The Gun that fired at Agartala came here as a ‘War Trophy’-Part 2
The Gun - 105-mm artillery gun -now standing silently at the Albert Ekka War Memorial in Agartala was once positioned across the border at Akhaura. In the turbulent days...
The Tank that changed sides and then came home
The Tank that changed sides and then came homeManas Pal
The Tank and the 105...
ভূমিপুত্র-৩: এখানে ওখানে মুদ্রাভাণ্ডার এই ত্রিপুরায়
ভূমিপুত্র-৩: এখানে ওখানে মুদ্রাভাণ্ডার এই ত্রিপুরায়
মানস পাল
ভূমিপুত্র-৩: এই ত্রিপুরার ভৌগোলিক সীমার মধ্যেই এদিক সেদিক...
ভূমিপুত্র-২: ইতিহাসে হাঁড়িকুড়ি, খন্ডহর -ভাগ ৩
ভূমিপুত্র -২ : ইতিহাসে হাঁড়িকুড়ি, খন্ডহর -ভাগ ৩মানস পাল
ভূমিপুত্র-২ ইতিহাস রচনার উপাদান হিসাবে অনেক...
ভূমিপুত্র : প্রাচীন ত্রিপুরার বিশাল সমতলে এখনকার বাঙালিদের পূর্বজদেরই ছিল বসত -ভাগ ২
মানস পাল
প্রাচীন ত্রিপুরার সমতল সহ গঠিত সমতট, হরিকেল , প্যাট্টিকেরা-র বাসিন্দারা ছিলেন বর্তমান প্রজন্মের...
Chai- the brew that binds India
Shoma A. Chatterji /IndiabloomsGerman social worker Marco Husler has made a documentary film called Masala Chai which brings to the fore the much-loved Indian brew with...
A painting exhibition with a difference
BY Manas PalIt was a painting exhibition- which was, in many ways different. It was also, perhaps, for the first time in the...
Indian Nationalism- A Dharmic world view.
Going through a book on nationalism, in which the author has tried to flaunt his scholarship on by referring and quoting many western thinkers...
Discount on retail Medicine Purchase
For years now, I have been purchasing pharmaceutical drugs and medicines in Agartala, my hometown, and have been availing of a 5% discount at...
Risk of ‘Vajpayee syndrome’ : Advani crumbled
Lohpurush L K Advani crumbled in 2005. The veteran warrior of the Hindutva Rath never could get hold of the same position and respect he...
Mission Overseas : A short Book Review
Once I tried to study a little bit about LTTE , especially about the suicide bombers, Black Tigers/ Black Tigress et al...with special interest...
Story of four Sahibzadas
Besides being the Children's day,November 14th reminds us all of the supreme sacrifice made by the four sons of Guru Gobind Singh. The ages...
THE GIRL WITH A CHAIR
Contemporary arts and sculptures most of the time seek to discern, decipher and then reflect the modern world- which is politically, socially, economically unjust...
Budhijit, the driver!!! May his tribe increase!
I have always got the incessant unmixed blessings of life!
There used to drive my vehicle a boy of 18-19 years. His name was Budhijit...
Why Shabana Azmi’s parents opposed her marriage with Javed Akhtar
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi, in an interview with Twinkle Khanna for her brand Tweak India, opened up about the difficulties she faced when she wanted to marry...
They brave the heat and dust to reach every rural child
In some of the remotest parts of India every early morning thousands of women frontline workers like ASHA, ANM, MPW, AWW, teachers and Community...
R N Ravi a ‘genuine’ man
All that ends well is a good end.
Even as the Naga peace accord could not be fructified yet due to a plethora of reasons,...
BLOW HORN OK
It’s a poetic world but you hardly get to read them as you zoom across them. If you can make yourself stationary for some...
Afghanistan: The Taliban invasion, role of Pakistan
Who is responsible for the current conundrum in Afghanistan? How are the regional stakeholders going to react and get affected by the Taliban’s takeover of...
