Author: Tirthankar Mitra

Robert De Nero’s film acting career seems to come a full circle when he was recently awarded Cannes Lifetime Achievement Award. His screen performance was the cynosure of all eyes in 1976 at this film festival when Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver”.

Time was when the waters of Yamuna flowing past were pristine blue, but now it is considered to be  one of the severely polluted rivers in the world. Referred to as “Delhi’s dying holy river”, plans to rejuvenate Yamuna ticks done right boxes but much more needs to be done for the river to get its freshwater back.

Australians have defied the global trend of incumbent fatigue. It has rejected conservative coalition led by Peter Dutton widely perceived as aligning himself with the rhetoric, posture and tactics of “Trumpian” politics. 

Nearly two million people of Indian origin live in Canada while four lakh Indian students study there. Diplomatic fallout notwithstanding trade between the two countries have remained largely unaffected. 

West Bengal unit of BJP is a divided house. Another yawning crack in it is discernible post former state chief Dilip Ghosh’s visit to the inauguration ceremony of Jagannath temple in Digha at chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s invitation.