<p>Last March 2020, when the whole world was shut down by the COVID-19 epidemic, the author's friend Dr. Ranjit Biswas, senior professor at SN Bose National Center for Basic Science, Kolkata and Sahabul Islam, a teacher at Teghri Nazirpur Institution (Higher Secondary School), a resident of Padmanabpur, Hariharpara, started an e-literary magazine, named Jhingeful. The name of this e-magazine was after the famous Bengali poem "Jhingeful" written by the Bengali rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. At their request, the author started writing regularly for this e-magazine on a variety of topics. </p><p><br></p><p>The author grew up in India, got a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry, and in the year 2000 moved to USA for post-doctoral studies. Since then, he has been living in Pennsylvania, USA for the last twenty-four years. In this book, the author recollects the journey of his life abroad, life stories of an immigrant and his experiences from being a part of the Bengali diaspora with a cross cultural perspective and reflection.</p><p><br></p><p>In this memoir the author covers a wide range of topics including travel, literature, religion, science, politics, socioeconomics issues, sports, cooking and writes with a humorous and satirical undertone. He skillfully weaves in his experience as an immigrant into the fabric of the stories. </p><p><br></p><p>The stories are not arranged in any particular chronological order. As he recollects the past he realizes his perceptions about life, religion, ideology, society have evolved resulting in a better understanding over time.</p>
