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Trapped in a messiah complex
17 Feb 2014 2:48 AM ISTThe country is going through tough times. Poverty, sickness, mismanagement, corruption and misgovernance are rampant and almost omnipresent....
Tiny window with too hazy a pane
3 Feb 2014 3:25 AM ISTInstead we get a compilation of his ‘achievements and accolades’ during his tenure at the post. The book is divided into varied chapters that unravel...
Prisons can’t bind the prisoner
3 Feb 2014 3:23 AM ISTShawshank Redemption was the first thought that came to my head when I was done reading Omar Shahid Hamid’s The Prisoner. Honestly, it was a strange...
City, Shitty, Bang , Bang
2 Feb 2014 3:16 AM ISTLike Indrajit Hazra, I was born and bred in Kolkata. Unlike him, I was a bokhate chele (mildly put, a wayward boy) and have lived the city not through...
City, Shitty, Bang , Bang
2 Feb 2014 3:16 AM ISTLike Indrajit Hazra, I was born and bred in Kolkata. Unlike him, I was a bokhate chele (mildly put, a wayward boy) and have lived the city not through...
City, Shitty, Bang , Bang
2 Feb 2014 3:16 AM ISTLike Indrajit Hazra, I was born and bred in Kolkata. Unlike him, I was a bokhate chele (mildly put, a wayward boy) and have lived the city not through...
The meek shall inherit
27 Jan 2014 3:40 AM ISTBlanche Dubois says in A Streetcar Named Desire – ‘Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.’ Ironically that very...
Gods, guns and Tibet
19 Jan 2014 10:30 PM ISTIt’s a story about how far apples of the same tree can go on falling off the branches, but it’s also a story about how the parent tree remains central...
Riding to hell and back
13 Jan 2014 3:56 AM ISTDo you have a dream? One which doesn’t let you sleep and keeps you on your toes almost every waking minute of your day? Are you ready to go to any...
Nostalgia, an alpha bait
13 Jan 2014 3:43 AM ISTSikkim is back on the literary map. After a scintillating debut with The Gurkha’s Daughter, a short story collection that brought us closer to life...
‘Thriller is a niche waiting to be filled’
6 Jan 2014 3:13 AM ISTWhat prompted you to write The Treasure of Kafur?Indian history presents an enormously rich treasure trove of events and personalities spanning...
Eavesdropping on love and death
6 Jan 2014 3:08 AM ISTPoetry is a bit of dying. A poet dies many times writing a line that enriches life, bathes it with new-found meaning, gives it love and memory to...
Pinaka: India’s indigenous defence marvel reshapes modern warfare
6 May 2025 12:50 AM ISTA Pivotal Dais for Diplomacy
3 May 2025 8:52 PM ISTEmbers of the Eastern Edge
3 May 2025 8:47 PM ISTThe Green Alchemy
3 May 2025 8:42 PM ISTConverting thoughts into currency
3 May 2025 8:40 PM IST
Instead of spreading ‘communal virus’, ‘guard borders’: Mamata tells...
6 May 2025 1:34 AM ISTCM: Why so angry over Jagannath Dham in Bengal...
6 May 2025 1:33 AM ISTSRH knocked out of play-off race after washout against DC
6 May 2025 1:30 AM ISTICC men’s ranking: Team India retains top spot in ODIs & T20Is
6 May 2025 1:28 AM ISTBowlers can finally get some swing back: Shami
6 May 2025 1:27 AM IST