“My greatest strength is the love for my people, my greatest weakness is that I love them too much”
Category: History
Chronicling the Search for a Home in Post-Partition 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
The First Imperialist: Clive and the Rise of Multinational Corporations
How did European presence on the Indian subcontinent change from trade to conquest?
On Empire & Religion in Bengal
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.
Bhasha Andolon
Ekushey February a day of mourning, but it’s also a day of gratitude.
Remembering East Pakistan
When the Liberation War of 1971 established a new Bangla-speaking country, Ms. Smith’s acquaintances began to ask her why she was still there. She would say, “I’m Bengali. Where am I supposed to go?”