While Lakshmi Nivas Mittal ascends the throne as the richest Briton, the house that his paternal family including him as a kid lived in as a tenant has been razed to the ground. The house as such was a large one (as this TT report with pics shows) that occupied as much as 52 cottahs […]
Bidding adieu
It’s time for yet another nostalgic account of Kolkata – this one from Martin Waelde, the outgoing director of Max Mueller Bhavan. To his credit, Martin doesn’t spin the usual run-of-the-mill ‘city of joy’ story. Instead, he focuses on what Kolkata is actually perceived as in the eyes of a keen observer. Martin has spent […]
The disease within
Image sourced from here. Plagiarism!Few will disagree plagiarism is an art, which if perfected and executed well, can reward handsomely. I remember in our college days if the topic to write a dissertation on didn’t have previous years’ works to ‘help’ us, we’d immediately press for a change till the professors relented. The trick then […]
Kolkata’s bus drivers
Bare-arm driver holed up in an antique piece, called bus [Picture source] Kolkata’s public bus drivers are totally different species that have very few parallels. They are human like any of us when they are not driving. They become inhuman when they sit behind the steering wheel, and while being there, their concern for fellow […]
Story of football bosses
Let’s have a fascinating account of 2 football bosses. Both are presidents of football bodies, one from 1988, the other from 1998. Both are well-known public faces in their own rights. But perhaps the similarities end here, because there are just too many dissimilarities between the two of them. [Picture source: left; right] PR Das […]
The Namesake
Subtle, yet powerful [Picture source] Haven’t read the book, wasn’t much enthused when Jhumpa Lahiri’s marriage took place in Kolkata, or even at her son’s mukhebhaat (if I’m not wrong) a few months back, but when the film came, I felt an urge to see it, if only because not many worthies come these days. […]
Highest medical claim
It’s a landmark event in the annals of Indian medical history. The highest claim for compensation thus far has been filed by US-based NRI doctor Kunal Saha in the Supreme Court yesterday. It amounts to Rs.1.43 billion or Rs.143 crore. [Image Source] Dr. Kunal Saha, presently an AIDS researcher, has made the claim against 5 […]
The fallout
As the Nandigram episode of March 14 gradually unravels, it’s clear that the government is firmly on the backfoot. The refusal to hand over land has now assumed an alarming dimension. Forget industrialization, even land for infrastructure projects already undertaken or planned shortly are hard to come by. NH-35, that links Barasat with Bongaon on […]
What now?
About a week has passed since the latest incident at Nandigram, the government is still seen fumbling at the rapid turn of events. There have been protests, some symbolic like the intellectuals resigning from their coveted posts, others violent like those taking to streets to damage public property. Even proceedings at the assembly/parliament are being […]
Who is watching Nandigram?
How fast does news fly? In a flash I’d say. I happened to be searching Google News for other reasons, and then thought let me see what comes up for ‘Nandigram’. There are at least 335 articles for ‘Nandigram’, the latest being less than an hour old. Agencies like Reuters, AP and AFP continuously fork […]
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