-Oishee Bose How could a young woman, often described in polite society as a princess, become a spy who outlived many of her peers while many people thought such a destiny to be improbable for her? The question opens a surprising chapter of the Second World War as it centres a gentle, artistically inclined individual […]Read More
-Saptadeepa Mahapatra The pink blossoms, the bright colors, the vibrant beats, the calm breeze in the evening- all indicates the arrival of spring and specially the festival of Holi, marking the triumph of good over evil and of eternal love. Since the ancient age, the festival of colors has painted India’s cultural canvas, with renewal, […]Read More
–Saptadeepa Mahapatra With the fading cool breathes of winter, every spring brings a subtle restlessness all over the Indian subcontinent, especially the Northern belt, the air begins to sway the enchanting scent of new blossoms. It’s a gentle reminder that festival of colours- Holi is just knocking on the door. People are very familiar with […]Read More
-Saptadeepa Mahapatra Art, literature, language, music- all act as the building blocks of a culture, slowly structuring the community. The rich cultural history of any community gains momentum when it is conveyed to the rest of the world. Adivasi, the ancient inhabitants and the indigenous people of India constitute about 8.6% of India’s population. While […]Read More
-Prachurya Ghosh The Muromachi period in history which was from 1336 to 1573 is really hard to put into simple words. It was not a time of peace and it was not just a time of war and chaos either. The Muromachi period was a time of change when the people in charge in the […]Read More
-Oishee Bose Maps often seem reliable because they offer a clear and organized image of the world. A classroom map, a folded atlas, or a phone map seems to offer an objective view, and that appearance encourages people to accept what they see without asking why it looks that way. Transforming the round Earth into […]Read More
-Prachurya Ghosh Introduction: The First Modern Serial Killer Few criminal cases in modern history have generated as much fascination, fear, and speculation as the murders attributed to Jack the Ripper. Active in the impoverished districts of London in 1888, the Ripper is widely regarded as the first “modern” serial killer—an anonymous figure whose crimes were […]Read More
-Aritra Biswas One of the most important and complicated moments in the modern history was the Cold War. Spanning about 1947 to 1991, it was not a conventional war where armies battled in battlefields but a long term power struggle between the two opposing blocs in the world. On the one hand was the United […]Read More
-Oishee Bose On a normal evening in 1958, a town square was full of noise and faces. People carried pots and pans, children climbed trees to reach nests, and neighbours celebrated as eggs were shattered and fledgling were extracted from hiding spots. The energy of the time appeared to be that of a harvest festival. […]Read More
-Oishee Bose If you turn up at Tiretta Bazar early, you feel like you’ve stumbled into somebody’s memory. Steam climbs from aluminium steamers, a vendor nudges a bamboo basket across a wooden stall, a little kid tugs an elder toward a stall that smells of pork buns and moong dal, and the city’s different tongues […]Read More