Durga Puja, Kolkata: As Kolkata celebrates its biggest festival, gig workers face long hours, uncertain earnings and family sacrifices, raising questions about workplace flexibility and fair treatment.
Jantar Mantar: For nearly three decades, Jantar Mantar has been a prominent site of protest in Delhi. Its removal from the list of officially designated protest venues raises questions about access to public spaces, democratic dissent, and the visibility of citizens’ demands.
Nobel in Literature, 2026: Anne Carson’s writing brings ancient poets and classical literature into conversation with the present. Blending poetry, prose, translation and experimentation, she challenges literary boundaries and reimagines inherited traditions, transforming memory, desire and loss into a distinctive dialogue across centuries.
Durga Puja evolved from an elite religious ritual into Bengal’s inclusive cultural festival through caste struggles, Partition, refugee resettlement and agrarian change. This article explores how a shared celebration challenged social hierarchies and became an expression of Bengali identity and pluralism.
Nana Patekar: From the terrifying Anna Seth in Parinda to the comic Uday Shetty in Welcome, Nana Patekar repeatedly dismantled the conventional Bollywood archetype. His performances traversed trauma, madness, political intrigue, vulnerability and satire, establishing a distinctive acting vocabulary that continues to shape Indian cinema.
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