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Sweet Memes are Made of These

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

The Treasure Trunk Comes to Calcutta

By Dola Mitra on January 22, 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 )

A Bridge Over Troubled Waters

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

Yellowstone, Part II: The World Is Art

By Koli Mitra on October 11, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Yellowstone, Part I: Flying With Angels

By Koli Mitra on October 4, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

“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 […]

“Please Do Something”

By Dola Mitra on November 8, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

This is a plea from the islanders of the Sundarban delta to the world leaders discussing climate change at the 26th Conference of Parties in Glasgow, Scotland. The day will come when […]

Yellowstone, Part II: The World Is Art

By Koli Mitra on October 11, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

When I first landed in Cody, a small Wyoming town with a strip-mall-like airport, I had unthinkingly assumed – based on my standard East Coast experience – that our 80-minute drive to […]

Yellowstone, Part I: Flying With Angels

By Koli Mitra on October 4, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

When we started Cuckoo News a couple of years ago, I had hoped to do lots of travel pieces. That was before the whole pandemic/lockdown thing, of course. Although most of the […]

Moments in the Mountains

By Guest Contributor on September 26, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

An entrepreneur with a deep and lasting love for the Himalayan hills, Mark Butterworth has made Himachal Pradesh his home. Living in a secluded farm, he hikes to remote regions high in […]

River of Fire, Flame-Grilled Lamb

By Koli Mitra on September 26, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

I noticed a lunch truck today while walking along Fifth Avenue by Central Park. It read “Veteran Owned” on the side. A tiny enterprise, calling on the potential good will of fellow […]

“My Grandfather, Sarat Chandra Bose”

By Guest Contributor on September 6, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

On the 132nd birth anniversary of Sarat Chandra Bose, his grandson, Chandra Kumar Bose, pays a tribute The 132nd  Birth Anniversary of Sarat Chandra Bose will be celebrated on 6th September 2021.This […]

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