In an interview given in 1946, venerable Congress leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad told journalist Shorish Kashmiri, “The other important point that has escaped Mr Jinnah’s (Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Dec 25, 1876-Sep 11, 1948, the founder of Pakistan) attention is Bengal. He does not know
The only man to have created a Bengali nation. Whatever else history remembers about ‘Bongobondhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, this fact remains inescapable. Approaching the half-century of the liberation of Bangladesh, a Kolkata publisher has brought out an anthology of writings edited by Suman Bhattacharyya titled
That US President Joe Biden’s cabinet includes Kamala Harris is by now a universally known fact. What is not so well known, perhaps, is that the cabinet includes two other members of Indian origin, and one of them is a Bengali. Born in Kolkata, Majumdar earned
Bengal-born Piali Ray is Director of Sampad, a leading national agency for the development of South Asian Arts and Heritage, based in Birmingham. Piali was conferred an OBE in 2002, falling in line with stalwarts like JK Rowling and Keira Knightly. She was also given
“Almost every day, some artiste or the other sings my songs on the radio. Fortunately or unfortunately, I listen to them too… most of the gentlemen and ladies, finding my songs and music helpless and alone, do such a thorough job of mauling them that
For centuries, Bengali aristocrats, entrepreneurs and royalties nurtured a love for cars. And Hindustan Ambassador cars, the Kings of Indian Roads had once upon a time dominated Kolkata streets. Just like Kolkata loves its rosogollas and Rabindrasangeet, Bengalis across the globe are die-hard fans of
Arun Subramanian was leaving Corona hit France, where deaths are mounting by the day and was returning to India with a lot of scepticism as to how the country is prepared and how he will be treated. He was so overwhelmed at the preparedness of
Sabyasachi Siddhanta is a scientist from Bengal. Presently, he is associated with The National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Italy. Desperate times, desperate measures. I see people in masks and gloves, maintaining a 'safe' distance from each other in a queue to enter a pharmacy. Streets
Alisha Gupta has grown up in Johannesburg and Dubai . She is a student of Vassar College, USA, studying Liberal Arts. Since the beginning of the global pandemic, I have heard a multitude of different names given to what we all commonly known as the corona
Saibal Giri is an engineer by qualification. Münchener by profession, Bong by emotions and Technophile by habit. With 83 million, Germany’s population is not only the highest in Europe the density is higher than the worst affected countries of Italy, France and Spain. But the more