The Bengali doctor who made medical history in Britain

While in Nepal she adopted a baby girl, Bhutu, whose mother had died in childbirth. A single mother during a period largely unforgiving of female independence, Sen balanced professional rigour with private responsibility within the confines of traditional Bengali society. But later, in Calcutta, the child died after a debilitating illness, a devastating personal loss….

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Un Slavery Reparations: US, UK, EU push back on UN slavery reparations, despite acknowledging historical injustice | World News

transatlantic slave trade Captive Africans being transferred to ships along the Slave Coast for the transatlantic slave trade, c. 1880. / Image: Brittanica The United Nations General Assembly has voted to recognise the enslavement of Africans during the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”, in a move supporters say is aimed at…

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