoir which covers my family's history and my life in three different countries with rich and varied cultures. 

I write equally in two languages -  in English, and in Bengali, which is a regional language in the eastern part of India. I have translated a few famous Bengali poems, mainly by Rabindranath Tagore and Jibanananda Das, in English. My book of translation is available on amazon, being published in August, 2023. In the beginning of 2023, I also wrote a short novel in Bengali, called "Pahar Amay Dake" - it would be "Mountains are calling me" in English. This book has been published in Kolkata, India, by Karukatha Publishers, on my birthday in 2023.  

I create videos with my own poems and poems by famous writers, and also create audio-books from English and Bengali literature... created my own channel on You Tube, and uploaded a few songs, rendered by myself. 

Channel URL for You Tube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCSzp2aCxzDkxInuHkVU37g

I work on a few forms of rare art - eggshell decorations, copper-tooling and batik are some of them. 

Here are the links to my translations of Rabindranath Tagore's Poems:

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/finally_saved_part_1_-_translation_from_rabindranath_tagore_1403729 (Finally Saved - Part 1)

 

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/finally_saved_part_2_-_translation_from_rabindranath_tagore_________________1403737 (Fianlly Saved - Part 2)

 

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/finally_saved_part_3_-_translation_from_rabindranath_tagore__1403738 (Fianally Saved - Part 3)

 

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/freed_from_my_shackles_-_translation_from_tagore_1396721 (Freed From My Shacles)

 

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/_deception_part_1_translation_from_tagore_1346222 (Deception - Part 1)

 

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/deception_part_2_-_translation_from_tagore_1346223 (Deception - Part 2)

 
 
(Banalata Sen)
 
(Invention Of Shoes - Part 1)
 
(Invention Of Shoes - Part 2)
 
(Sleeping Beauty)
 
(An Ordinary Girl)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Below is a link to my YOU TUBE Channel. You may subscribe to this channel, where I post recitation of my poems, poems from Rabindranath Tagore, and also songs (rendered by myself) composed by Tagore. Please click on my picture at the bottom of the video - you will find my channel. Channel URL is at the bottom of this post. 
 

 

Channel URL for You Tube

https://www.youtube.com/@raymalabika

 

handle: @raymalabika

 This link will take you to my channel on YOU TUBE

 https://youtube.com/user/raymalabika

 

 


Books, Art, Food - My Dream Vacation

Blog Posted:7/12/2020 5:36:00 PM

 

I wrote the description of my March-break (I am a Teacher in Ontario, Canada) in 2019. This year, everybody knows, we are all vacationing at home, not only a week in March, but much longer than that. I fondly rememeber my short vacation at Toronto Downtown. 

 

A Few Days Of My Destination March-break

Day 1

This March break I am travelling to my daughter's condo at Toronto downtown, not Mexico, not Caribbean. She has a condo in the heart of the city, and its like an artist's den, although she is a resident physician at Downtown hospitals, and has to work crazy hours from dawn to dusk, overnight many times in the same week.

When I enter the place, the first thing catches my and everyone's eyes, are her desk and an easel beside it. The desk should be full of books about medicine, but it is not. Instead it is full of painting materials - all kinds of water-colours, acrylic, pastels and pencils - and books about paintings and art-history, especially books about Van Gogh - her favourite artist. On the easel, there is always a painting she is working on, usually inspired by Van Gogh.

The next area I stumble on is the kitchen - which is full of interesting utensils - more artistic than essential items, like beautifully painted chopsticks (I could never learn how to use them). She keeps colourful flowers in interesting vases on the kitchen counter. If I open the fridge, I find an array of interesting food - Miso Soup, Tofu, Strawberries, Speciality Cheese, Herbed Chicken, and Palak paneer. When I came yesterday, I asked if she had rice, or roti, which is usually our staple food. She had none. She served me mint tea to relax, and said " I don't have rice, but I have mint".

Next surprise is the living space , where classical music is playing day and night - apparently for the plants. Her plants love classical music! There is the guitar in the corner, which she is taking lessons in between her crazy schedule at five major hospitals. On the centre table, more of Van Gogh books, magazines called The Artist, laptop of course, air-plants in a tiny round container (they need very little care), and latest addition - a dwarfed (Bonshai) evergreen. On a little shelf beside the sofa - her memorabilia are a few items she picked up when visiting India - A Conch, A Brass Statue of Nataraj, a clay statue of Goddess Durga, a band of musicians in clay, and also a puppet-doll from Mexico, an intricately decorated Japanese fan, a stone-carved turtle from Caribbean, a wooden toy-swing from Costa Rica, and of course a bunch of books on Japanese cartoon-stories. 

After serving mint tea, my daughter served me a sandwich with cheese and strawberry on it, and later, Miso Soup for dinner. The soup was unbelievably delicious and what exactly I needed to begin my vacation! She added fried garlic and soya sauce to the liquid, and then added softly boiled eggs. She poured the hot soup on pieces of soft Tofu. It was heavenly! I slept like a baby! This is the start of my vacation with my very special daughter, the vacation I was dreaming about!

Today our lunch, which my daughter ordered, is Thai food. Actually I was planning to cook for her, but she said, “No. you are not going to cook, this is your vacation!” Okay then, we are set up with soups, sandwiches, and take-out lunches and dinners from every exotic restaurant close by - Thai, Mexican, Indian or Chinese. It is like I am relaxing in a resort, without spending a few thousand dollars. This is how my life should be right now - staying in a downtown condo, walking short distance to museums and art-galleries, having exotic food every day, but not spending hours and hours beside the stove-top. Oh I almost forgot - today's menu was Pad Thai, Yellow Chicken Curry, Rice, Eggplant in sauce, and my favourite - Crunchy Spring Rolls. My days are not going to be useless, I will be reading exclusive novels by a Korean author, Min Jin Lee, and writing pages and pages on my favourite topics, topics close to my heart.

The whole day today I am lying on the sofa in my PJs, across the window which opens to the balcony and brings lots of sunshine. The book I am reading are "Pachinko" by the Korean author, and Anthology Of Japanese Literature. I am writing too! This writing is the proof! What vacation could be better than this? We didn't have dinner yet. Later we had dinner with left-overs from lunch.

Day 2

It's a cloudy morning, Toronto temperature 2 degree Celsius. My daughter is on call duty - which spans from 24 hours to 30. She left early in the morning at 7:00, today she is working at Toronto Western. It was still pretty dark when she left, she will have to take subway to Bathhurst, and then walk.

Life in this country is rewarding with total freedom (so precious for women), but hard too! She is a poor eater, her breakfast is hardly an egg, today's special - a toast with butter. When she is in the hospital, she hardly eats, although I believe, healthy food is available in the cafeteria. Vegetarian is her choice right now. I will have a lazy day, which I don't mind, as long as I have lots of books to choose from. I had tea, and a buttered toast, and ... a small piece of Chocolate Cheese Cake which my daughter bought yesterday from a Japanese Speciality Cheesecake Store - it is totally decadent! I have no other words to describe it!!!!!!

Cloudy morning so far - Sun may show up later in the day. The view from the living room is not totally amazing - I see the balconies of the condo-building opposite - I am on the sixth floor of ours. Today's goal - read a few chapters from each book, and write a few pages of my latest project - a narrative about Partition Of Bengal (a region in India) which affected our family many many years ago, but which changed the lives of everyone in our family - My Grandparents, My Dad, My Mom, Uncles and Aunts - in a negative way, but perhaps positive in the long run. I was born after Partition, and grew up in a rented house in Parkcircus, Kolkata, but my Mom described everything, every detail of the life they had, which I remember so well as if I have lived and can see those places, those lands, those houses! She grew up in a tea garden where her father was the manager, and had the loveliest bungalow - which she could never stop dreaming about. She used to talk about a huge bungalow on the hill-top of Assam with pineapple groves surrounding it, and even about Python snakes the labourers sometimes used to catch, tie with thick ropes, and put in wooden boxes. But they managed to get out of those boxes when they were hungry and run away.

I like to cook, especially for someone who enjoys good, delicious, cooking with a lot of care. But I am being pampered by my daughter! Which Mom doesn't like that? In the afternoon, the weather was a bit strange! Sun was out, but flurries came at the same time. Sitting on the sixth floor, I couldn't see the ground, if there was any accumulation! But I watched the weather in-between, sun and flurries at the same time. To me, a perfect day means books, music, blankets, paintings, and chocolate. And that's how it was - the second day of my vacation!

Day 3

Sunny day - 2 degree C. in the morning, mild temperature for Torontonians! My daughter will be back after 30 hours in the hospital! I wonder how she even walks to the subway, and home from the subway. Probably you do what you have to do. It's going to be another lazy day - because she will sleep until evening. There is a beautiful rooftop garden in this building, but I am assuming trees and plants are still in hibernation mode. There is a lovely lounge at the ground floor, with cozy sofas and some books with appealing looks. There is a library at the rooftop too! But my daughter's room is pretty much like a library- latest and books which captivate our imagination.

I will probably cook for my tired daughter and me. There is cauliflower in the fridge, and tomatoes, and mushrooms. What can I put together with this combination? We have Uncle Ben's Brown Rice - Eggs are always there! Sun is coming through the balcony and the window on my lap - I am sitting on the only one sofa covered with few warm and comfy rugs and two paintings done by herself, on the wall in my back. Both paintings are inspired by Van Gogh. My daughter has a very artistic and subtle taste in everything - books, paintings, jewellery, clothes, and food. Did she inherit the taste from me? But I am still not at her level.

The hospitals are close, sometimes I can hear the beeping sound of ambulances. That reminds me how fragile our lives are! I am in the middle of writing my memoir about my ancestors - who experienced the Partition of Bengal in 1947. I will be alternating between reading and writing - when I feel tired of writing, I switch to reading. My brain needs to relax and have some space for thinking calmly. I switch between two kinds of writing too, something light - what I am writing right now, and then something heavier - like remembering the struggles and hardships my parents went through.

At 8 o’clock in the evening, we took an Uber and she took me to a Mediterranean restaurant, called "Tabouleh". Our dinner included special lemon and mint drink, Falafel, and Chicken Kabab with Rice for Monali, and Salmon Kabab and Rice for me. In the end we had a finger-licking dessert - Custard with fine noodles. That is the delicious end of the third day of my vacation.

Day 4

Today is the last day of my short vacation, when I had time to ponder all the good things in my life and my daughter's life and how much joy she brought me! This week was fabulous, the way I imagine my vacation to be! We watched an Oscar-nominated movie too - about a celebrated costume-designer - a character both of us are very interested in! Sometimes I feel, this girl is so creative, she could be a costume-designer! So the perfect topic to watch!

I had a chance to recapture all the memories that fill my heart. This is how I want to spend all my vacations for the rest of my life!

 

 

 



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Delighted To Share - Published A Collection
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My Recent Poems

Date PostedPoemTitleFormCategories
7/1/2025 Fun In Summer Limericksummer,
6/24/2025 Summer Haikusummer,
5/31/2025 Silence Free versefeelings,loneliness,
5/10/2025 dances my soul Monokudance,spring,
5/7/2025 Road Trip Versefamily,travel,
4/29/2025 Deprived Of Your Love Free versedestiny,grief,
4/20/2025 Smoothie Epulaeryufood,fruit,health,
4/19/2025 Chocolate Epulaeryuchocolate,food,
4/7/2025 shadows Suzette Primeintrospection,sorrow,
4/4/2025 Woman, You Are Magical Free versewoman,
4/3/2025 True Love Acrosticlove,true love,youth,
3/26/2025 Beauty Of Universe Unwraps Soul Free versebird,ocean,poetry,sky,
3/1/2025 Taming Wild Waves Alliterationsky,
12/22/2024 Life Goes On Free verselonging,love,
12/19/2024 My One Goal Rhymededication,inspirational,
12/15/2024 Light Bursts Tankaemotions,
12/3/2024 Bloomed A Verse Tankalove,poetry,
11/30/2024 Under Canopy Of Stars Tankalove,poetry,
11/28/2024 Cycle Of Existence Free verselife,
11/25/2024 Fantasy World Rhymefantasy,world,
11/20/2024 This is Me - From A Friend Who Cares - POTD Bioinspiration,poetess,
11/11/2024 Stardust On Autumn Leaves Free verseautumn,flower,
11/6/2024 Sky Monokusky,
10/16/2024 Without You Lyricloss,love,
10/14/2024 Fabulous Fun Nursery Rhyme Alliterationfamily,fun,
10/11/2024 Leaves Dream A Dream Free verseautumn,color,
9/24/2024 autumn tiptoes Haikuautumn,seasons,
9/23/2024 Hopes Soar Free verseinspiration,
9/21/2024 My Favourite Teacher Free verseinspiration,teacher,
9/16/2024 Faded Photographs Free versefamily,history,
9/13/2024 The Person I Used To Be Free verselife,light,
9/6/2024 Fun And Learn - Nursery Rhyme Rhymechildhood,fun,
9/4/2024 Circle Of Joy - Nursery Rhyme Rhymechildren,fun,joy,
8/31/2024 The Whispers of Autumn Sonnetautumn,color,
8/23/2024 Symphony Of Sunrise Free versecreation,sun,
8/17/2024 Little Darlings Rhymechildren,girl,
8/13/2024 A Voyage To Unknown Free versedeath,life,
8/11/2024 Love City Of Mississauga POTD Acrosticcity,home,love,
8/5/2024 O My Violin Free verseheartbreak,music,
7/30/2024 Summer Temptation Limericksummer,
7/24/2024 Long Day For Mrs Whisker Rhymeanimal,cat,
7/15/2024 Forgotten Era Versememory,
7/15/2024 Forgotten Verselonging,memory,
7/11/2024 Music Tankafeelings,music,
7/9/2024 Why Not Be Friends Limerickfriendship,humorous,
7/7/2024 beauty Suzette Primebeauty,
6/27/2024 birds Haikusummer,
6/23/2024 Seize The Moment Carpe Dieminspirational,time,
6/10/2024 Princess Of Malawa Biolife,
6/8/2024 When Poetry Eludes My Soul Suzette Primefeelings,poetry,
6/3/2024 Pearl Free versegrief,sorrow,
5/29/2024 Cheery Willow Ethereesummer,
5/28/2024 Cheery Rose Plant Ethereerose,summer,
5/25/2024 Reverie in Tranquility Free versedeath,life,
5/24/2024 Destination Never Reached Free versedeath,sad,
5/22/2024 Poetry Made Me Feel Whole Free verseinspiration,poetry,
5/17/2024 In My Heart Acrosticlove,
5/14/2024 If Only You Knew Romanticismloneliness,love,
5/14/2024 When Silence Speaks To Me Free versesilence,
5/4/2024 Love Sonnetlife,love,
5/2/2024 Dreams Soar Rhymedream,
4/22/2024 Painting Rhymeimagination,
4/20/2024 A Time To Reflect Free versejourney,life,
4/14/2024 Whisper Romanticismrain,
3/30/2024 Voyage Free verseinspirational,
3/24/2024 Ordeal Has Begun Limerickanti bullying,fun,
3/22/2024 Snow Personificationsnow,winter,
3/19/2024 My Warrior - Legend Narrativeinspirational,pride,
3/18/2024 Woven Worlds Otherworld,youth,
3/17/2024 Spring Sonata Free versemusic,spring,
1/22/2024 Spreading Wings Limericklove,valentines day,
1/7/2024 Not A Perpetual Dream Free verseinspirational,life,
12/26/2023 Pray For A Dawn Free verseinspirational,
12/26/2023 Only Good Wishes Rhymeuplifting,
12/23/2023 BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS - Shiny New Books Prosebooks,children,
12/21/2023 Opposing Poetry Free versepoetry,
12/19/2023 Serious Resolution Limericknew years day,
12/16/2023 Holiday Spirit Rhymecelebration,holiday,
12/12/2023 Birds Didn't Return Whatever Free versedestiny,
12/2/2023 Christmas Memories Free versechristmas,memory,
11/27/2023 Winter Sonata Free versesnow,winter,
11/27/2023 If It Wasn't For Poetry Free verseinspiration,poetry,
11/21/2023 Butterflies Dance To Moon Free versebutterfly,moon,
11/17/2023 Beauty Irresistible Tankaautumn,tree,
11/11/2023 Mother - POTD Free versededication,devotion,mothe
11/10/2023 Spooky Night Limerickoctober,
10/30/2023 Knotty Dodoitsulove,
10/26/2023 Autumn Glory Monokuautumn,tree,uplifting,
10/21/2023 Journal Dodoitsulife,memory,
10/17/2023 Born To Write Dodoitsuwriting,
10/17/2023 Hopeful Versehope,how i feel,
10/14/2023 Watching From a Cliff Free verseuplifting,
10/13/2023 Halloween Fun Rhymehalloween,scary,
10/10/2023 Rose Verserose,sad,
10/6/2023 House Free versehome,house,
9/30/2023 Andrea Bocelli Clerihewmusic,
9/29/2023 If Ethereeflower,life,
9/22/2023 Fluttering Free verselonging,lost love,
9/19/2023 Fall Splendour Rhymeautumn,
9/10/2023 Vermillion Twilight Alliterationsun,sunset,

My Photos


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Fav Poems

PoemTitleFormCategories
Find Me Then Verselove,sunset,
The Last Petal Free versefunny love,
Kaleidoscopic Kite Personificationlife,summer,
The Garden That Lives On Concretegarden,
In Your Lockup Rhymecute love,love,passion,
One Day Soon Free versehope,love,
Fascination Versehappiness,heart,
Reflections In Silence - Moon and I Free verseanalogy,life,philosophy,
Separated By a Common Language Rhymeamerica,england,language,
Gently Now, Gently Lyriclove,romantic,
My Winter Free verselove,passion,winter,
A Writer Born To Create Free versewriting,
Let There Be Color Free verseflower,garden,
Imagination Free verseanalogy,bird,imagination,
Dawn's Symphony Versebird,
The Christmas Gift Rhymechristmas,emotions,
Ruin Gazing Free versesolitude,
There Is a Star With My Name On It Free versedesire,hope,night,romanti
A Poem For Michael Rhymeabuse,angst,discriminatio
A Christmas Eve Tale Rhymeboy,dog,
Silent Blossoms Versenature,silence,
Painting Love Sonnetlove,
The Tempest Free verselife,ocean,peace,storm,
The Forest Free versenature,
Where Do We Poets Go Free versedeath,life,poems,poetry,p
I Didn'T Know Rhymeappreciation,bullying,chi
Amberina Ballerina Free versedestiny,emotions,inspirat
Poetry: a Profound Sense of Beauty - a Collaboration With Frederic Parker Free verseappreciation,beauty,imagi
A Poem For My Algebra Teacher Free verse6th grade,abuse,betrayal,
Dance Party In Summer Haikucelebration,dance,summer,
Night Sky's Party Terzanellenight,sky,
Raindrops Kissing Imagismgarden,imagery,spiritual,
Sunset Tableau Verseappreciation,lost love,na
Ode To Mother Ganga Odemother,river,
O April Free verseappreciation,april,beauty
dancing with mom - Coupletanalogy,dance,joy,life,lo
falling like leaves again - Acrosticautumn,memory,romance,sou
The Symphony I Cherish Free versejoy,music,wind,
It Still Hurts Free versebreak up,love,love hurts,
Oh, Autumn Quintain (Sicilian)autumn,
The Universe of Creativity, the Poet, and the Poem Free versepoems,
Seasons Serene Rhymeseasons,
It Came Upon a Prophecy Lyricchristian,christmas,jesus
A Zigzag In Autumn Free verseautumn,nature,
Night Light Free verseblue,light,loss,moon,nigh
My Forest of Dreams Rhymeblessing,devotion,
Along Comes a Flood Coupletanalogy,desire,imagery,lo
To My Knees Lyricfaith,god,prayer,
My Visit To Nirmal Hriday Rhymecaregiving,dedication,hap
Dreamy Night Dizainmom,
That Tiny Spark of Hope Rhyme10th grade,11th grade,12t
To My Future Self Rhymefuture,
Everybody's Going Home Lyricloneliness,lonely,longing
Flipped Hourglass Rhymelife,lost,time,
Distinct Ballet Coupletbutterfly,poetry,upliftin
Fantasy Is the Luster of Opalescence Free verseappreciation,art,fantasy,
Dappled Rainbow Hues Upon the Floor Dizainfamily,
Women In My Family Acrosticblessing,children,faith,f
Oh, Hello September Free verseseptember,
Ordinary Free verselove,magic,mystery,
Niskriti Translated As Finally Saved Rhymegender,life,women,
Showdown At Soup Creek Rhymeamerica,humor,sun,
Silence of a Poet Free versepoetry,
Vagabond Dreams Quintain (English)appreciation,love,
Finding My Muse Free versefantasy,imagery,inspirati
Summer Lace Rhymebeauty,day,love,morning,n
Soul Embrace Free verseage,child,creation,fantas
When Dewdrops Run Dry Tankaflower,love,
In Memory Imagismgrief,
Dream Party At Number 10 Free verseabuse,america,anger,anxie
Sand, Sun-Kissed and Sandals Rhymelonging,romance,seasons,s
Boyhood Free verseaddiction,boy,children,co
Spring Flowers Free versebeautiful,bird,birth,flow
That Starry Night Ekphrasisart,depression,night,pass
Wings of Change Free verseappreciation,birth,celebr
Rapture - Hiku Haikubeautiful,emotions,heart,
The Hint of Autumn Quaternaugust,autumn,color,roman
Let Us Leave Shadows and Live Ghazallife,
Eagle Haikuappreciation,bird,sea,
Whose Muse Elusive Dew Rhymedestiny,life,lost love,mo
Poem On Poetry Rhymepoetry,
First Dance Footle Footlecrush,fantasy,teacher,
Consciousness Fulcrum Free verseheart,life,work,
Ekphrasis On Snow At Argenteuil Ekphrasisappreciation,art,love,
Flight To Midnight Verseangel,beauty,death,forgiv
Forgiveness Free verseforgiveness,
Take Me To Nirvana Rhymeheaven,
Spring Whimsy Haikuspring,
If Ever I Don't Know Rhymeage,daughter,father daugh
With Life In Tune Rhymenature,
Phew Nursery Rhyme Limerickfun,
A Poets Abode Sonnetart,beauty,passion,poetry
Autumn - Constanza Rhymeautumn,death,spiritual,
Letter To My Mother Rhymemother son,
Scent of Solitude Tankaseasons,solitude,
Women In My Family Free versefamily,women,
- Bottomless Sorrow - Free verseangst,cry,emotions,sad,
Writing Is My Prayer Roundelpoetry,writing,
Cobwebs Senryuheart,
Mom's Night Before Christmas Rhymechristmas,mother,

Fav Poets

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Mpho Gift South Africa Flag South Africa Read
Besma Riabi Dziri Tunisia Flag Tunisia Read
Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib Canada Flag Canada Read
Jeanne Mcgee United States Flag United States Read
Rhonda Johnson-Saunders United States Flag United States Read
John Watt United States Flag United States Read
Andrea Dietrich United States Flag United States Read
Aditi Mishra India Flag India Read
Darlene De Beaulieu Canada Flag Canada Read
Vijay Pandit United States Flag United States Read
Harry Horsman Australia Flag Australia Read
Connie Marcum Wong United States Flag United States Read
Debjani Mitra India Flag India Read
Mark Toney United States Flag United States Read
Nandita Das India Flag India Read
Funom Makama Germany Flag Germany Read
Silent One United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom Read
Anisha Dutta India Flag India Read
Sam Kauffman United States Flag United States Read
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things