‘Haat’ is an integrated market that serves as a trading venue for local people in rural areas and towns. Haats are typically set up twice or three times per week. In some places, once every fortnight. In addition to providing trading opportunities, haat bazaars serve
Nabanita Mandal, a resident of East Midnapore was diagnosed with cancer in 2015 when she was only 17 years old. It was the deadly Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a kind of Haematological Cancer. It seemed the world had come to an end even before it bloomed. But
Durga Puja in Sonagachhi A scene from a movie depicts Parvati, the matriarch of the Chowdhury clan, prosperous landed gentry in Colonial Bengal who visits a brothel to collect a handful of soil, considered essential for sculpting the clay idol of Goddess Durga. She seeks permission
Our indigenous range of ‘chops’ has failed miserably to make its mark in the international market. While elbowing our way to the counter of renowned roadside stalls like Kalika and Laxminarayan Sau and then devouring our favorite ‘aloo chop or Kashmiri chop,’ we dream of
Rock culture is not new to India. When the world was listening to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel in the 1960s, Indian Rock rolled into the picture with the Raga Rock; a style of music which involves the fusion of western
Calcutta, January 30, 1948. Minutes before a Calcutta Police investiture ceremony is about to begin at Kalika Hall on Hazra Road. A senior officer is in attendance with his young son, who is growing impatient as the minutes stretch well beyond the scheduled start of