• 28 Aug 2018
• 358 views
• Swati Sengupta

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday questioned the fund sources of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) asking why there should not be screening on their sources of funds coming from foreign countries. At a public meeting on Kolkata’s Mayo Road, the chief minister of West Bengal, while addressing her … Continue reading “Mamata Banerjee questions sources of BJP-RSS “foreign” funds, warns against purchase of votes and fake news”

• 11 Aug 2018
• 60 views
• Our Bureau

He says illegal migrants are making bombs in Bengal

• 21 Sep 2018
• 2,409 views
• N Venugopal Rao

At least 48 years before being branded as ‘Urban Naxal’, he was termed ‘Literary Naxal’ or ‘Naxalite in literature’. Twenty five cases were foisted against him in the subsequent 45 years but the prosecution could not prove a single charge in a single case. Now, under a new nomenclature of urban Naxal, a new draconian … Continue reading “After 25 failed cases, another case against ‘Literary Naxal’ Varavara Rao”

• 04 Sep 2018
• 503 views
• Saira Shah Halim

It’s time to zero in on the real anti nations of the country who are making concerted efforts to muffle the dissenting voices.

• 12 Oct 2018
• 21,840 views
• Saberee Gupta

A former ABP employee narrates here her experience.

• 12 Oct 2018
• 1,282 views
• Our Bureau

Satadru Ojha, Editor of Calcutta Times, the entertainment supplement of The Times of India, has been “relieved of his current duties and relocated to a different role and city to facilitate an unbiased investigation”, following allegations of sexual harassment against him. In the past week, two women publicly mentioned their ordeal working with Ojha. The … Continue reading “#Metoo: Satadru Ojha, Editor of Calcutta Times, accused of sexual harassment, “relocated to a different role and city”, TOI issues statement”

• 19 Oct 2018
• 146 views
• Svanhild Wall

A Durga Puja that’s Bong in spirit, German in feel: that’s what the annual Puja in Frankfurt, Germany, organised by a Bengali Association consisting of 150-odd members, looks like. Although Frankfurt is reputed to be more multicultural than most German cities, you don’t quite get the desi feel of San Jose in the Silicon Valley … Continue reading “DURGA IN THE DIASPORA: Devi and the ring of the Nibelung — notes from Frankfurt, Germany”

• 17 Oct 2018
• 554 views
• Debarati Biswas

It’s been too long in this foreign place, long enough for the word “foreign” to feel strange now. New York City (NYC) is my home (the certainty of which is still debatable), while my other home, Kolkata, has moved on, unfazed by my absence. The memory of it often attempts to trump the reality of … Continue reading “DURGA IN THE DIASPORA: October is the cruellest month for a Bengali in New York City, mixing memory and desire”

• 11 Oct 2018
• 124 views
• Lt.Gen. (Retd) Zameer Uddin Shah

An excerpt from The Sarkari Mussalman: The Life and Travails of a Soldier Educationist.

• 25 Sep 2018
• 975 views
• Piya Sengupta

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” ― Charles M. Schulz   There might not be any Oompa Loompas and golden tickets to deal with, no chocolate rivers to make your life dangerous and exciting, but the experience at the Nestle Cailler Chocolate factory and museum was no … Continue reading “Stuff Dreams Are Made Of: Inside Switzerland’s Maison Cailler Chocolate Factory”