Tag: Kolkata
For the Assembly polls, people voted to keep BJP out of power but there is no such compulsion now, says Saira
Kolkata: Saira Shah Halim is a well-known personality in Kolkata since she participates in different national media panels, she is an educator, columnist and...
Why isn’t the streets of Kolkata flooded with protests over the hijab controversy?
The hijab controversy, after a robust raging across the country, culminated into the judicial dismissal of the very practice ruled out by the Karnataka...
I Am Here To End Politics Of Hatred: Saira, CPM candidate
Kolkata: CPM has fielded Saira Shah Halim, wife of Dr Fuad Halim for the Ballygunge bypoll. The niece of veteran actor Nasiruddin Shah, Saira...
Kolkata: Divided By Religion, United By Hijab
Kolkata: The city, witnessed on Friday, what it is known as—standing for each other or more precisely raising a concerted voice against the hijab...
With The Demise Of Wasimda, I Lost A Well-Wisher
“Kapoor Bol Rahen Hain” was Wasim Kapoor’s answer when I first called him in May 1995. I was researching the legendary painter, Amrita Sher-Gil...
A puja, which encourages children to read
Kolkata: The Durga Puja organised by Jodhpur Park Saradiya Utsab Committee entered its 69th year in 2021 and this year, too, the organisers of...