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S. Mitra Kalita

S. Mitra Kalita

Life really is beautiful

My father had a second stroke last week, and my mother rushed him to the emergency room. Again.

Feb 29, 2020

Life really is beautiful

Feb 29, 2020

S. Mitra Kalita

Lauren Brown taught me how to write this headline

This has been the worst Tuesday.

Oct 30, 2019

Lauren Brown taught me how to write this headline

Oct 30, 2019

S. Mitra Kalita

Let me tell you about my high school journalism teacher

Delivered at the celebration of Bonnie Blader, Oct. 26, 2019

Oct 28, 2019

Let me tell you about my high school journalism teacher

Oct 28, 2019

S. Mitra Kalita

With great guilt, I am having fun and living my best life again

Three days before Papa’s stroke, I met my best friend for an indulgent sushi dinner before we would go on to see the Broadway musical…

May 11, 2019

With great guilt, I am having fun and living my best life again

May 11, 2019

S. Mitra Kalita

Forget #SiblingDay, it’s #Siblings4Life

My dad’s back in the hospital. His eyes closed and he grew unresponsive during a speech therapy session. My brother and mother called 911…

Apr 19, 2019

Forget #SiblingDay, it’s #Siblings4Life

Apr 19, 2019

S. Mitra Kalita

Talking down to the elderly

We went to Olive Garden tonight. That’s the best return to normalcy I could hope for, 33 days after my father’s stroke. On the way home…

Apr 13, 2019

Talking down to the elderly

Apr 13, 2019

S. Mitra Kalita

The greatest fear of an immigrant’s kid

I am afraid of mice. I am afraid of flying. I am afraid of sleeping alone in my house. But my whole life, I have known what I really…

Apr 10, 2019

The greatest fear of an immigrant’s kid

Apr 10, 2019

S. Mitra Kalita

Nobody will help if you don’t ask

I used to speak on a lot of women’s panels. A lot. There is always inevitably a question about balance. How do you juggle it all? How do…

Mar 30, 2019

Nobody will help if you don’t ask

Mar 30, 2019

S. Mitra Kalita

Role reversals

Everyone points out the irony of we children taking on the role of caring for our parents. We go from this:

Mar 28, 2019

Role reversals

Mar 28, 2019

S. Mitra Kalita

Love

Two days after my dad’s stroke, I woke up to the sounds of my mom crying. She’d been stoic and strong since it happened so I wondered what…

Mar 17, 2019

Love

Mar 17, 2019

S. Mitra Kalita

S. Mitra Kalita

Journalist, author, mom, daughter, Assamese, culture vulture, running social commentator, born in Kings, Queen of Queens, seeker/creator/backer of community

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