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Kolkata
The witch and the spirits she has known
Aastha Atray Banan
Ipsita Roy Chakraverti, who claims to be a witch, has written her third book. Supernatural beings, she maintains, are all around us
The Undefeated
She is India’s only known patient of Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, and has undergone eight surgeries so far. She couldn’t complete college because she was always waiting in doctors’ chambers. She lost her father as he couldn’t afford a bypass surgery. Payel Bhattacharya on the loneliness and anger of being the only one of her kind
City of Irritable Ghosts
Anik Datta’s satire Bhooter Bhobishyot is a worthy cinematic tribute to Kolkata, far better textured than the Kahaani brand of nostalgic love
Red Alert: College Street in Danger
An ‘evil’ mall is coming up on this iconic street in Kolkata that is considered the world’s largest second-hand book market
Gods in the Making
Idols from a 400-year-old potters’ colony in Kolkata are in demand across the world
“I am a Bengali writer, I need to live in Bengal”
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who’s writing yet another autobiography, says she’s awaiting the ‘green’ signal to return to West Bengal
Dethroning the Plain White Rosogolla
The sweetmeat culture of Kolkata is undergoing an antiseptic change
Palette Politic
Artist Shuvaprasanna on why it’s not yet time to paint Mamata, the lies of Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee, and managing passenger amenities for the Railways
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