Identity

Into the intersection of identity & violence

It is worth considering that, according to historian Yuval Noah Harari, we may not be able to fully evade violence, as our evolutionary past has instilled certain inclinations within us that could be linked to violence.

A personal quest to explore the core essence of ‘Bengaliness’

We Bengalis are very much part of a collectivist society, where ‘private’ matters are communal, and everyone can have some opinions about ‘other’s business. We describe that as our own unique way of looking after each other and maintaining ‘social well beings’.

Mamata expresses dissent against Modi govt with poem

West Bengal Chief Minister and also Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee publishes a poem on her Facebook account expressing her disagreement on the current political stance of Modi led government, The Times of India reports.

June 22, 2023
June 22, 2023

Into the intersection of identity & violence

It is worth considering that, according to historian Yuval Noah Harari, we may not be able to fully evade violence, as our evolutionary past has instilled certain inclinations within us that could be linked to violence.

June 8, 2023
June 8, 2023

A personal quest to explore the core essence of ‘Bengaliness’

We Bengalis are very much part of a collectivist society, where ‘private’ matters are communal, and everyone can have some opinions about ‘other’s business. We describe that as our own unique way of looking after each other and maintaining ‘social well beings’.

August 7, 2018
August 7, 2018

Mamata expresses dissent against Modi govt with poem

West Bengal Chief Minister and also Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee publishes a poem on her Facebook account expressing her disagreement on the current political stance of Modi led government, The Times of India reports.