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Protarona A Bengali Adaptation Of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal By Mukhomukhi

“In the dictionary of psychology, adultery is neither a sin nor a sacred act. It is more a matter of the body than of the heart. It is first and last, a satisfaction of the sexual urge. Sexual fidelity is not the same as love. An adulterer may be as genuinely in love with his/her spouseas is his counterpart” says Dr. Mahesh Gandhi, psychiatrist, Lokmanya Tilak Hospital, Bombay.

‘People were tired of corruption’

The 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections marked a defining moment in the state’s political landscape, reshaping Bengal’s political narrative and power structure.

Grappling with a counterfeit reality

Recently, the New York State University in the US initiated a programme called ‘NYU in real life’, to promote a student-led culture change of spending less time online and more in living life in person, and creating together a ‘collective effervescence’.

Code Red

Artificial intelligence is no longer merely a technological story. It is becoming a labour-market story, a social-stability story and, increasingly, a middle-class survival story.

Frozen Lines

India’s sharp rejection of the latest China-Pakistan joint statement on Kashmir was predictable.

Fractured Healthcare

India’s healthcare system has yet to match the country’s claimed growth in economy and living standards.

Punjab municipal poll verdict endorses AAP’s development agenda: CM Bhagwant Mann

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Friday described the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s sweeping victory in the municipal elections as a decisive endorsement of the Punjab Government’s development-driven governance model and a complete rejection of the opposition’s politics of hatred, division, and negativity.

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CM cracks down on GTA, replaces political administrators in Hill municipalities

The changing political landscape of West Bengal now appears set to trigger a major administrative and political realignment in the Darjeeling hills, with the state government initiating sweeping interventions in the functioning of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) and hill municipalities.