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	<title>Bong Buzz &#187; Dr. Anjan K Das</title>
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		<title>The Pujas are coming!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pujas are just a few weeks away. The Bengali month of Bhadra is drawing to a close and Aswin will start next week, formally inaugurating the autumn season. When we lived in Calcutta the Bengali seasons went by almost unnoticed, but in Siliguri it is still possible to discern the procession of the seasons. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Jews of Calcutta</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ezra Hospital was tucked away along the Colootola road adjacent to the Calcutta University complex. It was of little concern to us as students, as it housed the ENT Department and the Chest Department which consumed very little of our time during those days. However it housed the Students’ Ward as well and here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Trip To Dhaka</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in Dhaka last week. It was a business trip, but it was an occasion to renew some friendships and to also renew acquaintance with the second great city of Bengal, now unfortunately in two parts, thanks to our own stupidity. The Partition of Bengal was a traversty of history, but the conditions were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Uttar Banga Anath Ashram (North Bengal Orphanage)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uma Mallick looks like a normal Bengali Housewife. She wears a standard cotton sari, vermillion on her forehead and travels clinging to her husband’s motorcycle as he whizzes past in Siliguri’s notorious lanes.
However she is anything but that. Uma is the founder and the livewire of the Uttar Banga Anath Ashram (North Bengal Orphanage). Lest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A paean to the Singara</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Anjan K Das</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bengali Singara is made of a vegetarian filling over a flour based covering, deep fried. It's different from the North Indian samosa.]]></description>
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