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 […]
The Bengal Book (an excerpt)
“Please Do Something”
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 I: Flying With Angels
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 […]
Yellowstone, Part II: The World Is Art
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 […]
Moments in the Mountains
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
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”
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 […]
The Grassroots is Greener on this Side
During an interview in the run-up to the Assembly elections of 2011, when Mamata Banerjee defeated the three-decade old Left Front government, I had asked her if we would witness a greener […]
Kabul Diary
As a development worker, I spent five years of my life in Afghanistan between 2007 and 2013. In more ways than one, by the time that I landed in Kabul one balmy […]
Water Water Everywhere
Sagar Deep is a remote delta island where the river Ganges flows into the Bay of Bengal. What do people here do during a health crisis? The storm struck on a moonless […]
Like a Breath of Fresh Air: How Odisha’s public and private companies decided to forgo profit to divert Liquid Medical Oxygen to the needy
As governments around the globe scramble to enlist corporate and philanthropic support to deal with the COVID-19 emergency, the eastern State of Odisha has set the pace for corporate partnership as an […]
For Love or Lucre?
What drives youth when choosing careers? Love of the profession or just lucre? Parental pressure or pure passion? Dilemmas always existed. But the Covid-19 pandemic which has wreaked havoc on lives and […]
A Year of Music in the Mother Tongue
In this series of articles, Cuckoo News documents the revival of a music genre, Bangla Khayal, by a musical genius, Kabir Suman. Cuckoo News is honoured and humbled to have received this gift from […]
They Come Riding on Clouds
In this series of articles, Cuckoo News documents the revival of a music genre, Bangla Khayal, by a musical genius, Kabir Suman. Day breaks. Kabir Suman wakes up, haunted by tunes humming in his […]
It’s A Jungle Out There
Humans and animals coexist in the Sunderban delta and the super cyclone Yaas which ripped through it recently highlighted the plight of each. “Did you get mauled by a tiger or clawed […]
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