West Bengal
When comprehensive means cosmetic
India's pollution metrics fail to capture the complex reality of environmental degradation.
Aritra Bhattacharya | Mar 25, 2020
Nagarkirtan’s intersections
Kaushik Ganguly’s transgender love story is a nuanced and unflinching account of life on the margins.
Sohini Chatterjee | Jun 03, 2019
The eddies in the boundary
Goutam Ghose’s 'Sankhachil' over-simplifies West Bengal-Bangladesh border politics.
Sahana Ghosh | Jun 22, 2016
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
The 13 men from Subalpur
Sonia Faleiro's book on the Birbhum gang rape is riddled with inconsistencies and contradictions.
Madhusree Mukerjee | Jul 10, 2015
Why the Teesta matters
Effective hydro-diplomacy is essential in correcting troubled India-Bangladesh relations.
Rupak Bhattacharjee | Jan 14, 2015
Poriborton is not revolution
Ranabir Samaddar’s new book traces the failures of West Bengal politics over the last four decades, but sees revolution where there has been none.
Anand Teltumbde | Jul 15, 2013
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