Lahiri’s father was a cataloguer at the University of Rhode Island library. “All the scrap paper in my house was old catalogue cards,” she said. In 1986, after her sophomore year at Barnard ...

She also spoke about the fond memories she shared with Bappi Lahiri and Ustad Rashid Khan saying, “How can I not think of Bappi da? He introduced me to Bengal. I remember how he took me to ...

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