It rained the whole day today in Calcutta. It poured, and poured, the intensity of the rain matched only by the spirit of the city’s young who showed what makes Calcutta a city with a soul. In many ways, Calcutta is a dying city. There are no jobs, there is no future, and most educated…
Alright, let’s assume the students were wrong. Let’s believe the police when they say the students of Jadavpur University provoked them and thus deserved to be manhandled, beaten up and thrown into lock-ups in the wee hours of September 17. After all, many, even those who have now joined the students in protesting against the “alleged”…
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So how is Kolkata Book Fair different from the Jaipur Litfest? I’ve been asked this several times and I have always failed to give a convincing answer. How difficult it is to describe the fair to someone who has never seen it! There are hundreds of stalls to buy books from–the ongoing Kolkata Book Fair…
Anuradha Sharma 