The Bengali Band of Brothers

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 03:38:00 +0000

Amal Bhattacharjee, among the many of my father's roommates in America upon arrival in 1971 and one of the most beloved, died yesterday. His daughter texted me and then I called my parents to tell them. This is becoming the inevitable among their generation and yet it hurts so much every time, as though I am losing a part of myself and this unexplainable, unconditional love from friends who were never family but somehow even more. Awash in this grief and memory, I type this to make it real and to remind my children and myself who we are and who made us that way.