Opinion

#PeriodLeave: Dear Barkha Dutt, you cannot be co-opted in misogyny and call it women’s empowerment

Zomato's Period Leave & journalist Barkha Dutt disagreement with the policy led to a storm on social media.

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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…

Hindi was devised by a Scottish linguist of The East India Company – it can never be India’s National Language

During Gilchrist’s travels in India, he developed an interest to study Hindustani languages.

Red, green or saffron? Let West Bengal choose wisely

Results on May 23 will decide the future of the state.

How far will the BJP succeed in Bengal in the General Elections of 2019?

The story of the BJP in Bengal has been more hype than substance.

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…

Caught In The Slips

The two-match ban on Hardik Pandya does nothing to address the culture of entitlement and…

Can the BJP hope to find a place in the hearts and minds of the people of Bengal?

In my previous article I had discussed the shortcomings and political blunders of the Bharatiya…

The BJP’s short stint as the primary opposition party against the ruling Trinamool in Bengal seems to be coming to an end

It is said that “man proposes, God disposes”. In West Bengal, it seems God’s role…

What is Neoliberalism: the Ideology that has Colonised the World

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

Comic-Con gaffe on children goody bags: not necessarily pornographic because it has adult content

On Thursday night, I came across a social media post from a distraught parent who…