Nabamita Mitra

is a freelance journalist and is associated with The Shillong Times

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Garos in West Bengal village losing matrilineal identity

Kolkata: Gabrielle Bertrand in her book ‘Secret Lands Where Women Reign’, wrote, “Recalling my first contacts with that Garo community which has preserved its way of life and remained loyal to its traditions, I remember...

All hands on deck: Congress in West Bengal hopes for turnaround before 2021

Kolkata: The hand that once rocked the cradle of Indian politics has weakened over the years. The name that roused respect and confidence in people now evokes pity. From one election to the other it...

Plastic pollution chokes Shillong’s life

Shillong: Shillong is a favourite destination for Bengali tourists for more than one reason. It is the place whose beauty had once mesmerised Rabindranath Tagore, who immortalised Shillong in his novel Shesher Kobita. But that...

Kolkata Junior doctors live a nightmare

Kolkata: A gigantic gate in blue and white, laced with colours of poriborton in Bengal, welcomes you at the entrance of Calcutta Medical College (CMC) at Chittaranjan Avenue. This may seem welcoming, at least to...

Left with great expectations, in West Bengal

Kolkata: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) that ruled West Bengal for 34 years lost not only the seat of power but also its pride in the state in 2011 when Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress...

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Mamata returns Shah’s volley: ‘Apologize for Delhi Genocide’

Kolkata: "Delhi has suffered a planned genocide which was later camouflaged as a communal riot,” Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee...

TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee blazes a gun at BJP for the violence unleashed during Nabanna Abhiyaan

Kolkata: A day after violence marred Bharatiya Janata Party’s Nabanna Chalo protest, Abhishek Banerjee, national secretary of Trinamool Congress alleged that people in BJP...

Son of Jharkhand lynching victim dies after complaining of headache, mother alleges foul play

Ranchi: The elder son of Alimuddin Ansari, who was lynched by a mob in Ramgarh on suspicion of carrying beef died today at a...

On Vasundhara’s turf, Mayawati makes her presence felt

Jaipur: The day Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) registered a remarkable performance in Uttar Pradesh’s Municipal Polls, party’s Supremo  Mayawati was holding a grand rally...

Neither Shivraj’s fasting nor receiving bullets, changed fate of MP farmers

Bhopal: It seems farmer committing suicide in Madhya Pradesh do not move Shivraj Singh Chouhan government at all, as it is continues like never...