My father Late Kamal Kumar Deb !
Today while taking my morning walk I suddenly remembered my father. He was the only son among four daughters. I am not sure how to describe him since there was always a line drawn between him and our brothers and only sister. The eldest among us however had easy access-in fact his favorite. We have often seen him sitting by his side reading out 'The Statements' for him. Occasionally my father stopped him and said things-still not known by us. As far as I know father was a student of Presidency College and later-due to unknown reason- shifted to Vidyasagar College. He even had a Medical Certificate in Homeopathy (Distant course ). It was according to his wish that we were sent to renowned English Medium schools -very rare during those days. We were from a very big family- though we lived in our separate houses side by side-yet none studied in english. Once father told me that we brothers and sister should divert in...