If Tagore were here to see…
This is not the first time a singer has been brutally berated due to their rendition of Tagore songs.
Is there a way out of the ethno-political cauldron in India’s far-east?
After describing why this region is India’s gateway to realising its eastern ambitions, Sudeep soon cuts to the chase, stating that the Naga peace process is central to establishing peace in Nagaland and Manipur.
Elias writer of the oppressed
Akhtaruzzaman Elias is difficult and ambiguous. His language is turgid and his narrative tortuous. His characters spout dirty,
Welcome spring
Spring is knocking on our door. You can feel it in the air: the dryness gone from the atmosphere and the biting cold superseded by a calming wind that loosens you up from icy inertia.
Refusing to succumb to fear
The question we must be asking ourselves now is what this new fear means for our literary and intellectual culture in the bigger picture. It means the demise of whatever we have achieved in the past four and a half decades since our independence.
Tales of Tagore in Latin America
Tagore's reception outside India is quite an interesting subject. He was an insatiate globetrotter who had travelled vastly on both sides
Desperate Bangladeshi fortune-seekers embark on dangerous sea voyage to Malaysia
The voyage that Jewel Barua had made to Thailand on a cargo vessel crammed with several hundred deceived jobseekers tells of a harrowing journey redolent of a time when slave trade was a profitable business across continents.
Pahela Baishakh
With the soothing spring wind fading, a sultry heat takes hold and a blustery wind sets in, presaging a series of storm that would
August 1, 2022
If Tagore were here to see…
This is not the first time a singer has been brutally berated due to their rendition of Tagore songs.
May 12, 2022
Is there a way out of the ethno-political cauldron in India’s far-east?
After describing why this region is India’s gateway to realising its eastern ambitions, Sudeep soon cuts to the chase, stating that the Naga peace process is central to establishing peace in Nagaland and Manipur.
February 13, 2016
Welcome spring
Spring is knocking on our door. You can feel it in the air: the dryness gone from the atmosphere and the biting cold superseded by a calming wind that loosens you up from icy inertia.
February 13, 2016
Elias writer of the oppressed
Akhtaruzzaman Elias is difficult and ambiguous. His language is turgid and his narrative tortuous. His characters spout dirty,
November 24, 2015
Refusing to succumb to fear
The question we must be asking ourselves now is what this new fear means for our literary and intellectual culture in the bigger picture. It means the demise of whatever we have achieved in the past four and a half decades since our independence.
October 19, 2015
Tales of Tagore in Latin America
Tagore's reception outside India is quite an interesting subject. He was an insatiate globetrotter who had travelled vastly on both sides
May 7, 2015
Desperate Bangladeshi fortune-seekers embark on dangerous sea voyage to Malaysia
The voyage that Jewel Barua had made to Thailand on a cargo vessel crammed with several hundred deceived jobseekers tells of a harrowing journey redolent of a time when slave trade was a profitable business across continents.
April 14, 2015
Pahela Baishakh
With the soothing spring wind fading, a sultry heat takes hold and a blustery wind sets in, presaging a series of storm that would
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