Kolkata
The cost of conscience
Megha Majumdar’s novel depicts a world where progress requires bigotry.
Atul Bhattarai | Nov 10, 2020
When India put Indians in camps
The internment of Chinese Indians during the Sino-Indian War of 1962 has contemporary echoes.
Uttaran Das Gupta | Jun 09, 2020
The idea of Kolkata
Why author Kushanava Choudhury believes his book is about the present, the Kolkata that is lived in.
Chhetria Patrakar | Jan 28, 2018
Bangali bideshe
A West Bengali’s perspective of the Bangladeshi diaspora.
Garga Chatterjee | Oct 19, 2015
In the streets of Dhaka
How has the colonial legacy – and the recent past – affected the trajectory of English-language literature in Bangladesh?
Fakrul Alam | Oct 15, 2015
In search of a different truth
The Bauls of Bengal tread the line between cultural preservation and modernity.
Maitreyee B Chowdhury | Dec 11, 2014
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Notes from a ‘hybrid regime’
Reflections on authoritarianism in today's Pakistan.
The global branding of caste
Isabel Wilkerson’s recent book fails to unpack caste, but hints at potential for new solidarities.
Swear not by the moon
The contentious politics of lunar sighting in Pakistan.
The storyteller of Kovilpatti
On Ki Rajanarayanan, the father of Karisal literature.
