About The Malayali who gave Calcutta to Calcuttans In all likelihood, it was love at first sight for Parameswaran Thankappan Nair (1933-2024) when he arrived in Calcutta, a penniless young […]
About Land of Milk and Money Cut to rural Anand in Gujarat right after Independence. A time of five-year plans being rolled out and nation-building. Manthan, Shyam Benegal’s cinematic telling […]
About Peak Disappointment, Up There In the last month of a financial year, it is not unusual to hear people complain about being tight on money, what with tax-saving investments […]
About Heat crime case Last year, an incident at a swank mall near Calcutta’s Park Circus area triggered the debate on inequality of heat. Fed up with nature’s rage and […]
About Forever Chowringhee Lane: An old-new flavour on wheels You would have spied the scarlet truck some evening or the other. Its station is one of the busiest spots of […]
About Paris Polympics Not sports but politics is dominating the headlines in France, even as the capital gears up for the Olympic Games. A friend who was in Paris a […]
About Forever Chowringhee Lane: An old-new flavour on wheels You would have spied the scarlet truck some evening or the other. Its station is one of the busiest spots of […]
About A Negative Story If you have beauty, I will take it. If you have none, come, I will make it.” The audacious claim was made by artist and photographer […]
About Unto Tagore these racy tales Rabindranath did not ever come to eat here. Rabindranath ekhane kokhono khete ashen ni. This act of omission by the great poet is explained […]
About For kids, but not the stuff of fairy tales Why do some people continue to live in faraway villages, even when life becomes very difficult there? Every year, how […]
Swindon Borough Council A’nu the puppet is part of a folk exhibition project at Museum and Art Swindon A huge puppet designed by young people and more than 8ft (2.4m) […]
Surrey Police Sara Sharif’s body was found at her home in Woking on 10 August last year Sara Sharif experienced “daily living hell” at home at the hands of her father and […]
BBC The Leeds City Museum is one of the city’s most popular attractions A council is considering introducing a pay-as-you-feel scheme at the museums and galleries it runs across the […]
BBC/Toffee International Ltd/Tom Jackson Nessa, Stacey, Gwen, Bryn, and Gavin head to Essex for one final episode Several new photos from Gavin and Stacey have been released ahead of the […]
Paul Box Hundreds of thousands visited Harbour Festival in 2024 A popular harbourside festival will return in 2025 with an “expanded programme.” Bristol Harbour Festival will run from Friday 18 […]
Action hero Gerard Butler’s latest character role may share his bearded look, but the similarities between the two end there. The Scot plays Santa Claus in a new TV animation, […]
