by Nabanipa Bhattacharjee
Clime as Muse
Surrounded by lush green hills, Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya, is widely known for its salubrious climate and natural beauty. As one of oldest hill stations of the subcontinent, Shillong was (...)
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Climate, Culture, Cosmopolitanism: The Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Shillong
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Trading Cattle to Bangladesh
17 February 2014, by Sunanda SanyalBengali society is at risk today, thanks to the political parties. I will discuss one of the issues which devalues democracy. The Statesman has reported a number of times about cattle theft to Bangladesh. I have seen it myself at Ghojadanga, off (...) -
Tribal Women and Customary Law: A Focus on the Santal Tribe
17 February 2014by Ivy Imogene Hansdak
The recent incident in Birbhum, West Bengal —where a 20-year old Santal girl was allegedly gang-raped by over ten men of her own village on the orders of a tribal court for refusing to end her sexual relations with a (...) -
Outrage over a Death in the Capital
10 February 2014, by SCIn the midst of repeated disruptions that have made transaction of business in both the Houses impossible during the ongoing extended winter session of Parliament, there has been one silver-lining. The fact that all sections cutting across party (...) -
’Tactical Unity of the Orthodox’: Who is Smiling Over The Judgement on Article 377?
10 February 2014, by Subhash GatadeThe recent judgement by the Supreme Court which has recriminalised homosexuality might have baffled a broad section of peace and justice- loving people but it has definitely emboldened many a self-proclaimed leader of religion and purveyor of (...) -
AAP High Command Allows No Dissent
10 February 2014, by Madhu BhaduriThe following piece, giving the reasons behind the resignation of retired diplomat Madhu Bhaduri from Aam Aadmi Party (of which she was a founder member), is being reproduced, with due acknowledgement, for the benefit of our readers.
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Moral Panic in India
10 February 2014by L.K. SHARMA
Transitions and disruptions are changing relations between generations, between genders, between classes and between religious groups. It is not just a simple conflict between tradition and modernity that sparks occasional (...) -
The Anarchic Drift
10 February 2014, by Uttam SenOver the past few weeks we have faced the classic moral dilemma, when to obey one ethical imperative was to transgress another. There were several test cases. One was the Congress Vice-President’s largely uncelebrated interview with a leading (...) -
Of Tea and Dynasty
10 February 2014, by Badri RainaAll my life I have regarded a few things as highly as tea. Back in America during the seventies I recall persuading a clutch of American friends to switch from instant coffee to tea if they were serious about ameliorating their everyday (...) -
Evolution of Political Corruption
10 February 2014, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
In just about a year’s time, we shall be celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the country’s independence when power was transferred from the unwilling hands of the British rulers to the leaders of our freedom struggle. And (...)
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