To sir, with love

On Teacher’s Day, Monojit Lahiri pays homage to some inspirational mentors - the game changers and life transformers who...

The uphill struggle to adulthood

A critical analysis of Rima Das’s Bulbul Can Sing (2018) by Dipankar Sarkar.

With h...

Bengali Film Review: Dictionary

Well-known playwright, theatre activist/director, and film-maker/actor Bratya Basu’s film is well-intentioned but suffers from a muddled ...

Yuwa is hope

To be born a girl in Jharkhand, an Indian state about 700 miles southeast of New Delhi, often is to be sentenced to a life of poverty, illiteracy and violence. So when Fran...

Retroscope - A Veritable Carnival

The 19th edition of CFSI’s festival turned out to be a veritable carnival, a feast of colourful sights and sounds.
Had I not gone, I would have missed the robust...

Michelle Obama Visit Highlights Cambodia's Education Gender Gap

Sokunthea Vorn is one of the fortunate ones. The 20-year-old from rural Cambodia is studying English literature at the university level in the capital city of Phnom Penh. S...

Michelle Obama Visit Highlights Cambodia’s Education Gender Gap

Sokunthea Vorn is one of the fortunate ones. The 20-year-old from rural Cambodia is studying English literature at the university level in the capital city of Phnom Penh. S...