‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’ An essay that had a big impact on postcolonial intellectualism and one that catapulted Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak to a new academic high. Considered as one of the most influential postcolonial intellectuals, Spivak had raised a pertinent question that was somewhat path-breaking
Food adulteration has been a constant cause for the rising cancer cases in India. Over the last decade the country has seen almost a 60 per cent jump in cancer patients and other than pollution, the second most important reason for cancer seems to be
Emerald Bower to Kolkata is what Buckingham Palace is to London. The ornate intricacies of the entrance door carries an oval plaque, that says: ‘Heaven’s Light, Our Guide.’ The owner of this house, Pradyut Tagore and others of the clan got ‘Order of the Star of
The date was April 9, 1956. It was 9.15pm. BBC’s switchboard suddenly lit up with calls from hundreds of viewers convinced they had just witnessed a gruesome murder live on their television screens. An enigmatic Indian magician named P.C. Sorcar had hypnotized a teenaged girl,
In the 19th-century, Kolkata was gradually emerging as a city from three non-descript villages. The British colonial rulers were keen to transform this newly-found city along the lines of London and establish it as their Capital of the East. The river Ganga became the lifeline
Just when summer threatens to knock at the doors and the urban milieu seems to snuff the very life force, the weary soul yearns to retreat amid nature and rejuvenate the fatigued body. It is then the majestic mountains with their verdant green stretches beckon
Krishna Bose will not just be remembered as a member of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s immediate family, but will be forever be honoured as an erudite academician, author and also Parliamentarian. Bose on 26 December 1930 in Dhaka to Charu C. Chaudhuri and Chhaya Devi
The word ‘Terracotta’ always brings a visual of the burnt clay temples of Bishnupur. But I was really amazed to discover an antique terracotta palace, later tuned to a mosque, within Bengal’s lost capital of Gour, now Malda. Initially a planned fort city, belonging to
She fought the pangs of partition, the pain of losing dear ones and the struggles of earning in an industry where she had no godfather. At times even the hard hands of poverty. Yet, Sabitri Chatterjee won, because she is one of the most powerful
When a freedom struggle is fought on the lines of one’s mother tongue, then it reaches a different proportion, a movement that scripts history. Such was the Bhasha Andolan of Bangladesh, when a nation fought to establish the freedom of speech in one’s mother tongue.