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A Room… and a Window of Our Own

By Dola Mitra on August 8, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Gift of Music and Memory

By Koli Mitra on August 7, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

Yellowstone, Part 3: Forests, Lakes, ATM Machines

By Koli Mitra on July 3, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Thirst and Quenching

By Dola Mitra on June 27, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Sweet Memes are Made of These

By Guest Contributor on January 24, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

How a Blink and Miss Village Became an Example of Covid-19 Resistance

By Kumar M Tiku on December 28, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Gift of Music and Memory

By Koli Mitra on August 7, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

Cuckoo News readers know all about our recurring feature of the maestro Kabir Suman’s on-going work in Bangla Khayal revival. You might also know from the series of related articles written about […]

Today’s Children and Indian Culture

By Guest Contributor on December 2, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

By Somnath Pal Manasija organized an Odissi dance program called ‘Anandam’ held at Triveni Kala Sangam. The program featured a solo Odissi dance performance by child artist Srishti Debroy.  Srishti Debroy has […]

A Room… and a Window of Our Own

By Dola Mitra on August 8, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

When Cuckoo News editor Dola Mitra dropped in at the Artsy – Coffee and Culture (“led there by the aroma of coffee and cake” in her own words) she decided to write […]

Yellowstone, Part 3: Forests, Lakes, ATM Machines

By Koli Mitra on July 3, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

[continued from Yellowstone…] We reached Yellowstone National Park through the East Entrance and got our park passes and a map. Our hotel would be another hour’s drive through the Absaroka mountain range […]

Thirst and Quenching

By Dola Mitra on June 27, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

In this series of articles, Cuckoo News documents the revival of a music genre, Bangla Khayal, by a musical genius, Kabir Suman. Lyrics by Kabir Suman (in the original Bengali): “Mati pran paye borshay/ Mati […]

Declassified….Demystified

By Dola Mitra on June 18, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

In a riveting discussion entitled “The Mortal End of an Immortal Hero”, which begins in just under a couple of hours, Sumeru Roy Chaudhury, author of “Netaji as Gumnami: India’s Biggest Hoax” […]

“Riveting Read”

By Dola Mitra on April 10, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A review of Arindam Basu’s collection of short stories, “Every Thing You Never Expected”. A journalist is sent to investigate a haunted mansion in a remote district. Is it really inhabited by […]

Sweet Memes are Made of These

By Guest Contributor on January 24, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

S.B. Easwaran reflects on the decline and fall of the delectable soanpapdi and decrees that it is in a sad spot of sweet trouble. The plight of the soanpapdi demonstrates the power of over-gifting to […]

The Treasure Trunk Comes to Calcutta

By Dola Mitra on January 22, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

On November 7, 2020 contents of a trunk containing rare treasures had spilt out into the public domain. Private letters from nearly a century ago exchanged between Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, his […]

My Granduncle Subhas Chandra Bose

By Guest Contributor on January 22, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

by Chandra Kumar Bose On Netaji’s 125th birth anniversary a grandnephew ferrets out little known personal details about India’s greatest freedom fighter from the family lore. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: the man, […]

How a Blink and Miss Village Became an Example of Covid-19 Resistance

By Kumar M Tiku on December 28, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Rajannapet village is India’s first 100 percent COVID 19-resilient village. This sleepy, blink-and-miss village is as devoid of basic health care as any you would find in India. Yet, the whistle-stop hamlet, […]

The Living Legend Live

By Dola Mitra on December 20, 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. “Electric,” is how a fan of Kabir Suman describes the live performances of […]

75 Years and Still on the Road to Freedom

By Kumar M Tiku on December 17, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

On August 15, 2022, India will mark its 75th year of freedom after overthrowing a foreign colonial power. On November 26, 2021, India marked the 72nd year since the adoption of its […]

A Bridge Over Troubled Waters

By Dola Mitra on December 17, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

On an April afternoon this year, a month before cyclone Yaas ripped through the region, a severe storm struck Sagardwip, a remote island on the Bay of Bengal and a part of […]

The Bengal Book (an excerpt)

By Dola Mitra on November 12, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

From the chapter, Casting Shadows in the Soul of “The Bengal Book”, published on October 10, 2021 by Rupa Publications. The photographs do not appear in the book but are presented (courtesy […]

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