About my grandfather Dhirendra Nath Datta ----once in a taxi ride in Moscow he kept seeing that a Mr Cupkap was coming to town-----later it tuned out the in Russian script Mr PC Sarkar --the famous Indian magician was going to perform in Moscow--perhaps this was when my grandfather was on a UN Mission studying agriculture in various countries----the other was in some middle east country he was invited to lunch and all he could see was baked eggplant/brinjal --it turned out in the various eggplants or brinjals as Indian/British call it was filled with biriyani and other goodies---my aunt Manjula Datta had been abroad on a trip from Indian government,my uncle after his IIT degree in architecture studied in Finland under very famous architect Alwar Alto--so my grandmother Lolita Datta and my father had never been outside india since he was a long term commissioned engineer so was stuck serving the army---and my grandfather use to tease my grandmother--videsh na giye memsahib--which means a memsahib w/o having been abroad---in their hayday in their business--the three brothers used to hold parties in Calcutta Club and the also spend new years eve in Great Eastern Hotel where a piglet was released at midnight---being Brahmos my grandmother and her sister Mejothamba also married to his younger brother did indulge in such activities and my mejothamba, since both sisters were married to tall men would wear high heels !!!and the usual Brahmo ,broach that Indian women wore on their sarees though the reason for Europian had drab dresses compared to the flowing colorful sarees---our Madam Secretary Albright always wears a prominent broach with her skirt and blouse ...--,that is all for tonite-Pinku Mukherjee!,
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 08:07:23 +0000
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