Order ‘Old Man on the Beach’ here!
Buy Sonali here!
From the archives
This slideshow requires JavaScript.
Who am I?
Welcome! I am a British Freelance Writer and Educational consultant who worked in Bangladesh until December 2013. I also have ADHD.In these pages I discuss all of these things and I try to give you a picture of life in Indian subcontinent Asia too.
I hope you enjoy your visit. Let me know if you do!
- Follow kenthinksaloud on WordPress.com
Like my author page on Facebook!
Are you a writer?
Follow my writing blog for reviews of anything I find helpful as a writer, plus other writing-related stuff. Click on the links below and have a look!Check out my Writer’s Blog: Write Out Loud
Book Review: Sunburn – The unofficial history of the Sun newspaper in 99 headlines by James Felton
My rating: 5 of 5 stars I can’t remember now how I came across James Felton originally. I think it was finding his book ’52 Times Britain was a Bellend’, which I loved, reviewed, and then found him on Twitter. Since then, I’ve just come to think of Felton as being one of the best […]
Book Review: Dishoom – From Bombay with Love by Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar & Naved Nasir
My rating: 5 of 5 starsSeveral years ago, a friend from the blogging world introduced me to Dishoom in Shoreditch. It was an instant love affair (with the place, not the friend) and now, whenever I’m in London, I always make sure I go there for lunch or, better still, breakfast. And if you’re ever […]
Follow me on Twitter
My TweetsContact Me:
If you want to comment on a post privately or wish to commission my work you can contact me on this address (copy and paste - no spam please):
kenthinksaloud@gmail.com
Search this blog
-
What’s new
best tags
- ADHD
- age
- Bangla
- Bangladesh
- blogs
- books
- Britain
- British
- children
- Christmas
- community
- corruption
- culture
- Cumbria
- Darjeeling
- depression
- Dhaka
- Differences
- D K Powell
- education
- England
- family
- films
- food
- friends
- Friendship
- grief
- Guest post
- hartals
- home education
- home school
- humour
- India
- internet
- Islam
- JulNoWriMo
- justathirdculturekid
- LAMB
- LAMB school
- language
- Leaving home
- life
- music
- NaNoWriMo
- novel writing
- philosophy
- politics
- poverty
- prejudice
- publishing
- racism
- Rana Plaza
- Rangamati
- Rehab
- relationships
- Religion
- Santals
- Save St Bees School campaign
- Shahbhag
- short stories
- Sitar
- society
- Sonali
- St Bees
- St Bees School
- Tabla
- teaching
- The Old Man on the Beach
- tourism
- travel
- Wedding
- Whitehaven
- women
- writing
What I’m currently reading
Blogsurfer
Randomiser
Categories
Archives
Donate to Kenthinksaloud
Tag Archives: Santals
30 Final Days of Bangladesh – Day 24 – Goodbye to LAMB staff
The latest news with Bangladesh is as baffling as it is worrying. Is it a first in political history for a party leader to be forced by the Government to take part in elections? Well, Bangladesh’s lovable ex-dictator, Ershad, has … Continue reading
30 Final Days of Bangladesh – Day 12 – Lost in the middle of beauty
Even after so many years living in Bangladesh, I never fail to be amazed by its beauty. Yesterday, even though we count ourselves as living ‘in the middle of nowhere’, we were invited to a meal in a place the … Continue reading
A Day out in Bangladesh – Life in a Santal village, Rangpur
Last Friday we took a trip out to a village in Rangpur. We hadn’t been there in nearly three years – not since my adopted daughter, Elbina, got married and went to live there with her husband’s family. Elbina (Bina … Continue reading
A Northern Bangladesh Santal Wedding
Santals are, along with the Garo and Chakma, one of the biggest of the thirty or so tribes living in Bangladesh. In India and surrounding countries they add up to around six million. In Bangladesh they number around two hundred … Continue reading
Didn’t we have a lovely time the day we went to Thakurgaon
Our ayahs have been insisting for weeks now that they wanted us to come to their family’s village a couple of hours drive from where we live at LAMB and have a meal there. Always one to want to go … Continue reading