KKD
's mother, Amita Kushari
, was not of the same caste as her father, which caused some family conflict at the time of their marriage.
Dyson, Ketaki Kushari. Spaces I Inhabit. Navana, 1983, p. 100 pp.
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Amita was a descendent of a well-known Bengali...
Instructor
Ketaki Kushari Dyson
As a child in a middle-class Bengali family, KKD
was exposed from an early age to several languages, particularly Bengali, English, Sanskrit, German, and French. She learned English at home from her mother
, who...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Ketaki Kushari Dyson
In her autobiographical article, KKD
reflects on her Indian upbringing and education and the ways her multilingual environment required her to become bilingual. In her social class, she writes, English language was not a...
