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May 25, 2016
Mita Dutta
Language, People, Travelogue

Bangladesh: The Land of my Forefathers, my Roots

Mita reminisces a recent visit to Bangladesh and her visits to Dacca, Cox Bazar and Chittagong (her forefather’s land). She weaves history in this travelogue. The pristine beauty of her inherited...

May 25, 2016
Ritamvara Bhattacharya
Potpourri

A Haircut

In a series of flash forwards and flashbacks, Ritamvara, following the stream of consciousness legacy, talking about a haircut. And through it, she dwells on the complexity of relationships and associations....

May 25, 2016
Shernaz Wadia
Poem

Weeds

Shernaz celebrates nature in this evocative poem. we bloom invisible, undesirable among seemingly well-laid out ornamentals; you wage war on us wanting our annihilation we are not an anomaly...

May 24, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, Human Rights, Politics

Forty Ninth Anniversary of Great Naxalbari Peasant Uprising

Naxalbari, a small town in the Darjeeling district, in north Bengal, was the epicentre of armed struggle against the betrayal of CPM and Bangla Congress, in 1967. These parties launched brutal...

May 24, 2016
Cholena Nashan
Food, Photo Feature

A Piece of Cake!

Cholena shares her experience about baking homemade cakes. Simple ingredients and a bit of imagination works wonders. She tells us how she innovates and adds almost anything from her...

May 23, 2016
Lily Swarn
Poem

Just Words

Lily’s poem on the enigma of words. Cursive writing, italics, capitals Words in veils, sometimes blood red, or virginal bridal white Hastily scribbled on a paper napkin Scrawled shoddily...

May 23, 2016
Ritamvara Bhattacharya
Potpourri

Buddha Smiles

An enigmatic story from Ritamvara, where relations and realities collapse with Kafkaesque horror. The salvation is in Buddha’s smile. The freedom of the sky was an intervening rebellious act in...

May 22, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, Human Rights, Law & Order, Politics, Politics

Leave Water in Ganga to Clean Itself, Don’t Uproot People

AIKMS criticised the state and the BJP-led central government for its diabolical plan to uproot the poor people of Kaushambi district, for defecating in the open, under the pretext of cleaning...

May 22, 2016
Maya Khandelwal
Poem

Rebel…

A protest poem by Maya. She addresses the gender issue in a patriarchal system. I was not a rebel ...

May 21, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Terror Attack

White House Lockdown Lifted: Suspect shot, in Custody

In a scary incident, a male suspect brandished a weapon and allegedly fired gunshots just outside the north entrance of the White House, which was immediately put under lockdown....

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