New Delhi, April 20 -- Last week I was looking for fresh peas in my market in Kolkata. "Peas now?" the vegetable seller asked me with a look of surprise. "Peas are gone. It's time for potol (parwal) ... Read More
New Delhi, April 4 -- Sundari tram amader, Sundarban (Our beautiful trams, our Sundarban). As Swarna Chitrakar sings about crouching tigers and trundling trams at the Esplanade tram terminus in Kolka... Read More
New Delhi, March 23 -- They are coming for our Facebook. And Instagram. And any other social media platform we might be on. In India, the new Income-Tax Bill 2025 proposes to empower the authorities ... Read More
New Delhi, March 2 -- I was running late and the film had started. I entered the hall and unable to locate my friends in the dark, sat down in the first seat I could find. I tried to message them but ... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- Donald Trump has clearly decided "shock and awe" will be the signature of his presidency. In the first weeks of his new term, he's announced a slew of headline-grabbing moves. He... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Just as the Bengal Biennale was wrapping up this January, I went to see the art installation at the Alipore Jail museum, the famous red-brick Kolkata jail now turned into a museum... Read More