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Writers’ Building: A heritage which is victim of Rulers’ neglect in Bengal

Shantanu Guha Ray - October 16, 2021

For decades, the imposing architecture of the 241-year-old Writers’ Building was a matter of pride for India. But now, Writers’ Building, Kolkata’s first three-storied...

A peep into how Mamata’s injury would play out over next few hours

Debjani Bhattacharyya - March 12, 2021

This is a game of sympathy. Mamata Banerjee has been injured. If she holds true to her promise to return to the battlefield in...

Crime or Industry?: Bengal made its choice decades ago

Debjani Bhattacharyya - March 6, 2021

Bengal would have its assembly polls beginning March 27 in eight phases for 294 seats. One would remember a state as big as Uttar...

How many talk of this massacre of Sadhus which happened in heart of Kolkata?

Bhumika Arora - February 18, 2021

Political violence has always been part of West Bengal history. Over the period, it has just mutated and transformed itself. Kolkata, then known as...

CAA: Mamata can’t convince so she would confuse refugees from Bangladesh

Debjani Bhattacharyya - February 16, 2021

If you can’t convince them, confuse them. This is how Mamata Banerjee intends to deal with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which Bharatiya Janata Party...

Marichjhapi Massacre of Dalit Hindus: Didi, whatever happened to judicial probe?

Bhumika Arora - February 2, 2021

Blood Island: An Oral History of the Marichjhapi Massacre. It’s a book which would make most Indians wonder: How come I don’t know about...

Kolkata: A city where we idiots beam in front of our neo-Colonial symbols of slavery

Veeresh Malik - September 8, 2020

(Kolkata: This one is third on the Neo-Colonialism in India series. The first one was on Delhi and the second on Mumbai. God know...

Now that Hindu-Dalit divide is closing, break-India forces have loose motions

Ashish Shukla - May 27, 2019

We are at a seminal moment in India’s history. The divide between Hindus and Dalits is closing. Once Muslims also join the flank, the...

Why Mamata won’t pay respect to martyrs

Newsbred Staff - September 21, 2016

A piece in Swarajya magazine highlights the insensitive official reaction in Bengal politicians when two of their martyred soldiers in Uri attack in Kashmir were brought to...

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