Author: Tirthankar Mitra
The common factor between the Malayali films Sandesam(1991) and Nadodikkattu(1987) is no more. Sreenivasan who part and parcel of both the films has passed away.
Painted blue and yellow, private buses in Kolkata are often seen racing down the city thoroughfares even as the commuters inside the vehicles send up silent prayers while trying to keep themselves somehow perched on the edges of their seats. These buses are seldom seen as identification markers of the city as trams or yellow taxies.
Kolkata, a city known far and wide for its sports lovers who have a record of going berserk when things do not live up to its expectations saw access taking precedence. when Lionel Messi briefly and chaotically appeared at Yuba Bharati stadium in Salt Lake recently. It was indeed a revealing moment of how not to showcase global icons.
The handsome He man with a vulnerable look, Dharmendra, a top bracket star of Hindi films is no.more. Even as romantic Rajesh Khanna faded away and angry young man Amitabh Bachchan ceased to be the force in the box office that he used to be.
Curaco island in Carribeans is in the news; and it is not for the wron0g reasons. The world is related Curaco’s fairy tale entry into football World Cup.
Bihar is trapped in a fiscal cycle where debt sustains expenditure but rarely builds assets. Here is a state which behind electoral fervour and populist promises struggling to balance ambition with capacity.
Neglected and misunderstood during his lifetime, feted and acclaimed thereafter, a strange irony imbued the life and works of Ritwik Kumar Ghatak. Even as his memory and works are being drowned in accolades after he turned 100 this year, it is time to focus on the themes and questions which Ghatak’s films raised.
Winning the mayoral election of New York, Zohran Mamdani has charted a remarkable course. As the first Muslim and South Asian mayor, he will be the first immigrant to ascend the City Hall in nearly 50 years.
At a first glance, a war of words seems to be raging between Trinamool Congress and BJP leaderships in West Bengal in the run up to the 2026 Assembly elections in the state. But a second glance, longer and more searching at the two poll bound political outfits reveals the TMC leadership to be more focussed while the state saffron unit is yet to fix its priorities.
Predominance of caste system has been stated to be the bane of Bihar, but it’s forthcoming election is witnessing regional allies of BJP and Congress getting a lion’s share of seats lest the caste equation go awry. Keenly aware of the deciding role of caste in voting behaviour, the leadership of both the national level parties have left the constituencies reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates to the regional allies.