We can sublimate our anxiety through a concept of that Gordon Lawrence called in the 1980s as 'social dreaming'– gathering together with positivity to manifest a way out of the pandemic.
How much do we ‘lean in’ & ‘step back’ in a pandemic? In Ray’s Charulata, we have lessons for coping with eerie silences characteristic of ‘lockdown’ realities then and now.
Third-generation kids didn’t have to prove their patriotism by clicking a picture with a politician as they were not under any pressure like their immigrant parents to ‘payback’.
Having been a critical messenger to Subhash Bose across borders, my grandfather had joined the “Bengal Volunteers” party at the age of 15 and told me that he realised his life’s mission right then – to serve and die for his country, writes Isheeta Ganguly.
Within the realms of this TRP-driven dizzying debate, we have managed to avoid delving into the core issue behind Sushant Singh Rajput's death: the sheer inadequate social and medical infrastructure.
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