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For the Love of the Language

By Dola Mitra on February 21, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Love Letters

By Dola Mitra on February 14, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

50 Years of Togetherness

By Sujan Dutta on January 24, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

The Mind behind the Mask

By Dola Mitra on December 30, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Voting & Identity 2016-2020

By Koli Mitra on November 3, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Brave New City

By Koli Mitra on August 17, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

For the Love of the Language

By Dola Mitra on February 21, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

In this series of articles, Cuckoo News documents the revival of a musical genre, Bangla Khayal, by a musical genius, Kabir Suman. February 21, 1952. Dhaka (capital city of then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh). Since […]

50 Years of Togetherness

By Sujan Dutta on January 24, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

This year, India and Bangladesh celebrate 50 years of the establishment of their diplomatic ties and Bangladesh commemorates 50 years of its liberation. For the first time, the Bangladesh Armed Forces contingent […]

Voting Women, 100

By Koli Mitra on August 18, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

A hundred years ago today, American women finally got a Constitutionally guaranteed right to vote, when the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. I confess, when 2020 began, I assumed this centenary was going […]

Love Letters

By Dola Mitra on February 14, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

On February 14, Saint Valentine’s Day, the world celebrates love in unique ways. In Mumbai, “Readings in the Shed,” a group of passionate writers and thespians, digs out and reads out the […]

Haunted, Part 6

By Guest Contributor on January 31, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

by Lekha Dey. Years passed. I was seventeen. It was on the night of the misty moon on the blue beach that the party took place on the last day of school. […]

“Sirji, you look familiar.”

By Sujan Dutta on January 27, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Delhi, January 27: In a border that cuts through the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and the Indian capital of Delhi, a policeman guided my car through iron and concrete barricades. […]

Ami Subhas Bolchhi….This Is Me, Subhas

By Guest Contributor on January 23, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

By Madhuri Bose. Editor’s note: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the visionary who was among the foremost pioneers of India’s freedom struggle, may have written hundreds of letters during his lifetime, both personal […]

Farmers’ Protest Update

By Sujan Dutta on January 23, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

January 23, 2021. Ghazipur border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, protesting farmers commemorated the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as their struggle continues. Much more than just a protest, […]

Subhas was here: a big lake and a little library still echo with Netaji’s footfalls

By Guest Contributor on January 23, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

By Rajesh Sinha. Disagreements with his Congress colleagues about the mode of struggle that should be adopted in order to drive out the British from India led Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to […]

Vagabond Visitors and Foliage Filters

By Dola Mitra on January 18, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

In this series of articles, Cuckoo News documents the revival* of a musical genre, Bangla Khayal, by a musical genius, Kabir Suman. “Light filters through foliage”. Photo by Koli Mitra On the cold morning of […]

Winter-Harvest Festival of Lohri Underway, Even As Farm-Bill Protest Rages On

By Sujan Dutta on January 14, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Indian farmers have been protesting a set of new agriculture laws proposed by the government. The three bills, collectively known as “Indian agriculture acts of 2020” have been criticized as favoring corporate […]

Haunted, Part 5

By Guest Contributor on January 14, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

by Lekha Dey. “Dad!” I tried to call my father but I couldn’t. I couldn’t utter a word.  I tried to speak, to scream but as in a dream or nightmare I […]

Haunted, Part 4

By Guest Contributor on January 12, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

by Lekha Dey. We drove along the banks of the river, the road following its course. On the front seat sat my father, who was driving and my mother who was on […]

Haunted, Part 3

By Guest Contributor on January 10, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

by Lekha Dey. There was very little time. There would be a knock on the door. Soon. The downstairs wooden door had no bell to ring. “It’s classier to be old-fashioned,” husband […]

Haunted, Part 2

By Guest Contributor on January 8, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

by Lekha Dey. I was alone in the house under the moonlight. In the mirror, dying flames of the candles flickered like reflection. White wax melted over the edges of pewter stands, […]

The Mind behind the Mask

By Dola Mitra on December 30, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

The glassy waters of a gurgling brook reflect the changing colours of the day like a mirror.  Gray-blue in the cool morning air. Red-orange in the heat of midday.  A burst of […]

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