“Tu nahin jaanta?” You didn’t know? Sushil asked when we had checked into a tenement in the Air Force Station in Tezpur, Assam. Sushil Sharma was then with The Dainik Hindustan (Hindi) […]
The Elephant in the Roam
Buddhadeb and Bangladesh, A Tribute
The week that just went by was dominated by news of boiling, burning Bangladesh. The steady stream of reports flowing in from across the border was interrupted with the news of the […]
Tongues of Our Mothers
Today is Bishwa Matri Bhasha Dibosh, International Mother Language Day. For Bengalis it’s especially significant, because ours is the language that started it all. On this day, 72 years ago, our fellow […]
Minimalism: The Simple Life… or Renunciation Chic?
A lifestyle trend that was much in vogue in the 2010s (before the pandemic era scarcity panic turned us all into preppers and packrats) was “minimalism”—the art of living with less—and it […]
Whom to Elect, and Why?
It’s pretty much axiomatic in any democratic society that voting is important, maybe even a civic duty. But how often do people look deeply—or at all—into their own mental process behind their […]
Is America Full? Migrant Crisis Protests in NYC
August 27, 2023. A massive protest took place outside of Gracie Mansion, the residence of the mayor of New York City, over the city’s plans to house a large influx of asylum […]
Goja Moja
A magical sweet is the Goja It has a peculiar moja Often it’s crumbed, Its layers gummed, It may be tyaara, byaka or shoja. Last week in Birbhum’s Siuri, To which I […]
Gift of Music and Memory
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 […]
Declassified….Demystified
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” […]
Sweet Memes are Made of These
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
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 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, […]
75 Years and Still on the Road to Freedom
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
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 […]
“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 […]
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