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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 )

So when the same editor sheds tears for the injustice meted out to the migrant labourers, one’s thoughts drift from ants to crocodiles.

By Dola Mitra on May 15, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

Our middleclass hearts are bleeding. Most of us are outdoing each other in trying to express our shock at what is happening to the poor people of our country. We have all […]

Petals and Potshots in the “Pandemic Peace”

By Sujan Dutta on May 10, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

Anuj Sood was a bright student. He was brought home wrapped in the Indian national flag, a fallen soldier. He was cremated on Tuesday. His soldier-father, a retired Brigadier General of the […]

Covid-19: Yet Another Cue to Reassess How We Relate to Nature?

By Dola Mitra on May 2, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

“Don’t worry, Auntie” the young man said, chuckling. He was standing in the kitchen clearing soot from pipes in the chimney, as part of the annual maintenance service provided by the home […]

Interview: Prof Om Prakash Mishra

By Dola Mitra on October 7, 2019 • ( 3 Comments )

“The only genuine face of democratic secularism in the state of West Bengal currently is that of Mamata Banerjee,” says Prof. Om Prakash Mishra In the past four decades, after it was […]

“Despite Persecution And Exile” Displaced Kashmiri Pandit Is “Unable To Gloat” Over Recent Events

By Kumar M Tiku on September 17, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

There are many divergent views in the current debate about Kashmir and the end of its Special Status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. Cuckoo News does not endorse any particular […]

“The nation should stand by the government on Kashmir…” Says Chandra Kumar Bose

By Dola Mitra on September 17, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

After the Parliamentary Elections this year, we profiled Chandra Kumar Bose, the BJP candidate who challenged the results of his South Calcutta constituency. We now follow up with him on the status […]

Voters Want to Know: Who Will Lead?

By Dola Mitra on September 16, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

In West Bengal, ruling Trinamool has one undisputed leader – the political party’s fiery founder and the state’s current chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, popularly known as Didi (“Big Sister”). In 2011, when […]

Song of Morrison

By Koli Mitra on August 12, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Beloved author, and author of “Beloved”; American icon, Nobel-laureate (and one of our favorite novelists), Toni Morrison, passed away on Monday, August 5, 2019, at age 88. I lost a hero. A […]

Government of India revokes “special status” of Kashmir

By Dola Mitra on August 6, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

In a historic move, the Indian government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has revoked Article 370 of the Constitution which accorded special status to Kashmir. After receiving the endorsement […]

Pictures Speak With A Thousand Voices: Cindy Trinh’s Social and Personal Art

By Koli Mitra on August 5, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

The photography of Cynthia “Cindy” Trinh defies rigid classification. It is art, yes, but also journalism, activism, community engagement, self-expression, and sometimes, a celebration. She is passionate about social justice and has […]

When in Rome…

By Dola Mitra on August 3, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Cuckoo News tells brief tales of a few travelers, in their own words. “When in Rome, I spent only about two days exploring all the wonderful medieval and Renaissance stuff and allocated […]

Bay of Bengal: View from Rakhine, Myanmar

By Dola Mitra on August 1, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Dark clouds gathered in the horizon and over the vast stretch of sea along Myanmar’s western coast of Arakan or “Rakhine” as the locals call it. A storm brewed. High winds swept […]

Haunted, Part 1

By Guest Contributor on August 1, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

by Lekha Dey. I live alone. In the two-story house under the moonlight. Silver beams, like liquid dreams, flood the balcony, bathe the window sills and wash the bed spreads. They remain […]

Unlikely Escape

By Koli Mitra on July 30, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

The word “escape” makes me think of an exit. Usually an exit from a small enclosure onto a wide open environment. But I wonder if the more common practice isn’t to enter […]

Army Bowled Over By Batsman

By Sujan Dutta on July 30, 2019

New Delhi: Lieutenant Colonel Mahendra Singh Dhoni is headed to Kashmir. He will be on patrolling duty, the army has confirmed. Dhoni, an Indian cricketing icon, is an honorary officer with the […]

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