THAT OLD HOUSE
Channel: raju biswas
Date: 2013-12-07

Nirmala, 85, diagnosed with Alzheimer lives with her son. As memories wane, she  turns into a wanderer restlessly groping for a familiar face. A habitual runaway, she frequently takes off in search of her old house, now in Bangladesh and turns a refugee haunted by the home of her past. Son has now got a  bangle made, with his phone number on it. That way even if friends miss, strangers would spot her and give him a call.
As my grandmother drifts away, reappears and vanishes again, I try and hold on to the memory of the woman who raised me. With my camera I begin this journey. As she chases her old ghosts, I run after trying to hold on, trying to reach out to some of mine. And, all the while ‘time’ stands still  watching us together and alone, spending time...sometimes in the present, sometimes in the past