“My greatest strength is the love for my people, my greatest weakness is that I love them too much”
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Elegy for me, an International Student
An original poem on life as an international student.
Becoming an Indecent Bengali Girl
Once I got that tattoo, none of those questions applied anymore. I was never going to be anything traditionally Bengali ever again.
An Open Letter to the Next Generation of Poets: Translations of Tagore
I feel truly blessed to be born and brought up in the Bengali culture – to savor and enjoy Tagore’s writing in the original. Using this legacy, I am wholeheartedly dedicated to achieving my goal of sharing them with the rest of the world.
Covid, Corruption, and Cyclone Amphan
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
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?
The Role of Technology and Social Media in the Rohingya Refugee Crisis
The Rohingya Crisis was one of the worst large-scale genocides in modern history.
Tomato Tenga with Aloo and Mas
I vividly remember coming home from school on a rainy day to find our house smelling like fried fish and tenga.
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.
The Bengal Gazette 