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London Dreams, Kolkata Nightmares: Why the City Deserves Better, Not Bigger Promises
Kolkata doesn’t need London’s grandeur but urgent fixes to everyday decay. Encroached sidewalks, broken roads, garbage piles, vanishing parks, and hospitals where patients sleep on cardboard define the city. Small reforms — clean water, storage for the poor, night cleanups, and restored public spaces — could restore dignity and livability.
Goodbye to the Guardian of Kolkata’s Past: PT Nair’s Legacy Lives On
My wife and I are shattered to learn that our dear PT — P Thankappan Nair — the barefoot historian of Kolkata is no...
The Man Who Made India Sing Together: A Tribute to Ameen Sayani
Just a couple of days after the sad death of the one and only Ameen Sayani, I stumbled upon a photo with him, taken...