Assam
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Book Review
Not Just a Daughter’s Story: Arundhati Roy’s Memoir Is India’s Mirror
I smiled. Particularly looking at the deliberately chosen cover. She could have picked anything, but— a bidi-smoking Arundhati Roy was…
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Obituary
Mad, Musical, and Magnificent: Remembering Zubeen Garg
Zubeen Garg, Assam’s beloved singer, embodied defiance, compassion, and eccentric brilliance. From the Bihu controversy to midnight addas, he lived…
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Bengal
Two Years, No Justice: Mamata Govt Moves to Review Faizan Ahmed Autopsy, Mother Opposes
Two years after IITian Faizan Ahmed’s death, the Calcutta High Court resumed hearings. The Mamata Banerjee government seeks a medical…
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Obituary
Zubeen Garg’s Legacy—Songs in Assamese, Protests Against CAA, and a Heart for Che Guevara
Zubeen Garg was more than Assam’s beloved singer—he was a cultural icon who defended his native language, stood at the…
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Freshly Brewed
“Blood-Curdling Cruelty”: Public Tribunal Exposes Assam’s Inhuman Drive Against Bengali Muslims
Delhi: An urgent public tribunal convened by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) has sounded the alarm on…
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Education
Unsolved Mystery: The Tragic Murder of IIT KGP’s Faizan Ahmed
Kolkata: Securing the 11th rank in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) remains a dream for many aspirants. And then becoming…
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Freshly Brewed
Mystery shrouds death of IIT Kharagpur’s Aerial Robotics researcher, mother seeks justice
Kolkata: The mother of Faizan Ahmed, 23, a student of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal,…
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CPIML: Moinul’s children are traumatised, daughter sobbing inconsolably, had not had anything to eat or drink since incident
Kolkata: “We met his (Moinul Haque) small daughter and son. The daughter was sobbing inconsolably and had not had anything…
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Freshly Brewed
Assam’s climate change victims and low paid tea garden workers are being forced into trafficking
Guwahati, Kamrup and Rangapara (Sonitpur district), Assam – Sehar, Marget and Prathibha were teenagers, growing up in somewhat similar conditions…
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Corona Corner
Why are medical students from Bengal left out of Operation Vande Bharat?
Kolkata/Dhaka: Even as the first batch of 167 medical students from Jammu & Kashmir stranded in Bangladesh were airlifted from…
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