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Analysis
The Rise and Fall of Ambedkar University
An insider’s regretful look at how a good institution in the making has declined so rapidly.
Politics
Mamata’s Handling of the R.G. Kar Hospital Case Could Prove to Be Her Hour of Reckoning
The canny West Bengal chief minister seems to have lost her touch at grasping the mood on the streets.
Politics
Red Alert: How Cinema Helps the Modi Myth
Cinematic fiction has become the convenient way of ‘correcting’ historical frictions, especially where facts are inconvenient
Politics
Mistimed Politics: Why The Left Is Partly Responsible For The BJP's Rise In West Bengal
In the process of being the ‘other’ of Mamata, the Left has been blind to the BJP, which is in actuality its historical and bonafide ideological other.
Politics
Anupam Kher Plans To Act as Tagore And Bengalis Are Not Amused
Perhaps the humanist poet’s liberal ideas will rub off on the actor, who has made no secret of his right wing political ideology.
Politics
PM Modi's Educational Degree Should Neither Be a National Shame Nor a State Secret
If the prime minister did not get a particular degree, he should say so, for he has repeatedly stated that he is a chaiwalla's son who made his way up to power through grit and hard work.
Culture
Singer, Actor, Composer and Eccentric – the Many Lives of Kishore Kumar
A detailed biography of the singer which is strong on anecdotes but falls short on context.
Culture
Geeta Dutt Could Be Effortlessly Playful, Poignant, Joyous and Melancholic Without Missing a Note
The 50th anniversary of her death is a good time to recall her prodigious talent which like a river, continues to flow on in our memories.
Culture
Excerpt: Uttam Kumar, the Much Loved Superstar, Was In Solitary Confinement of His Fame
An excerpt from 'Uttam Kumar: A Life in Cinema' by Sayandeb Chowdhury.
Politics
AAP and the Perils of Politics Beyond Ideology
AAP’s post-ideological vanity is far more damaging when it stands on the face of a gargantuan right-wing machinery at these times.
Politics
Don't Cry for the CPI(M)
In Bengal, the party turned institutions into fiefdoms, just like the RSS now wants to make JNU and the government bureaucracy its own.
Stardust Memories: The Cosmopolitanism of Uttam Kumar and His Era-Defining Cinema
On Uttam Kumar's death anniversary on July 24, remembering the Bengali hero for the ages – the natural actor who won over generations with his charm and persistence.
Why Is the BJP Communalising West Bengal Instead of Offering It Good Governance?
The BJP has long had its eye on West Bengal, because without it, its idea of a Hindu Rashtra cannot fully be realised.
Bengali Cinema is Moribund and Smug in its Comfort Zone
Bengali cinema has long lost its Madeleine and has also forgotten that it has lost it. With the new film Prakton, the forgetting is now complete.
