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.
On my recent visit to Rome, I set aside a full day simply to walk—without a fixed plan, without rushing, allowing the city to reveal its iconic places in its own rhythm. Rome is one of the few cities in the world where even a casual stroll becomes a journey through layers of time.
India’s nutrition debate has long been caught between aspiration and feasibility. We know what constitutes a healthy diet, but translating that knowledge into daily consumption for a population of this size has always been the harder task.
Gandhiji spent nearly 4 months in Bengal from 1 May 1925 to 31 August 1925. Except for a couple of very short visits made to Patna and Jamshedpur during this long phase he visited several parts of Bengal travelling from Midnapore to Chittagong and again from Darjeeling to Chandpur for multiple purposes.
The title of this essay is meant to be an ironic pun. All Bengalis of my era have listened to, loved and sung songs written by him.
A few days ago, I took the train to Rome, the Eternal City—capital of emperors, philosophers, poets, and saints.
