A slow process of acclimatisation to the realities of Hindutva has been underway for some time now. There have been bandwagon jumpers and opportunists, there
It was September of 1977. This forty-five-year-old memory is as fresh in my mind as if it happened last month. Indeed, do I remember what
The House was planned for single female cat lovers to live together for a while; maybe for several months or a few years. All residents
Hrishikesh Mukherjee was born in September 1922 and the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) has organized a centenary tribute to Hrishikesh Mukherjee through the
Finally the day comes when her brother plops out. The night before it had been raining, all night and into the morning. Urja puts on
The propensity to prevent potentially successful people from attaining success and the predilection to begrudge, resent, or mock people who succeed, who have talent, who
And even though a compliment might be a little thing, a fake compliment can do more damage than one can imagine. Since honesty is an
My transformation into an avid gardener is a tough act to follow. I grew up in the urban jungle of Kolkata, a dirty, noisy, grey,
End of summer, back to school!!! As the morning broke today with the call of the alarm clock (lazy for three full months), there was
What happened to the girl? We never cared to know. Her parents never cared to know.
Our house is situated approximately 3 miles from the famous Walden Pond, the glacial lake made famous by Henry David Thoreau, the nineteenth-century transcendentalist, naturalist,
Sabitri Chattopadhyay, “Amar Katha: Ki kore nayika holam” (“My Story: How I became a Heroine”) in Anandalok, Pujo Sankhya 1990. 238-69. Unless otherwise noted, all
Footnotes, bibreferences.liography and
Humanity always wins. Pandemic changed all existing myths and game plans. Even the police are doing their best, breaking all mistaken notions about them.
Anil Bera recounts an anecdote on how Kazi Nazrul Islam's poem connected him to a Turkish audience.
I reached the airport on time. But what happened after queuing up for the security check is what this story is made up of.
