Be responsible towards the ‘we’ factor
The Statesman talked to Sonali Roy and Subhamoy Roy this week about how they met and what really helped evolve their relationship into the blissful marriage that they enjoy now.
The Statesman talked to Sonali Roy and Subhamoy Roy this week about how they met and what really helped evolve their relationship into the blissful marriage that they enjoy now.
Rainfall caused by a low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal last week led to an increase in water levels at the Maithon and Panchet reservoirs. After DVC released water from these reservoirs, vast areas in West Midnapore, Hooghly, Howrah, Bankura, East Midnapore, East Burdwan and West Burdwan were flooded.
When journalist and environmental activist Mudar Patherya decided to host a party on a moving tram last Sunday, he was at the receiving end of a barrage of questions and quizzical looks. In this article for The Statesman, he attempts to answer a few of the whats and whys, while taking the reader quite literally on a ride.
With the world in so much turmoil… actually, you know what? Let’s dispense with the euphemisms. The word is WAR. Much of the world is at war. There is a hot war in the middle east. A hot war in Ukraine involving the two biggest military powers—including nuclear power—in the world.
This week The Statesman comes with the marriage story of the Roys, who, because of their adjustment, compromise and non-materialistic outlook on life, have allowed them to stand together side by side for 22 years and are hoping to continue the same in the future.
To those of us who came of age at the end of the 20th century, the current era’s fever pitch of racial and ethnic tension feels false and anachronistic, and frankly, shocking. We were raised to value tolerance, colour blindness, unity and multiculturalism.
Before emails and phones arrived, heartfelt letters were the only form of communication that helped individuals portray and convey their longing and love. This is one such story of Anupam Neogi and Vidya Neogi, who never let distance be the full stop to their cherished love.
Dr Bramhachari’s medicine Urea Stibamine, a medicine for Kala-Azar came as a blessing to the people living in the Indian subcontinent.
The term nano-history (anu itihas) pertains to historical narratives focusing on smaller entities or localities, such as districts, sub-divisions, towns, and villages, rather than nations or larger regions.
East Zone Cultural Centre (EZCC) organised a summer camp on theatre workshop at its Salt Lake premises from 7-11 June, which was conducted by Sharnya Dey, a CCRT scholar, actor, director and playwright.
