Sayari Debnath

'And so they went on, throwing out truths without eye contact, the words so powerful neither of them could bear to behold their effect.' In Louise Kennedy's new novel, Stations, the Troubles in Northern Ireland are finally over. The old enmity wants to be... See more

He repeated to himself 'She's only a woman' with the objective indifference of a connoisseur. But one moment later, unable to bear his mother's unawareness or his own attentions, he wanted to shout, 'Cover yourself, stop showing yourself to me, I'm not wh... See more

'I had often found family life unendurable. Worse than anything else had been the boredom of the unchanging pattern, the unending monotony. I remember now how often I had sighed for a catastrophe, a disaster, no, not a personal one, but anything to shake ... See more

It is hard to find anything we'd all collectively agree or disagree with, but if there's one thing that unites Indians is our vehement determination to repress and suppress all and every memory of the dreadful Covid-19 pandemic years. Today, those three o... See more

Rajshekhar Basu (1880-1960) was a man of many talents. He was a scientist and an industrial executive and wrote under the pen name “Parashuram.” Basu was among the most illustrious humorists of Bengali literature, and had even found a fan in Rabindranath ... See more