The American City Bengal Forgot
How the United States quietly built a functioning American township on the Hooghly to sustain victory in Asia during the Second World War
How the United States quietly built a functioning American township on the Hooghly to sustain victory in Asia during the Second World War
We are all caught up in our private traps,” as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 thriller Psycho would have audiences believe.
A South Kolkata residential society organizes a spiritual festival on a stormy evening to commemorate the blessings of Lord Jagannath Bin hari kripa trina nahi dole….
Selling a mass-produced synthetic stringed instrument as an authentic Tripura Sarinda is now a punishable offense just like counterfeiting a luxury watch is.
It is heartening to see that steps are actually being taken to address the issue of littering in public places.
Motherhood has perhaps suffered more from sentimentality than any other human experience. Across generations, mothers have been sculpted into impossible abstractions of sacrifice and virtue until they cease to resemble living women at all.
The Sunday before Kolkata went to the polls Dola Mitra, Statesman Features Editor did an impromptu interview of Dr Swapan Dasgupta, BJP candidate from the Rashebehari constituency, who of course, won the seat. At that time when she asked, “In case BJP comes to power in the state”....he had said “Not Âin caseÊ but ÂwhenÊ BJP comes to power in the state.” He was right.
I recall that day fifteen years ago, when Trinamool came to power in the Assembly elections of 2011. The grassroots party did sweep the polls as was predicted by astute political pundits.
If there is one thing Indians love more than arguing about politics, cricket, or why our neighbor’s child got 99% in exams, it is food.
There are capitals that impress at first glance, and there are capitals that reveal themselves slowly through scent, sound and atmosphere. Palermo, capital of Sicily, belongs to the second kind.
