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Memoirs of hunger: Bengal famine and thakuma’s kitchen

The Bengal famine reached its pinnacle in 1943. The estimated number of deaths was about five million. No wonder thakuma was obsessed with reducing wastage.

4 min read9 Sep 2017
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The film stars

Kasturi Basu, Purba Rudra and Dwaipayan Banerjee screen documentaries across rural and suburban Bengal

7 min read7 Nov 2015

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