Shantigopal Pal rewrote jatra history by taking Hitler, Lenin and Marx to Bengal’s villages. As he takes his final bow, it’s time for a standing ovation.

The Maoist attack on EFR’s camp at Silda has stirred more trouble for the beleaguered West Bengal government. It is the long-neglected EFR that is now threatening to revolt against the state.

The ghost of Rizwanur Rehman still haunts the Todis and their innerwear company, Lux Cozi. Even SRK can’t exorcise it.

Clocks in India’s Northeast may be in sync with IST, but they’re out of sync with everything else.

Six teenagers in Murshidabad are giving all they can to teach children from extremely poor families. A voluntary mission that has a lesson for everyone.

Archery is spinning big bucks in Meghalaya, but few seem to be interested in it as a sporting discipline.

The much-hyped Kolkata Book Fair has turned from a cerebral showcase to an annual fair of binging on a variety of food.

Had private TV news channels been around while Jyotibabu ran Bengal, his misgovernance would have been exposed much earlier.

Jyoti Basu had everything needed to make West Bengal one of India’s premier states. It is an enduring tragedy that he refused to do it.

This narrow strip of territory in West Bengal is vulnerable to geopolitical strife that could give us national nightmares.