Welcome to Kingdom of Heaven – Paikpara

Daddy – Annada Munshi – with one of his students, to the left, and Bhai and Madhubani. Old days.

Mother Jayathi with Buku, Bubu (with violin), Tutu and Manto.

This is how I will always remember the warmth and atmosphere of Sri Annada Munshi´s home at Tala Park in north Kolkata, full of art and music – where I set foot first time in May, 1982, and where I met the one who would become my beloved wife, Bubu.

Now the scene has changed. Annada Munshi, ”Daddy”, passed away in 1984, and his wife Jayathi in 1997. And regretfully, also Kumkum passed away on 27 August, 2001. Please go to his memorial page.
In 2010, on 2 March, also Manto passed away. Remember him!

Vi har i alla fall vårt andra hem i Bubus födelsestad Kolkata – mestadels i stadsdelen Paikpara men också Lake Market (Sardar Sankar Rd 23 A) där vi har en våning sedan 2011, så vad passar väl inte bättre här än en kärleksfull presentation av denna härliga kulturstad i Indien.

KOLKATAS SJÄL, där du också finner länkar vidare till tidskriften SYDASIEN, liksom information om Durga Puja – som vi för övrigt också firat i Lund i tio år!

På Tala Park Avenue har vi vårt ursprungliga hem i Kolkata. Där har familjen Munshi bott i 70 år, och där firade vi vårt bröllop 1982. Möt vår familj på Tala Park .

Lars Eklund

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Look at happy times at Tala Park, after the magnificent wedding of 1982!

Lars and Stefan has a riksha, from Neihati outside Kolkata, which is avaliable for rent in Lund. More information.

The best magazine on South Asia in Scandinavia: SYDASIEN, which I happened to be the editor of for 25 years, from 1982 till 2007.

SASNET, the Swedish South Asian Studies Network, where I was proudly working as webmaster/deputy director from January, 2001. The web site I created during 15 years was considered worthless by colleagues and was closed down on 15 April 2016. See the last SASNET NEwsletter, No 186, from 13 April.