Poem: Calcutta Shop
By Sekhar Banerjee
Calcutta is hermaphrodite like a red hibiscus
or a tomato or pumpkin or a horse chestnut
Contagion, Literature and Other Concerns
By Sekhar Banerjee
Calcutta, a worn out late seventeenth century city of many hyphens fitted with fresh implants on its flanks, has finally come to a halt.
Book Review: Sudipta Mitra’s ‘Pearl by the River: Nawab Wajid Ali Shah’s Kingdom in Exile’
By Mosarrap H Khan
Mitra’s book depicts the pathos of a deposed king, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, who had to leave behind his beloved Lucknow and recreate his dream abode on the banks of the Hooghly in Calcutta (now, Kolkata).
Cafe Dissensus Everyday 