Reportage Betrayed by the ballot: The hijra community of North Bengal As Bengal prepares to vote, its transgender community, with no access to proper housing, education and medical facilities, and still...
Reportage On the Mat: Though UNESCO has declared West Bengal’s Shital Pati cane craft as intangible heritage, its practitioners struggle for survival In 2017, Shital Pati from Cooch Behar was named an ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’, and Ghughumari, Barokodali and Nakkati-Pushnadanga villages identified...
Reportage Of penury and pension: Just 10% of deserving widows receive a pension in West Bengal The state has a pension scheme for widows, but only 10% avail its benefits, as reflected in a recent World...
Reportage Women Safety: A dysfunctional toll-free women helpline in West Bengal; Assam helpline lacks sufficient funds As per the National Crime Records Bureau 2019, West Bengal and Assam are among the top-five states in crime against...
Reportage Pujo in the times of COVID19: Amid festivity, a clear and present danger It’s the festive season in Cooch Behar, West Bengal. Market places are packed with shoppers whose face masks protect their...
Reportage Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown, teenage girls continue to be pushed into child marriage in Cooch Behar, West Bengal West Bengal accounts for about 26 per cent marriages of young girls aged 15-19 years in India. More than half...
Reportage Should India’s health infrastructure embrace traditional midwives? Home-birth enthusiasts are rooting for the practice to be made mainstream by integrating traditional midwives, and midwifery in general, to...
Reportage Lakhs of artisans in Bengal, sculpting the Durga idols for generations, are without work and wages Three natural calamities — COVID-19 crisis, Cyclone Amphan and now, the heavy rains, have struck traditional artisans who make idols...
Reportage A village that thrived on handloom, Cooch Behar’s Baburhat now has only one handloom mill Four decades ago, Baburhat had over 4,000 handlooms and all villagers were engaged in weaving traditional costumes. Now its last...
