Author: Tirthankar Mitra
Even as it continues its more than a decade long tenure as West Bengal’s ruling dispensation, Trinamool Congress cannot be called a structured political outfit where decisions taken by consensus are made into public policies. But of late, some organisational changes are being carried out like formation of core committee which indicate a small step towards collective decision making though in reality party supremo, Mamata Banerjee the principal vote catcher continues to call the shots.
Iraq was scarred by US hostilities after allegations of processing weapons of mass destruction/ chemical weapons were raised against it. It is another matter such weapons were never found.
But the international community whose part and parcel US is continue to watch from the sidelines as charges of use of chemical weapons have been raised against the Sudanese army. And such weapons having been allegedly used against the Sudanese populace makes it a toxic allegation.
The choice of Shubman Gill to lead Indian cricket team in the forthcoming Test series against England is not a shot in the dark. There is little doubt about his credentials. But he will be under greater scrutiny post this responsibility. It is the right move in the backdrop of the team’s transition.
Madhya Pradesh, once a Congress bastion, but now in doldrums is set to be restructured by the Grand Old Party in one of the strongholds of the saffron camp-Vidisha. Congress leadership must have detected chinks in the BJP armour in this area though Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan won this Lok Sabha seat by 8.2 lakh votes in 2024 Lok Sabha elections
As Vedan raps on stage, the crowd mostly comprising youngsters cheer him. And the lovers of his singer surge in number even if he is belting out his songs in a rally of party activists of CPI(M) in poll bound Kerala.
Heart Lamp written by Banu Mushtaq and translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize for translated fiction. This heartening news at a time when incidents are hitting the headlines for wrong reasons.
Courage is stated to be grace under pressure. But two men/women, brow knit in concentration facing each other with a chess board in between cannot be stated to be engaged in a courageous act.
A deceptively simple tale of four city bred youth leaving behind the concrete jungle and slumming with a vengeance amidst the forests of Palamau in what was then Bihar turned out to be one of the finest films directed by Satyajit Ray -Aranyer Din Ratri. When it was released 56 years ago, people made a beeline for the theatres in Kolkata, while critics were almost at a loss for words in its praise.
Jayant Narlikar who passed away at 87 dedicated his life to science. He challenged dominant theories, nurtured talent and made niche research accessible.
It has been a little more than two months when Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati expelled her nephew Akash Anand from the party. But it has been a month when he returned to BSP and has now been appointed the party’s chief national coordinator.