Swati Sengupta

Swati Sengupta is an author and journalist. Her published books are Out of War, Half the Field Is Mine, Guns on My Red Earth and The Talking Bird. She has worked for various newspapers in Kolkata for 18 years, and runs a gender workshop series. Swati lives in a brave and beautiful world in which girls and boys do not carry out gender-specific roles.
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How women and religious minorities together will impact the 2021 Bengal’s Assembly elections: the story of Nandigram

The Nandigram constituency in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district – 130 km from Kolkata –…

Surrendered Maoist squad leader Suchitra Mahato is now a mother

She was with politburo member Kishenji when he was shot dead.

Nirbhaya Case Hanging: How will four convicts be hanged in Tihar Jail simultaneously for the first time?

The time leading to the actual hanging is horrific and disturbing, recalls Sunil Gupta, former…

The top three environmental concerns for India now, according to Sunita Narain, environmentalist & CSE director

Sunita Narain is director, Centre for Science and Environment & Editor of the magazine "Down…

What is poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s Bengal 2021 blueprint for Mamata Banerjee?

Here is a quick look at how the poll strategist works out his successful plans.

In politics too, women with same qualities and qualifications are treated as inferior than men: Kolkata South CPI(M) candidate Nandini Mukhopadhyay

Nandini Mukhopadhyay is professor, department of computer science & engineering, Jadavpur University. She has contested…

Why were these Trinamool Congress MPs dropped from the candidate list this time?

Need to check the BJP's growing support in the state's tribal areas has been an…