Sweet Braised Duck: Reflections on Food and Memory | TOYLC26
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Join us for a special workshop that brings together literary appreciation and love for local Singaporean food.
At this session, led by Suchandra Roychowdhury (author and educator), participants will read selected passages from Sweet Braised Duck and reflect on how Chew Ngee Tan captures the beauty of being human through the medium of food that connects us to people, places, and shared experiences.
Drawing literary inspiration from Sweet Braised Duck, participants will then be guided to create or write about their own experiences where food has played a pivotal role in shaping lives, relationships or memories.
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Participants are encouraged to bring a pen and a writing pad for the session.
About the Facilitator: Suchandra Roychowdhury
Author, educator, travel-enthusiast Suchandra Roychowdhury lives in Singapore with her husband and son. Suchandra has been a student of English Literature and obtained the degree of Master of Arts from Presidency College and pursued MPhil in the University of Calcutta.
She has over 25 years of teaching experience spanning colleges in India and an IBDP school in Singapore (GIIS) where she taught English Literature and Theory of Knowledge.
Her debut novel, The Shotgun Wedding, inhabited by characters caught in an outlandish satire in a remote village in India, was on the Best Seller List of Aleph Book Company, as well as being shortlisted for Women AutHer Awards 2023 by the Times of India Group. The Shotgun Wedding has been translated into Spanish, German and French versions and was displayed at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2024.
Besides this, Suchandra has also penned a collection of Bengali plays entitled “Armani o Jamdani,” which local actors have staged in Singapore. Suchandra’s next novel, scheduled for launch in November 2026, “Who Lit the First Flame” is an adventurous attempt in reimagining and recreating a historical realm located in the heart of 19th century Calcutta. Currently, she is…
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