An ancient cult and the associated legends: Where the Goddess, earth and mother become...
After the harsh inflammation of Grishma or summer, as slowly the earth turns moist, lenient and suitable to sustain the new seeds- the time...
End the culture of impunity
A victory day free from the physical presence of any known war criminal was probably the central theme of this years victory day celebration,...
Music makers of my City
Everyone living in this city has a similar memory I believe- a humid summer afternoon, languor hanging heavy in the air, suddenly disrupted by the...
Do not play with our kids future
As school education makes a comeback on the public debate agenda for all the wrong reasons, and none but the Islamic fundamentalists have come...
Nabanita Dev Sen: The Feisty Feminist, Humorist of Post-Colonial Bengali Literature
By Lopa Banerjee
Bengali literature of the post-independence era has most certainly come a long way where women authors have shaped the world in their...
My Hypnotic And Magical Encounter With West Bengal
We had finally packed our stuff with our winter clothes, warmers and the stuff we thought we might require. We were driven via a...
9 Stages of a Bengali’s life in Bangalore
Stage 1 – Getting ready – A month to launch date
You just scored that dream job in Bangalore. Your proud parents have booked your...
Langadu- a national shame for Bangladesh
Peace is still a far cry in the hill tracts
The gruesome images of the indigenous people of Langadu upazila, Rangamati fleeing home, carrying whatever...
Thrifty eating in the City- An eat-all-you-can date!
Two doctors and a psychologist- what does this equation add up to? Well, in any other part of the world, under any other circumstances,...
Opinion Columns
‘Bengali Muslim’ As An Oxymoron: Crisis And Conflict Of Identities
Legendary Bengali novelist Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay sets the context in this regard when he remarks in one of his famous literary works,‘Srikanta’, “The Bengali...
From Ekushey to Muktijuddho: The Myth of Bengali Nationalism
In 1964, the entire East Pakistan was rocked by violence against the minority Bengali Hindu community. Anti Bengal Hindu riot broke out across the...
Is Bengal Heading Towards A Genocide?
India, it is said, lives in her villages. But she can be understood through the slogans that rents her skies and the way her...