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A forgotten satyagraha
By Kishalay Bhattacharjee Like many things ancient, ‘hunger strike’ appears to be an Indian claim. Bharat in Ayodhya Kanda was the first person to have threatened to go on a hunger strike. In Ireland, however, it is an almost legal tradition. As early as the 8th century, villagers aired... -
The alleys of Dilli’s walled city
By Kishalay Bhattacharjee It takes a lot of motivation to convince oneself to rediscover Delhi’s heritage on a summer Sunday morning. I asked myself, what is new about the Red Fort or the Jama Masjid? Many of us have been there atleast once and and they appear on our... -
A weekend in Delhi, Kuch khatta kuch meetha
The lesson that I learnt over the weekend : use discretion attending events which are publiscised over social networking sites like Facebook. I was building up my last weekend with a plan to attend what was tagged as Open Village Night which had an attractive introduction: “Join us at Hauz... -
Tiger, tiger, not burning bright
By Kishalay Bhattacharjee Crocodile in water, tiger on land and snakes hiding in trees could be a classic description of The Sundarbans which is a thick green cover of Sundari Trees on the world’s largest delta area. The forest is impregnable in parts holding within it hundreds of rare... -
Don’t save the elephant yet !
By Kishalay Bhattacharjee On 12th November 2010, villagers residing along the Goalpara-Solmari road witnessed a rare sight as two full-grown elephants engaged themselves in a two-hour-long battle just two-and-a-half kilometres from Goalpara town in Lower Assam. Though elephants are not an unusual sight in Assam or the North East,...