West Bengal West Bengal BJP MP Arjun Singh returns to Trinamool after three years with saffron partyThree years after leaving the Trinamool Congress to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Arjun Singh, the Lok Sabha MP from Barrackpore, returned to
Cover Story: Language Imperialism/West Bengal West Bengal: Pushback against attempts of Hindi imposition likelySuhrid Sankar ChattopadhyayThe BJP’s debacle in West Bengal in the 2021 Assembly election is also proof that any attempt to impose Hindi will face stiff resistance in the Stat
Cover Story: Language Imperialism/ Tripura Tripura: Concerns over Centre's proposal to impose Devanagari script for KokborokTribal protests against the Central government’s proposal to impose the Devanagari script for Kokborok, the language most of the tribal people speak
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb resigns months ahead of Assembly electionIn a major development that took everyone by surprise, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb resigned on May 14, months before the State Assembly election
Politics Amit Shah demands CBI probe into death of BJP youth leader in Kolkata, calls it ‘political murder’On May 6 morning, the body of Arjun Chowrasia, a local BJP Yuva Morcha leader, was discovered hanging in an abandoned house near his residence in the
Amit Shah, on a visit to Bengal, promises to implement the CAA after pandemic ends and attacks Mamata Banerjee over law and order in State“Mamata didi you want infiltration to continue and you do not want to give citizenship to refugees who have come to Bengal. But Trinamool people hea
P. Chidambaram heckled by Congress workers outside Calcutta High Court for trying to ‘save Trinamool’ in the Metro Dairy disinvestment case Former Union Home Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram found himself at the receiving end of the anger of Congress workers when he appea
Cover Story: Bulldozing the idea of India Ceaseless sparring in West Bengal: State government and Governor remain at oddsThe West Bengal government and the State Governor continue to remain at loggerheads.
Book Review Book Review: Shreya Sen-Handley's memoir 'Handle With Care: Travels With My Family' celebrates the simple pleasures of lifeOne of the most interesting aspects of the book is how the author’s love of literature often dictates, either consciously or subconsciously, her cho
CRIME West Bengal’s shame: Death of minor girl in NadiaThe alleged rape and subsequent death of a minor girl in West Bengal’s Nadia district, which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dismissed as a “small
Book Review Book Review: Martyn Rix's 'Indian Botanical Art' is a comprehensive illustrated history of the subjectExquisitely illustrated, this comprehensive book on the tradition of botanical art in India will delight art lovers and enthusiasts of botany and Indi
Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfers Although the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the o
SlideshowLiving on the edgeThey are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis
