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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicBengali literature

Topic: Bengali literature

First review of Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali—moment for India to shake the world awake

Shoubhik -
'The Bengal Reader', an anthology edited and translated by Arunava Sinha, reflects the literary life of Bengal across two centuries.

Bengal’s bhadralok shut out Dalit literature for decades. The monopoly is now cracking

Monideepa Banerjie -
At the third edition of the Dalit Literature utsav, writers showcased novels, poetry, and around 70 journals. The upper-caste Bengali book lovers have had very limited exposure to that.

Odia literature was always compared to Bengali literature, looked down upon

Gourishankar Roy -
'The Big Book of Odia Literature', edited by Manu Dash, chronicles the history of Odia language, literature, and song since the 10th century.

Outrage against Loreto College’s admission notice should be about exclusion not English

Monideepa Banerjie -
A lot of today’s Bengali versus English medium acrimony dates back to the Jyoti Basu-led Communist government’s language policy that banned teaching of English till class 5.

Mahasweta Devi–the crusader, activist, writer who fought for the oppressed

Debdutta Chakraborty -
For Mahasweta Devi, genuine history is formed by the common people.

Bengali poet Jibanananda Das took over Tagore’s legacy by not trying ‘too hard’

Tina Das -
Despite receiving criticism for the lack of nationalism and non-Marxist elements in his work, Jibanananda Das stood out among Bengali poets.

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Opinion

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

R Jagannathan -
Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

Communism is based on self-deluding assumptions, it can’t be realised in practice: GN Lawande

Indian govt is scrambling to manage LPG shortage while denying it exists

Economy

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

Katharine Gemmell -
President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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