Tag: Rabindranath Tagore
Tagore’s India vs Today’s Reality: How a Kolkata Bus Ride Exposed the Nation’s Cracks
Today morning, I boarded a bus from Topsia, a part of East Kolkata, to visit a client’s school in Howrah. It was one of...
Challenging the Myth: Debunking Herzl’s ‘Land without People’ Narrative
Glimpses of the history of Zionism
Unfortunately, very few Zionist leaders paid heed to anti-colonial and universalist-humanist voices like Tagore and chose to follow the...
What was Tagore’s Palestine Dream?
The ongoing genocide in Gaza– aerial bombardment and ground invasion in the 17 sq. miles small strip of besieged land at the coast of...
Mithun Chakraborty as Kabuliwala: A Misfit in the Tapestry of Tagore’s Timeless Tale
Sandip Ray, eminent journalist Roshmila Bhattacharya, and I were discussing Bengali cinema at the Ray residence. I informed them that I was unhappy with...
Rakhis were not originally for real brothers
Many may be surprised to learn that Rakhi or Raksha Bandhan was not originally meant for real brothers and sisters. Rakhis were reserved throughout...
Is there any difference between Independence and Freedom?
"True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right"
The powerful words from Brigham Young are bound to instill some serious insight in...