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.