Do you remember, Kolkata
That green passport, my dark green shirt;
Arriving, drenched, at Sealdah Main
That day on the train from the border
I saw a shoeshine boy for the first time in my life.
It was a thrill, my dream city,
My first tram-car, my earliest first-class,
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Posts Tagged ‘Buriganga’
The Waiting Rooms of History
Posted by bangalnama on July 6, 2009
Posted in উদ্বাস্তু ও জবরদখলকারী, কলকাতা, কলোনী, ক্যাম্প, পরিযাণ, পূর্ব পাকিস্তান | Tagged: Amritabazar Patrika, দেশভাগ, Buriganga, Dhaleshwari, East Bengali refugees, Kolkata, Narayangunj, Padma, refugees at Sealdah station, Tarapada Roy, Tippera riots | 3 Comments »
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