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EPISODE · Feb 20, 2025 · 54 MIN

Nilanjana Sengupta: Writing Herself Into the Heart of Singapore

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✨ In this episode of The Brown Box, we sit down with Nilanjana Sengupta.📖 Author. 🏛️ Historian. 💛 Fully Bong. 🌧️ A monsoon lover. 🕰️ A collector of nostalgia.Our conversation takes us on a journey from the chaotic streets of Kolkata 🇮🇳 to writing herself into Singapore’s history 🇸🇬. We talk about motherly love 🤱, the wonder that is Durga Puja 🏵️, and the beating heart of Singapore. But most of all, we delve into the stories of women—their struggles, their resilience—their voices, captured in her latest book Chickpeas to Cook and Other Stories 📚. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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