The street vendors had just begun regaining their livelihoods in the pandemic when they were hit by this eviction drive.
The desire to move out of Gujarat is not new. Migration of Gujaratis to the US and other countries happened in three phases which began after land-holdings of the otherwise landed and rich Patidars decreased with the expansion of families; a process that had started years after the Land Ceiling Act came into force
BY Soity Banerjee 14 April 2022
Micha? Witkowski’s novel ‘Eleven-Inch’ explores the impoverished, and imperfect, lives of two queer teenagers from the post-communist East European countries, who work as escorts. It’s their flaws, as well as sad and sordid existence, that endear them to the readers
BY Soity Banerjee 5 March 2022
The UNWTO had declared that 100-120 million direct jobs in tourism were at risk, with smaller businesses, women, youth and informal workers being the most vulnerable categories. ?
BY Soity Banerjee 17 February 2022
Minoo Masani, the politician of the '70s, who formed the Swatantra Party with C Rajagopalachari, was a socialist, says his son Zareer Masani.
BY Soity Banerjee 29 January 2022
Frustrated by low voter turnout in Uttar Kolkata LS constituency, the EC has decided to prod the Bengalis with, well, something quintessentially Bengali: iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
BY Soity Banerjee 9 December 2019
On September 21, 2007, Calcutta was jolted by the fate of 29-year-old Rizwan, who had fallen in love with Priyanka Todi, 23, the daughter of a rich hosiery businessman.
BY Soity Banerjee 19 July 2019
Travellers from Calcutta are taking the hop to Kunming and thence to the Chinese showpieces of Xi’an, Shanghai and Beijing
BY Soity Banerjee 28 June 2019
In Topkeybara, Red Pandas, only about 2,500 adults left in the wild, are finding a safe habitat to remain alive and furring
BY Soity Banerjee 21 June 2019
Prem Singh Tamang went to jail in 2017 for embezzlement of funds and since then, he took Pawan Chamling head on. Tamang's party Sikkim Krantikari Morcha beat Chamling's Sikkim Democratic Front narrowly in the Assembly elections
BY Soity Banerjee 14 June 2019
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