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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Boi Babu and Other Stories: In Verse

Boi Babu and Other Stories: In Verse

Pillai, Harimohan

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General Poetry

ISBN13: 9798576272549
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 4 2020
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.17 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
As a migrant from Kerala in Hindi heartland I grew up with Malayalam at home and Hindi beyond the door of the house. And as a child I discovered to my amazement that most of my friends spoke different languages at home, though Hindi is what connected us. I also discovered that my mother and other mothers as well, used mother tongue even in public whenever need arose of saying something personal or private, most often to scold... The tonal quality of every such language that I heard was different, except one, which to my ears sounded extremely pleasing, sweet, so to say... even when it was used for scolding! I discovered that Bangla or Bengali was 'mishti' to ears... and wondered as a child if that was because Bengalis made the most awesome 'mishtis' in the world...My times in Bengal during graduation in the 70s have been...

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