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Best left in the drawer?

A government report that spends more than a decade in a drawer tells a story regardless of what is written on its pages.

The need for clarity

The public debate about whether an Indian passport proves citizenship has brought back an important legal question.

City of broken dreams: Urban alienation in Satyajit Ray’s Calcutta trilogy

In the turbulent 1970s, Satyajit Ray turned his lens on Kolkata — a city caught between political unrest, corporate greed and moral collapse. Through his iconic Calcutta trilogy, Ray crafted an unflinching portrait of urban alienation, following three disillusioned protagonists as they steer through a city that demands survival at any cost. Ray explored how Kolkata becomes both a character and a crucible in cinema, reflecting the anxieties of a generation and a metropolis teetering on the edge.

The lull before the storm

Winds whipped up the deep dark waters of the river Muri Ganga which stretches for four kilometres from the delta island of Sagar Deep (which means “sea island” in Bengali) to the first port on the mainland, called Lot Number 8.