M.M. Khairul Anam:


The Bangladeshi Americans (October 1, 2015)

Amitabha Bagchi:

The Tension of Arrival (February 20, 2013)
My Encounter with the “Unknown Indian” (February 20, 2013)
Retirement -- Then and Now (January 28, 2014)
Me and My Mustang (August 1, 2014)
A Turning Point (December 1, 2014)
Durga Puja in the US: Beginning and Evolution (February 1, 2015)

Truth and Consequence on a Chicago Afternoon (December 1, 2016)
My Stint As A Disk Jockey In Chicago (June 1, 2017)

Looking for a Trash Can(February 15, 2018)

Travails of a Culinarily Challenged Student(October 1, 2018)

Fixated on License Plates: A Nerdy Tale (June 1, 2019)

The Unforgettable Lady of My Early Immigrant Years (April 1, 2020) 

The Friendly Painter and My Introduction to Racism in America (December 1, 2020)

Murphy's Law and the Durga Puja Debacle (August 1, 2021)


​Chhandasi Pamina Bagchi


Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: An Era of Endless Outbreaks (October 1, 2019)


Gautam Bandyopadhyay:


The Story of An Ex-Smoker(October 1, 2023)


Bakul Banerjee:

Shades of My Definition (December 1, 2014)

A Fascinating Journey with Unmesh Literary Group of Chicago(October 1, 2020)

An Immigrant Woman's First Job (October 1, 2023)

Mekhala Banerjee:

Angels on Earth (February 1, 2017)

Rainbow (October 1, 2017)

Asok Baral:

Job Search in America (February 1, 2019)

Motherland and Fatherland (December 1, 2019)

Tagore's Dance Drama Comes to Cleveland (August 1, 2020)


Alak Basu:

Untold Stories, Forgotten Lives (April 1, 2015)

Basabi Basu:

Immigrant Cultural Divide and Child Welfare (May 7, 2013)

Prabir Basu:

Learning from Experience (February 1, 2015)

Rajat Basu:

Coming the Long Way to America (February 1, 2016)


Bani Bhattacharyya:

Disabled
(October 1, 2017)

One Rotten Apple (December 1, 2017)

Happy Memories of Kindness (April 1, 2018)

The Decision I Made (December 1, 2018)

M is for Margarita (February 1, 2019)

Valedictorian: Honor Denied (August 1, 2019)

Vancouver Journey (December 1, 2020)


Ashim Bhowmick:

Perspective on Indian-Americans in North America (August 2, 2013)

Tilottama Bose:

Suddenly Single (June 1, 2016)

A Town Full of Love (August 1, 2021)

Dilip Chakrabarti:

Promise (December 10, 2013)

My Civic Duty (April 1, 2017)

Hope Against Living In Fear (December 1, 2020)



Krishna Chakrabarty


Memorable Days in the Life of an Immigrant (December 1, 2016)

Pronoy Chatterjee:

In Deep South during Civil Rights Movement (February 20, 2013)
One that Ended before Starting (April 1, 2014)
Battling with Cancer (December 1, 2014)
Evolution of Bengali Communities in North America: Personal Experiences and Views of Early Settlers – (2) Pronoy Chatterjee (October 1, 2015)

Shades of Racism in the Sixties (June 1, 2018)

Debajyoti Chatterji:

Obstacle to Departure: The Visa Nightmare (February 20, 2013)
My First Flight (February 20, 2013)
Life as a Grad Student in the Sixties (December 10, 2013)
A Brief History of Bengali Immigrants in America – Part A (January 28, 2014)
A Brief History of Bengali Immigrants in America - Part B (June 1, 2014)
Bengali Periodicals Published in North America: Past, Present & Future (April 1, 2015)
Evolution of Bengali Communities in North America: Personal Experiences and Views of Early Settlers -- (1) Ranajit Datta (August 1, 2015)
Evolution of Bengali Communities in North America: Personal Experiences and Views of Early Settlers – (2) Pronoy Chatterjee (October 1, 2015)
Laws That Shaped Our Immigration History (August 1, 2016)

The Name Game: Hazards of Hasty Americanization (June 1, 2017)

The Makings of a Successful Bengali Entrepreneur: Face to Face with Jaiprakash Biswas (December 1, 2017)

Happy Days on the Golden Pond? (June 1, 2018)

When the Circus Came to Town (October 1, 2018)

The makings of a Successful Bengali Entrepreneur: Face-to-Face with Shyamal Sarkar (August 1, 2019)

Early Lessons on American Values (April 1, 2020)

Buy Low, Sell High (June 1, 2021)

The Curious Case of Smokey the Bandit (January 1, 2022)

Clinton Arms Hotel in New York City: Where Dreams Met Realities (July 10, 2022)

A Love Story ... With Many Ups and Downs (July 1, 2023)

A Dozen Roses (January 1, 2024)



Kooheli Chatterji:

The Language of Our Kin (February 20, 2013)

Jayashree Chatterjee:

There's No Place Like Home (December 1, 2015)

Grandparenting in the US (February 1, 2017)

Sipra Chatterjee:

Carrying the Family Torch (October 1, 2014)

Haimonti Chaudhuri:

1954-56: Two Years in the Village of Katonah, NY (February 20, 2013)


Bharati Chowdhury


A Visitor's Diary (April 1, 2019) 


Pradip R. Das


Twice In America (February 1, 2021)

A Graduate Student in the "Cornhusker" State(April 10, 2021)

Satyajit Das


Sketches from an Immigrant's Life(July 10, 2022)


Shamita Das Dasgupta:


Manavi: An interview with Shamita Das Dasgupta by Debajyoti Chatterji (June 1, 2015) 

Basab Dasgupta:

Ph.D. Study in USA: A Letter to My Nephew (August 2, 2013)
A  Bengali Party (October 23, 2013)
My Career as a Stand-up Comedian (June 1, 2014)
My First Mercedes Benz (October 1, 2014)
What Happened to USA? Analysis of a Physicist (February 1, 2015)
A "Short" Story (June 1, 2015)
Promotion of Bengali Culture (October 1, 2015)
Expectation Setting: College Education in U.S.A. (February 1, 2016)
India and Information Technology (April 1, 2016)
California -- Here I Come (August 1, 2016)

Where Is The Beef? (February 1, 2017)

Pets -- A Cause of Culture Clash? (June 1, 2017)

Dancing (December 1, 2017)

Dittman the Hitman(February 15, 2018)

American English (June 1, 2018)

Driving A School Bus(October 1, 2018)

Confessions of an Indian-American (February 1, 2019)

Christianity - Final Frontier of Americanization? (April 1, 2019)

A Handyman Is Born (August 1, 2019)

All I Can Write About All You Can Eat Buffets (December 1, 2019)

The Other World (February 1, 2020)

Tip of My Bengali Frugality (August 1, 2020)

Awakening to the American Kissing Ritual (February 1, 2021)

Immigrant Bengalis -- Unite! (June 1, 2021)

Blue Jeans Baby (October 1, 2021)

Remembering Kelly -- The Motgage Broker (April 1, 2022)

Climbing Up the Ladder(January 1, 2023)

Obsessed With Blonde Women(July 1, 2023)

Nudity As An Art Form: Bengali and Western Art (January 1, 2024)



Sujan Dasgupta:

Launching a Web-Based Resource for Bengalis: Story behind Abasar.net (December 10, 2013)

Aparna (Molly) Debroy:

An Immigrant Childhood: Growing up with GSCA (January 28, 2014)

Ramananda Ganguly:

Globe-Trotting for the American Dream (August 1, 2015)

Midwestern Hospitality (April 1, 2023)

Shyamal Ghosh:


Destined for the US by Way of West Germany(October 1, 2020)


Soumi Jana:


Fritters -- Warm and Crisp (April 1, 2023)


Satya Jeet:

Memsahib, Hat, Coat and Biscuit (May 7, 2013)
Sketches from “My Life in the Media” #1: I Want to Be Uttam Kumar (October 23, 2013)
Sketches from “My Life in the media” #2: A Second Chance at Life (December 10, 2013)
Sketches from “My Life in the Media” #3: Meeting Opu (January 28, 2014)
Sketches from “My Life in the Media” #4: George the 4th, I Salute Thee (April 1, 2014)
Sketches from "My Life in the Media" #5: Texas Poker: Double or Nothing (June 1, 2014)
Sketches from "My Life in the Media" #6: From Apple Pie to the Taliban (October 1, 2014)
Sketches from "My Life in the Media" #7: Those Who Can ,,, Do (February 1, 2015)
Sketches from "My Life in the Media" #8: A Hundred Miles Away (June 1, 2015)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (August 1, 2018)

Khatta Meetha (December 1, 2018)

Country Roads, Take Me Home (April 1, 2019)

My Munna Speaks Fluent English (June 1, 2019)

Dark Skies Over South Jersey (December 1, 2019)

Meeting Gautama (October 1, 2021)

A Lucky Guy (January 1, 2022)

You Can't Go Home Again (April 1, 2023)

You Can't Go Home Again ... ... Maybe (July 1, 2023)

You Can't Go Home Again, ... But I Beg to Differ (January 1, 2024)

Abhay Kangle:


America: The Land that Beckoned  (April 10, 2021)


Nupur Gangopadhyay Lahiri:

Cooking Lessons (December 1, 2015)

Debu Majumdar:

Grades P or V (August 2, 2013)

Tapas Mazumdar:


Loving and Hating America(October 1, 2023)


Indrani Mondal:

I Shop Therefore I Am (October 1, 2015)

Her New Normal (February 1, 2021)

Independence Day (June 1, 2021)

The Talisman(July 10, 2022)

Ranjan Mukherjee:

Three Careers Across Three Continents (June 1, 2016)

In Defense of Leisure: An Immigrant's Perspective (February 1, 2017)

Soma Mukhopadhyay:

Temple and Belief(January 1, 2023)


Subhash Nandy:

Waiting for Nina (August 1, 2015)
A Surprise, a Shock and a Relief! (December 1, 2015)
A Disillusioned Visitor (April 1, 2016)
Age of Innocence on the Wane (August 1, 2016)

Like a Cat that has Three Lives! (December 1, 2016)

Unexpected Surprises Out West for a New Grad Student (April 1, 2017)

Vignettes of Life in Boston (April 1, 2018)

Nitya Nath:


An Immigrant Reflects on the Mentors in His Life(June 1, 2020)


A. Prabasi


Manoj Finds a Bride(October 1, 2017)

Gambler -- A Mea Culpa (February 15, 2018)


Rahul Ray: 

Days and Nights in Cambridge, Massachusetts: Waiting to Exhale (April 1, 2015
Days and Nights in Cambridge, Massachusetts: Goodbye to Wazzu and Mount St. Helens (June 1, 2015)
Days and Nights in Cambridge, Massachusetts: Culture Vultures (August 1, 2015)
Days and Nights in Cambridge, Massachusetts: Baby Steps toward the Mainstream (December 1, 2015)
Days and Nights in Cambridge, Massachusetts: "Chicken, Goat, Cheap" -- Haymarket Memories (February 1, 2016)
Days and Nights in Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Multi-Colored Prism of NPR (April 1, 2016)
Days and Nights in Cambridge Massachusetts: Fun Game of Cricket -- Emperor of All Sports (August 1, 2016)

Days and Nights in Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Post-Doc Grind -- An Immigrant Scientist's Perspective (April 1, 2017)

Days and Nights in Cambridge, Massachusetts: Death of a Dream -- America the Eternal Mousetrap (August 1, 2018)

A New York City Cabbie (January 1, 2022)

Mizan Rahman:

We Must Wake Up (June 1, 2014)
Am I a Bengladeshi or a Canadian? (August 1, 2014)

Asit K. Ray:

Of Pigeons and Sirens: Early Struggles after Landing in America (October 23, 2013)

Norway or the Doorway: A Saga of Survival During an American Recession (August 1, 2017)

Dr. Biswamay Ray:


Lord Krishna, Save Yourself! (October 1, 2022)


Hillol Ray:

Kindness of Strangers: An American Story (April 1, 2018)

My Fond Memories of NDSU (August 1, 2018)


Manisha Roy:

Welcome to California (April 1, 2014)

The California Traffic Police (August 1, 2017)

Burned into Memory: War and Protest (June 1, 2020)

Sumit Roy:

The Toronto Carnival – 2013 (October 23, 2013)

Shyamal Sarkar:

My First St. Patrick’s Day in New York (May 7, 2013)
A Choice I Was Forced to Make (October 23, 2013)
My Awareness of Homosexuality in the US (December 1, 2014)
Memory, Identity and Alzheimer's (February 1, 2016)

110-220 Volt Deshis (December 1, 2018)

Benoy Samanta:

Hazel Hoff and Reading Gitanjali in US (January 28, 2014)

Chance Encounters: A Girl Named Maria (August 1, 2017)

Shards of Memory: Apartment Search (October 1, 2019)

Ranjana Sanyal:


The Man in the Pick-up Truck (June 1, 2020)

The Janitor and Me(April 10, 2021)


Subhash Sen:

The Longest First Day(October 1, 2020)

Utpal Sengupta:

The "Kind Of" Girl (August 1, 2020)

An Evening Snack and More! (April 1, 2022)


Proshanto Kumar Shome:

A Trip Full of Shocks (May 7, 2013)

Ruma Sikdar:

Terms of Endearment (August 2, 2013)
The Chinese School Psychologist (August 1, 2014)


Subhas Sikdar:

An Improbable Immigrant (December 10, 2013)

Kumar Som:

Life There ... and Life Here (June 1, 2016)


Vishnupriya:


Stars and Stripes: Fireworks and Cellphones: (October 1, 2019)

My Salad Days (February 1, 2020)

Frigid (April 1, 2022)

Past Publications: Archive

 Immigrant Bengalis