Hi there! I'm Indira Patel, a university professor here in Kolkata. Grew up by the Ganges, listening to my grandpa tell Mahabharata tales—kinda got hooked on old stories early on! Now I teach classical literature and history, spending days with Shakespeare’s plays, Kalidasa’s poems, and those dusty inscriptions that whisper ancient secrets. Weekends? Either buried in the library or sipping chai at a century-old café, flipping through a tattered Sanskrit manuscript. Oh, and what about you—any old story or historical tidbit that’s stuck in your head lately?