NOTE FROM THE SERIES EDITOR ************** by Dr. Sourav Banerjee TMYS Review, a quarterly imprint of www.tellmeyourstory.biz (TMYS), began in 2020 with the vision of popularising stories from personal experiences and academic research. Diverse themes covered under TMYS Review are conscious about documenting women's history of a generation because for every subject, every topic, women have a different story to tell which points towards all those aspects that the society as a whole and people ind…
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Abstract and Excerpt: TMYS Review Sept 2022
Sep 11, 2022
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Archive: Food & Drinks Project
Jul 20, 2022
FOOD & DRINKS Under Cultural Identity & Ideology - II TMYS Review September 2022. The Amazon link for ebook/paperback copies of the issue will be updated here in September 2022. THE DIGITAL CONVERSATIONS (I) RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF FOOD CONSUMPTION 1. Religious Practices/Beliefs and their Influence on Food Consumption Behaviour - part I & Part II. A socio-cultural perspective on religiosity and food choices. Delegate Speakers: Sayan Dey Abhishek Parui Richard Schwartz 2. Fasting and Feasting …
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O-mic, My Amplified Humility
Jun 24, 2020
I was in high school and home for my study leave before my board examinations. My parents were stationed in a quaint laid back steel city in the eastern part of India at that time. It was a very hot summer night and I had just finished cracking the intriguing complexities of the various puzzles of the Anglo-Saxon period. It was well past midnight and as I took my usual before-bed shower, I slipped into a tiny cotton nightie, turned off the lights, and sat on my bed for a while. I had washed my h…
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Monsoon Wedding
Jun 8, 2020
Tumse sadiyon ki wafayon ka koi naata thha.. Tumse milne ki lakeeren thii mere haathhon mein…. ***I was bound to thee since eternity, it was designed on my lines of destiny*** This anecdote has been conceived, constructed, and cultivated against the backdrop of a synthetic dream. The date on the calendar refers to a dawn in August in the mid-90s. The location is an up-market apartment on Park Street, Kolkata, India. This location is special to me for more reasons than one. It is in this littl…