A Legacy of Stories

By Monisha Choudhury: My mother's (Anima Basu nee Dey) father was Basanta Kumar Dey and Grandmom Parimal Dey (nee Mitra), after whom the...

By Biswajit Basu: A Ship in Stormy Seas The skies are as black, the winds wail a dirge,  The seas below roils in malevolent angry gray,  The...

A small poem on life's philosophy by Biswajit Basu TIME & FATE I have swaggered down the narrow path of life Peeping hither and thit...

By Biswajit Basu: On a ship, the three broad professions are Deck, Engine & Catering. Anyone not in these catogories is considered eccen...

Before settling down in Hauz Khas, Delhi; Monisha (Moon) Choudhury had quite a nomadic childhood. Here are some of her famous neighbors.  B...

Details of Biswajit Basu’s first ship posting are  here . In this post, we meet two of his first crew mates.  By Biswajit Basu: One more th...

By Biswajit Basu: How I was posted on my first ship I received a telegram in Delhi to report to our Calcutta Office of Scindia Steam Naviga...