A New Day, A New Dawn
There is a surprise for the readers. A special Poila Boishakh gift from none other than West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Who has written a piece for this special edition.
There is a surprise for the readers. A special Poila Boishakh gift from none other than West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Who has written a piece for this special edition.
This evening it was about honoring those who made it possible for the oldest English daily to host its most prized annual celebration of heritage, the Vintage Car Rally, which enters its 53rd year this year.
Fire on the Ganges is an insightful yet compassionate book that hits hard with its bare facts by examination of the systemic gaps within a highly stratified society that systematically marginalises the specific community of the Doms, depriving them of even the basic remnants of humanity.
The goal was to commemorate the courage of reporters from the rural areas who had defied restrictions imposed on journalists to bring forth stories of the excesses that took place.
The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) Wednesday held its first Media Summit to discuss the rise of Indian…
In his autobiography, Gandhiji talked of his visit to Calcutta as it then was in 1896, and the contrasting receptions he got from editors of the different newspapers he met to talk about his work in South Africa. One editor thought he was a wandering Jew while another after keeping him waiting for an hour told him, "You had better go. I am not disposed to listen to you." Gandhiji writes: "…I met the Anglo-Indian editors also. The Statesman and The Englishman realised the importance of the (South African) question. I gave them long interviews and they published them in full." We publish these interviews here, among the first of Gandhiji published in India.
On this day a century ago, these were some of the news items The Statesman readers got to read about India and the world.
On this day a century ago, these were some of the news items The Statesman readers got to read about India and the world.
On this day a century ago, these were some of the news items The Statesman readers got to read about India and the world.
On this day a century ago, these were some of the news items The Statesman readers got to read about India and the world.
