Politics & Society
January 10, 2015
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Politics & Society
The end of the hand pulled rickshaw?
G. Singh describes the plight of rickshaw pullers in Kolkata in the face of the State government’s decision to replace the hand-pulled rickshaws with battery rickshaws…A vital part of history associated with Kolkata also comes to an end with this
January 7, 2015
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Columns
Ebola and the wilful tragedy of inaction
I “We don’t really know what Ebola has done in the past, and we don’t know what it might do in the future.” —Richard Preston, The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (December, 1994).
January 6, 2015
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Arts & Culture
Bangladesh : voices
Karthika Naïr brings to us five narrative strands which are summaries of some of the stories that composed choreographer Akram Khan’s multiple-award-winning dance solo, DESH … Mahaboub Khulna, 1971 They came again today. Our soldiers. Only, they are not our
January 5, 2015
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Arts & Culture
On the Jaipur Literature Festival and Other Festivals of Ideas
Monidipa Mondal and William Dalrymple explore the intellectual and emotional allure of literature festivals at and home and abroad. I caught up with William Dalrymple, in the week before the first edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival at the Southbank
January 3, 2015
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Arts & Culture
Road to Hussaini Dalan: A Visual Pilgrimage
Epsita Halder takes a photo walk through the Hussaini Dalan in Dhaka, and brings to us alluring snapshots of the Imambara. “In old Dhaka, you will find the Shias,” said Mafidul Kaka, my guardian in Dhaka, while handing me an
January 2, 2015
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Books
An Extract From Salil Tripathi’s ‘The Colonel Who Would Not Repent’
On a cold winter night, driving through a dark street without lights, we reached a house by the railway tracks of Kushtia to listen to Lalon’s songs. Lalon Fokir is regarded as one of the founders of Baul music. He
December 31, 2014
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Arts & Culture
10 Bollywood celebrities who could do better with alternative careers
#Trigger warning: Not for the faint-hearted, not for the ones who look for beauty in every atom of the planet or who try to make each atom beautiful! You will be better off waiting for the next Sooraj Barjatiya film!
December 31, 2014
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Politics & Society
A Montage on Bangladesh
Paramita Banerjee highlights various parts, memories of Bangladesh in her trips to meet the women who fought in the Tebhaga movement, the peasants who were idealistic and different perceptions as they change over time and experience … ‘Samasussa liste palante
December 30, 2014
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Arts & Culture
Banglophilia
In the age of cultural insularity, Salil Tripathi reminisces about his love for another language, another culture and simply another way of living … What unfolds is a story of journeys through books, streets and memories seeped in Bangaliana …
December 30, 2014
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