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.
As Nepal concludes its national election successfully, the people of North-East India expect a stable, popular and progressive regime in Kathmandu.
On a cool and moist afternoon in India’s North-East, in a region long defined by distance and difficult terrain, policymakers and diplomats gathered to talk about roads, rivers and ports, and about how geography might finally begin to work in the North-East’s favour.
In happier days I had penned a piece called “The Gas Guy” in Desktop Doodles. Little did I know at that time that one day the gas-guy would actually become such a sought-after entity.
An adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel imagines how the death of Shakespeare’s young son may have shaped the creation of Hamlet — revealing how grief, faith and art intertwine in humanity’s search for meaning.
Long after classrooms fall silent and degrees are framed on walls, the habit of learning continues to shape how people think, judge, and lead.
