In 'Eight Million Ways to Happiness', Hiroko Yoda reveals the traditions that infuse Japan's culture, from Shinto, Buddhism, and the mountain mysticism of Shugendo.
In 'Chapal Rani, the Last Queen of Bengal', Sandip Roy traces the career of Bengali stage actor Chapal Bhaduri and his struggle for artistic identity in a changing world.
The largest number of victims of identity-based abuse in India are Muslims. In this case, the abuse comes from people at the top, and nobody is willing to do anything about it.
State-owned banks bought $2.5 billion of bonds in February, the biggest monthly purchase since 2006, after selling heavily over the past year as the RBI injected liquidity.
Indians, outside Bengal, were not “deprived” of S Chatterjee. Rather, they were “lucky” to have been spared and saved from the scourge of communism
Intellectuals like Mr. Chatterjee, who stoutly supported the Left and it’s anti-industry policies in West Bengal, are the reason why Bengal has been on a decline for the last five decades. Instead of speaking truth to power, they became cheerleaders of the Left Front as it dragged Bengal through the mud.
These intellectuals must be held just as responsible for the sorry state of affairs in today’s Bengal. What was once the most developed and industrialised state in the nation has now been reduced to a laggard- a pale shadow of it’s former self.
Indians, outside Bengal, were not “deprived” of S Chatterjee. Rather, they were “lucky” to have been spared and saved from the scourge of communism
Intellectuals like Mr. Chatterjee, who stoutly supported the Left and it’s anti-industry policies in West Bengal, are the reason why Bengal has been on a decline for the last five decades. Instead of speaking truth to power, they became cheerleaders of the Left Front as it dragged Bengal through the mud.
These intellectuals must be held just as responsible for the sorry state of affairs in today’s Bengal. What was once the most developed and industrialised state in the nation has now been reduced to a laggard- a pale shadow of it’s former self.