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

Chasing a legend
Reconstructing the life of flamboyant 19th-century singer Gauhar Jaan involved an immersion in her loves, her passions, her demons and her music.
Vikram Sampath | Jan 14, 2014

Herey chhe!
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.