By Shabina Akhtar in Kolkata. “Can you beat this? My wife’s name was in the adjudication list. We transferred the case to Kolkata and presented all the documents during the hearing. Her name was cleared from the adjudication list. But, surprisingly, back in our native place, she has been put on the doomed list.”  

By Tathagatha Chatterjee. A charismatic cinema legend in his lifetime in Bengal, Uttam Kumar’s unfading brilliance continues to cast a magical spell across all generations -- his immortal legacy endures. A tribute to the Mahanayak on his 45th anniversary.

By Shubho Roy. Over 75 years ago, a landless immigrant arriving in the city of Kolkata planted a tamarind tree. The act of planting a tree in an unfamiliar land thus became a part of the long negotiation for inclusion, for rehabilitation. An act of re-rooting oneself in the new land.