Month: July 2024

Read Sayantika’s essay “Mother Tongue” from Vol. 35.1 here. As Sayantika says, “This essay comes from a very special place: my mother. She was insistent on giving me all the opportunities that she missed, and one of them was going to an English-medium school. On the other hand, she also kept me grounded, and I believe this essay comes from there. My mother was elated to see this essay, but unfortunately, she suffered a stroke just a few days after publishing it, which has been debilitating for her. She is recovering slowly right now.”