Dr Debashish Ray, renowned psychiatrist takes time off from his busy schedule to tell us how to battle pandemic depression. Editor’s Note: In Delhi, a friend just lost his mother to Covid-19. […]
Fight the Fear. Ditch the Dread.
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Haunted, Part 6
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. […]
Ami Subhas Bolchhi….This Is Me, Subhas
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 […]
Subhas was here: a big lake and a little library still echo with Netaji’s footfalls
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 […]
Haunted, Part 5
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 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 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 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, […]
Resistance: My Unusual Strategy Against Getting COVID
By Somnath Paul [Editor’s Note: The year 2020 has been unusual in every way, and the way we commemorate its ending is no exception. Social distancing, travel avoidance, financial uncertainties and countless […]
Ongoing Challenges of China-India Relations
By Brigadier Vinod Dutta The foreign policy of the Chinese is like their noodles: sticky, entangled and flavorful. We in India love the noodles, but the foreign policy can get sticky and […]
Luminous in Lockdown
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going” as the saying goes. So how do the tough professionals, the men and women, accustomed to spending most of their time wheeling and […]
Do Not Enter, Dragon!
By Brigadier Vinod Dutta In the past few days, following the Indo-China face-off in the Galwan River Valley, several TV channels approached me for my views on these developments as I have […]
George Orwell, Neglected Son of India
The literary world has failed miserably, once again, to commemorate one of the greatest writers of world literature on his birthday, observes Rajesh Sinha. The visionary author, Eric Arthur Blair, better known […]
Luminous in Lockdown
Lockdowns have closed everything from beauty parlours to book shops. But like a breath of fresh air in these choking times these lovely ladies (and a few gorgeous gentlemen) have turned to […]
Luminous in Lockdown
Lockdowns have closed everything from beauty parlours to book shops. But like a breath of fresh air in these choking times these lovely ladies (and a few gorgeous gentlemen) have turned to […]
