NEWS ETC Ground Report: “… body parts were scattered here and there,” recall survivors of Haldia Refinery Blast A massive explosion at the Indian Oil Corporation’s Haldia refinery in West Bengal on December 21 has killed at least...
Reportage The shrinking world of Ghurni clay dolls Ghurni has served as a pillar to the art and cultural firmament of West Bengal. Its matir putuls (clay dolls)...
Reportage|Hands of India Weavers of Shantipur in West Bengal wrapped up in gloom There was a time Shantipur was abuzz with music of the jacquard looms on which the renowned tant saris were...
Reportage West Bengal Elections: ‘Politicians are busy sowing and reaping their harvest of politics’ The biggest issue relating to farmers in the eight-phase West Bengal assembly elections 2021 is that they are caught between...
Livelihood The boatmakers of Balagarh and the changing tides of time The traditional boatmakers of Balagarh rue that no party has done anything for them and hope something changes when they...
Reportage West Bengal elections 2021: The importance of Nandigram, why is CM Mamata Banerjee contesting from this seat? Two assembly seats in the West Bengal assembly elections have grabbed the maximum attention — Nandigram and Singur. Both these...
Reportage West Bengal Elections: Marooned villages, cracked fields, saline water… The Sundarbans is a hot potato during elections Every time a cyclone hits the Sundarbans, the lives of those living there are torn asunder. Embankments breach and people...
Reportage West Bengal Elections: Cheated twice, dejected Bardhaman farmers want their land back Fifteen years ago, over 1,500 farmers in Purba Bardhaman gave up 225 hectares of agricultural land for a thermal power...
Reportage The unmarried girl and other stories from a village in election-bound West Bengal A school in rural West Bengal awaits students, a woman awaits a proposal, villagers have to swim in snake-infested waters...
Reportage Battle for Bengal: Scrapped Tata Nano project, Singur’s farmers and uncultivable land In 2016, farmers in Singur got back land acquired from them for Tata’s Nano car project. The project was scrapped...
