How a Principal Led a Small School in Rural Bengal To National Prominence
Reading Time: 5 minutes Kolkata: When Misha Ghoshal, 52, took up a job as the headmistress of Dhonopoti Toto Memorial High School 12 years ago,...
Category : Society
Remembering Swami Agnivesh, Who Worked Tirelessly To Reform Society
Reading Time: 10 minutes Swami Agnivesh’s office – at the back of the old united Janata Dal office – was an open house. Centrally located,...
Was Hindi Really Created by India’s British Colonial Rulers?
Reading Time: 13 minutes As a person who studies early modern vernaculars, I often hear the opinion that Hindi was created a little more than...
Jadavpur University Professor Files FIR Against Student for Casteist Slurs
Reading Time: 6 minutes Kolkata: Professor Maroona Murmu has filed an FIR (first information report) against Bethune College student Paromita Ghosh after the latter ridiculed...
Tagore’s Prophetic Vision in ‘Letters From Russia’
Reading Time: 9 minutes Rabindranath Tagore reached the Soviet Union on September 11, 1930. He had aired his desire to visit the country when he...
In J&K, Language Has Always Been a Political Tool for Polarising People
Reading Time: 8 minutes The decision to include Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi in the list of officially accepted state languages in Jammu and Kashmir does...
The Demonisation of Cannabis Users Needs to Stop
Reading Time: 6 minutes Amongst other things, the Indian news media is destroying important work done on cannabis legalisation in India. That the Narcotic Drugs...
Why I Started a Free Roadside Library in Rural Arunachal
Reading Time: 8 minutes Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh: I am here to tell you a story that is both mine, and also a reality for many...
Watch | How An All-Woman Factory Floor Is Helping Increase Women’s Share in India’s Labour Market
Reading Time: < 1 minute Gayathri works at Kirloskar Brothers – a pump manufacturer in Coimbatore. She takes her two-year-old daughter along with her to...
Watch | Delhi Metro Reopens: Scarce Travellers, Strict Protocols and Cashless Transactions
Reading Time: < 1 minute After over five months, the Delhi Metro has finally reopened for travellers to use again after it came to a...