Devdan Chaudhuri

Devdan Chaudhuri is the author of the novel 'Anatomy of Life'. He is one of the contributing editors of The Punch Magazine. He publishes short fiction, poetry and essays on politics and culture for various publications. He lives in Kolkata.
10 Articles

Notes from Lockdown: Virus Pandemic, Panic Outbreak and Moron Apocalypse

While we are experiencing the first lockdown without knowing how things will transpire, we know…

The Citizen’s Guide to CAA, NPR and NRC: The Simplest and the Essential

We need to heal from the traumas which have been inflicted upon us. Now we…

The Meaning of India’s National Flag and ‘post-Pulwama-Balakot and pre-election’ India

The Government is bizarrely manoeuvring to evade its responsibility to answer the questions being raised…

What is Neoliberalism: the Ideology that has Colonised the World

‘With our thoughts we make the world’ – Shakyamuni Buddha For the last few weeks,…

Is India, under Modi regime, turning into a Colony of a Western Hegemonic Power?

Neo-Colonialism and The Empire  The great Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist Eduardo Galeano exposed the…

What was the role of the USA to forge a ‘cashless-economy’ in India, just prior to Demonetisation?

The toxic brew of hate and greed – desi Hindutva ideology and videsi Neoliberal ideology…

Time has started to turn against the Modi regime and its Achilles Heel has been exposed

When time itself starts to turn against you, then no ‘power, wealth, muscle and hubris’…

Why the politics of BJP is fundamentally opposed to the intrinsic ‘character’ of Bengal

What makes the politics of the Bharatiya Janata Party fundamentally opposed to the intrinsic ‘character’…