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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Topic19th century Bengal

Topic: 19th century Bengal

Blue jeans, British censorship, Bengal revolt—Indigo’s history is long and violent

The plight of the cultivators was depicted by Dinabandhu Mitra in his play Neel Darpan published in 1860. It made English planters take out their sword and jump on stage.

Educator & watchmaker David Hare made Bengali classrooms ‘secular’ in 19th century

Pioneer of modern education in India, Hare befriended reformers such as Raja Ram Mohan Roy and conservative Hindus like Radhakanta Deb.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.