Berkeley's Independent Bangla Voice
I didn’t understand how someone could “pass away” but I knew that it changed the people it affected
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has resulted in a huge loss of life, political distrust and socioeconomic damage in both Bangladesh and West Bengal
The Chronicling Resettlement project, undertaken by two graduates, Atmadeep Sengupta and Sagnik Bhattacharya and supported by the Kolkata Partition Museum Trust, aims at researching post-Partition resettlement of refugees from East Pakistan in West Bengal
How did European presence on the Indian subcontinent change from trade to conquest?
The Rohingya Crisis was one of the worst large-scale genocides in modern history.
I vividly remember coming home from school on a rainy day to find our house smelling like fried fish and tenga.
While being an annual celebration, marking the apex of Bengali culture, Pohela Baishakh it is not an invention made by Bengalis for the explicit benefit of Bengalis.
Ekushey February a day of mourning, but it’s also a day of gratitude.
Satyajit Ray, the legendary filmmaker, defined the Bengali film industry and reshaped the context of filmmaking to address contemporary social issues of his time.
After the discovery of oil, the entire landscape of the Middle East completely changed – both physically and financially.
