By appropriating Vivekananda, Rabindranath, and Netaji, the BJP is trying to present them to a new generation as icons of an ideology that they themselves opposed throughout their lives and works
Pakistan has been stirring things up over Kashmir for a while. But that’s not the only reason for the Pahalgam massacre
All across West Bengal are countless tea stalls where people sit, weaving dreams and fairy tales.
Rohith Vemula's suicide is a black spot in the history of post-Independent India which no amount of whitewashing by the state can erase
If the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is guilty of using cricket for narrow political gain through BCCI Secretary Jay Shah, the Opposition leaders have failed to resist the saffronisation of the gentleman’s game because of their wrong strategies.
For Nirendranath Chakraborty, resistance, however, had multiple shades and meanings. It was not always about crying aloud; it was also about throwing light on the wounds of society and the system.
Angshuman Kar and Robin Ngangom have a conversation on literature, politics, and the Northeast India between.
Had he been alive, Russell would have cited today's India as an ideal example to prove his point. Today's India is a country where free thought struggles to breed. Thought, in India, today, is indeed not at all free from outward control. And if you dare to express your views freely, then not only are you under constant surveillance but also in a legally disadvantageous position.
The common disrespect for little magazines led Sandip Dutta to establish ‘Kolkata Little Magazine Library and Research Centre’ in 1978 in his own small two-room residence in Tamer Lane, Kolkata.
Angshuman Kar’s poem speaks about the consequences of reducing one’s identity to a piece of paper
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