In his latest book, Bengal 2021: An Election Diary, journalist and author Deep Halder explores the factor of religious identity and gauges the mood of the people across Bengal ahead of the electrifying Assembly elections of 2021.
...Full StoryA saffron wave crashed on the Coffee House and washed away the last remaining doubt that Bengal has changed.
...Full StoryWhen acting legend Soumitra Chatterjee died on November 15 last year, my Feluda died with him.
...Full StoryThe induction of cricket legend Sourav Ganguly may not necessarily be the answer for the BJP in Bengal for 2021.
...Full StoryWhat is one small train accident? Just another piece of news. Just another day in the life of India. Those poor sods are already becoming a distant memory.
...Full StoryBeing in bed with Sharad Pawar and the Congress is a difficult threesome even for a deft political acrobat. And Uddhav has no administrative experience.
...Full StoryPost MeToo, the rules have changed and a philanderer is no more a charmer even when he is Brad Pitt.
...Full StoryCould Prashant Kishor’s advice to the West Bengal chief minister reverse BJP’s recent gains in the state?
...Full StoryCommunism, the legendary Bangla defence mechanism or the gutkhakhor non-Bengali; who is to blame for Kolkata's rot?
...Full StoryThe 'angry Hanuman' raging against liberal voices, or the distraught and economically backward farmer with a blistered foot — your vote on one of these two images will decide who will rule India for the next five years.
...Full StoryHas Mamata Banerjee inherited this fine tradition from the Left Front government before her? It has certainly served political dispensations in Bengal very well.
...Full StoryWill Fan redeem the Baadshah of Bollywood?
...Full StoryLike in Mamata's West Bengal, this argument is conveniently forgotten when it comes to hearing out the other side.
...Full StoryRosalyn D'Mello's first book, 'A Handbook for My Lover', brought great relief to me.
...Full StoryAny observer of caste and the political Left’s disturbing ambiguity towards it will tell you the Dalit scholar was right.
...Full StoryA Gujarati-Muslim bootlegger openly flaunting his religion and his disregard for the law in Modi land - King Khan proves he can be politically incorrect.
...Full StoryWhile good citizens of Bombay have bowed down to fate, a punk rock band in the Indonesian city has picked up the big fight against reclamation.
...Full StoryIf the Hindu right wants to keep its flock together, it needs to address its problems rather than blame the likes of Teresa.
...Full StoryRemembering Nabarunda on this fateful day.
...Full StoryThe real Ghar Wapsi desires of a fictional school headmaster in West Bengal.
...Full StoryGodmen like Rampal feed on followers’ miseries as Shining India looks the other way.
...Full StoryOne can only hope when the party’s over, Bengal will hold up better than IIPM.
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