The cultural and economic synergies between West Bengal and Bangladesh can usher in a new chapter in relations between the latter and all of India.
A trip to an ancient capital of Bengal.
From the ashes of the CPI (M)'s electoral defeat in West Bengal, a 'New Indian Left' can be born.
The intelligentsia and political change in West Bengal
The agreement between the Trinamool and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on a new administrative set-up for the Darjeeling Hills seems to be the prelude to the replay of a drama that will once again cheat the people of Darjeeling and the Nepali-speaking Gorkhalis all over India.
Mamata Banerjee claims she's the leader for change. Now is her opportunity to prove the point.
Serious obstacles remain in moving forward on the peace process in Nepal. Will the impossibility of extending the Constituent Assembly beyond six months force the Maoists and the other parties to a compromise?
In the weeks after Mamata Banerjee's resounding victory over the Left Front, a roving writer finds a state reeling from the effects of three decades of left rule.
