Posta, once a fortress of the Bengali mercantile aristocracy, is now the extension of Burrabazaar and home to over 10,000 ‘mutiamojdoor’. It is also home to several fringe groups that make ends meet by the sweat of their brow.Situated near the Posta Ghat, away from the hustle-bustle of the city,...
The first Millennium Development Goal signed by 189 nations in 2000, aimed to “halve hunger by 2015”. Unfortunately, even two years after that deadline, the recent Global Hunger Index (GHI) report released on October 12, 2017, by Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFP...
The porosity of the Indo-Bangladesh border permeates several outlawed activities like illegal infiltration, human trafficking, smuggling of gold, illegal cattle trade, circulation of counterfeit currency, narcotics trade and robbery. For almost three decades now, India has spent a significant sum of...
With online access getting cheaper, gen-now seem to have taken to a new form of dependence. The number of internet users is surging among the urban Indian youth and it is important to assess its impact on politics. Recent studies reveal that while the direct participation of people in political affa...
