Kolkata

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Do Delhi and the National Capital Region not belong equally to every Indian citizen? (Image by Arrangement)

Sucheta Dasgupta | Of Delhi, Kolkata and a sense of belonging

Exploring Delhi's statehood riddle as an ex-Kolkatan

24 Mar 2024 12:05 AM

Kolkata continues to adore food; evident in the mushrooming of cafes and bistros at every corner, and a desirable development for a change. (Image by arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Banquets and brickbats for crumbling Kolkata

That feeling of homecoming hasn’t diminished any over the years.

24 Sep 2023 12:05 AM

In the world’s most populous country (1.4 billion), the English-speaking population may be a tiny minority, but India is still among the top 10 English-speaking countries in the world.

Patralekha Chatterjee | India’s secret sauce… and how it can be even better

India’s international schools are beyond most Indians' reach, but even the good ones cost far less than international schools elsewhere

23 Jun 2023 12:00 AM

Our response to voices is reverberatingly complicated. There is, for example, this deeply unfair perception that lighter voices belong to intellectual lightweights. Photo by arrangement.

Shreya Sen-Handley | Speaking in tongues: The gift of accents

English spoken in any accent other than their own can have the British flummoxed, or worse — scrambling to correct your pronunciation

21 May 2023 12:10 AM

To some, including author James Baldwin, home doesn’t require external trapping.

Shreya Sen-Handley | What does home mean to you?

Think about what you’d rescue in a residential fire and you’ll know what home is

23 Apr 2023 12:05 AM

A view of the Howrah Bridge from the vessel P S Bhopal. (Photo by arrangement)

Ranjona Banerji | When we are ‘exceptional’ but our nostalgia is trivial

If you bombard me with Bombay/Mumbai nostalgia, I’d be over the moon. I’m lying. I’m not fond of Internet forwards

16 Apr 2023 12:15 AM

Jetsetting is no longer fashionable. Why not fly less to save the planet? (Photo By Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Jetsetting glitzy no more, try the 'flycott'

Far from the glamorous mode of transportation it once was, not even catering for basic human needs, air travel is now officially hell

19 Mar 2023 12:10 AM

Cover photo of 'No Way In' by Udayan Mukherjee. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Hard-hitting social drama questions privilege

Review of 'No Way In' by Udayan Mukherjee

12 Feb 2023 12:30 AM

A worker carrying LPG cylinders on a bicycle crosses a road, shrouded in a thick layer of smog, in New Delhi (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Tackle toxic air now: It’s ruining our lives, future

It is also glaringly obvious that apart from killing us slowly, toxic air is taking a huge toll on India’s economy

17 Dec 2022 12:05 AM

Acclaimed French author and philanthropist Dominique Lapierre during a visit to Kolkata. Lapierre, whose 1985 international bestseller 'City of Joy' earned Kolkata its nickname died at the age of 91. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Adieu to a great storyteller

An affable, kind-hearted and simple man, Lapirerre mingled with ordinary folk and made characters out of them in his fiction

07 Dec 2022 12:10 AM

Security personnel use water canons to disperse BJP supporters from the Howrah Bridge during their 'Nabanna Abhijan' (March to Secretariat) to protest against alleged corrupt practices of TMC government, in Kolkata, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Order swift Kolkata inquiry to fix blame for violent stir

A photo in a prominent daily shows a “peaceful” protester violently kicking a helmeted police officer sprawled helplessly on the pavement

16 Sep 2022 12:05 AM

What is it that makes our ties with our country of birth so strong? The clue’s in the name I reckon, with our “birth” linking us to places with an invisible umbilical cord. (Source: Pixabay)

Shreya Sen-Handley | To India, With Love

To paraphrase that popular maxim, you can take the girl out of India, but you can’t take India out of the girl!

21 Aug 2022 12:17 AM

The 40-year-old diagnostic firm had set a price band of Rs 522 to Rs 531 per share of Re 1 face value for the IPO. — Twitter

Vijaya Diagnostic IPO Sees QIB rush on closing day

The issue got more than 13 times subscriptions for the QIB category

04 Sep 2021 8:09 AM

The Lords and Barons is going to set an example as a truly historical Royal Diner. Located in Park Street, this is an absolute delight for the people seeking for a royal experience.

The Lords and Barons Kolkata is winning over with the triple affair!

The Lords and Barons is giving a chance to the people of Kolkata to travel back to the 19th Century ‘Calcutta’!

10 Apr 2021 9:58 PM

Sharing her plans in the video, Ms Banerjee, whose her party postponed it's manifesto release which was earlier scheduled during the day, vowed to bounce back in her poll campaign. (Photo: PTI)

Didi shifts blame on her car; wants to return in poll campaign, even in wheelchair

Her fresh narrative came after many local residents, who witnessed the accident at Birulia of Nandigram, punctured her allegations

12 Mar 2021 4:49 AM

Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee (C) along with Indian supporters of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) take part in a protest rally against the rise in prices of petroleum products, in Siliguri on March 7, 2021 ahead of the upcoming West Bengal's legislative assembly elections. (Photo: AFP)

Didi: Why hike fuel prices?

Says people want to know answers before they cast their vote in polls

08 Mar 2021 2:04 AM

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee (Image source: PTI)

Bengal assembly passes resolution demanding withdrawal of new farm laws

The resolution was moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee

28 Jan 2021 5:08 PM

Fire broke out at a bank in the busy central Kolkata's BBD Bagh area on Friday morning. (Representative Image)

Fire breaks out at Union Bank branch in Kolkata, no injuries reported

The incident was reported at India exchange place branch of the Union Bank and six fire tenders were rushed to the spot, the official said

31 Jul 2020 1:09 PM

Housing sales plunged 79 per cent to 19,038 units across eight major cities in April-June. (DC Photo)

Housing sales in April-June drop 79% in top 8 cities

Mumbai saw 85 per cent fall in the second quarter of 2020 to 4,559 units, from 29,635 units in the corresponding period previous year

28 Jul 2020 3:43 PM

Mukul Roy rubbished speculation on his exit and return to the Trinamul Congress. (PTI Photo)

Will stay true to BJP: Mukul Roy

In a dramatic twist, photos and posters of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah disappeared from Mr Roy’s residence at South Avenue

27 Jul 2020 12:08 PM

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