Super El Niño Effect Hits Home: Bengal’s Villages Face Early Climate Breakdown
The first signs of the developing global Super El Niño are no longer confined to satellite maps over the Pacific Ocean.
The first signs of the developing global Super El Niño are no longer confined to satellite maps over the Pacific Ocean.
From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, from Imphal to Indore, the scale of the gathering at The Art of Living International Centre reflected the extraordinary breadth of his influence across public life.
These days I often don’t find the time to immediately respond to text or Whatsapp messages, far less answer emails at once.
Falling asleep in an express train while returning to Kolkata after a trip outside of West Bengal, listening to that “jhak jhak'' sound of the wheels on track was like my mother swaying me to sleep in her arms after playing all day.
I have a highly sophisticated, cutting-edge biological computer sitting inside my skull, but its storage capacity is almost full.
As the party fields defectors and “parachute candidates” for the 2026 Assembly elections, the question grows louder: is the Congress rebuilding its base in Assam or dismantling its own organisational foundation? For the upcoming Assam Assembly election, the Indian National Congress was supposed to signal preparedness, unity and political momentum.
The festivals celebrated during this time are not merely ritualistic events; they are vibrant expressions of identity, ecological consciousness, and collective memory.
Auguste Comte, the 19th-century father of sociology, famously asserted that "Demography is destiny." For a state as culturally resonant and strategically vital as West Bengal, this is no longer a mere academic observation, but has become a pressing existential inquiry.
As West Bengal approaches the crucible of the 2026 Assembly elections, the familiar theatre of political contestation—replete with rhetoric, realignments, and recriminations—once again dominates the public sphere.
We had been introduced by a Chinese colleague of mine, a professor at Loyola Marymount University. After six months of emails and Skype conversations, I decided to travel to China to meet her and her parents, both prominent academics.
