CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
On 20 September 1946, Hindu Mahasabha leader Syama Prasad Mookerjee delivered a speech in the Bengal Legislative Assembly condemning the violence during the Great Calcutta Killings. Here's an excerpt from the speech.
The ‘Rani’ in her name did not refer to royal status. It was an honorific given by the ordinary masses who loved her. She took on entrenched powers, relying on her own wits and courage.
The long-forgotten ‘marginal Europeans’ of colonial Calcutta took centre stage at ‘The White Other,’ part of DAG’s City as a Museum festival. Among them was the Flemish artist FB Solvyns.
Focus on accountability for the Bengal Famine often obscures all other questions. What’s also required is dignifying the victims by unearthing names and stories.
'India and Its Intellectual Traditions' goes beyond the usually constructed binary of 'secular' and 'spiritual', indicating the potential of an integrated approach to all aspects of the human experience.
From 300 trams a day to 10, the journey of Kolkata's cheapest mode of transport seems to be in its final stages. But Calcutta Tram Users Association has put up a fight.
In ‘The Shaping of Modern Calcutta’, Ranabir Choudhury writes about how the city’s drains were in shambles in the early 19th century and started affecting public health.
Regulation and litigation may correct the extremes, but they cannot replace the everyday discipline of parenting or the gradual development of self-control.
Citing West Asia tensions & 44% jump in Saudi benchmark rates, Centre raises 19-kg cylinder rate but caps ATF hike, holds domestic LPG and auto fuel rates steady despite OMC losses.
Oleksandr Yakovenko, founder of Ukrainian drone maker TAF Industries, further went on to highlight the growing 'irrelevance' of European defence platforms.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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