




Coffee workshop to break down the art of better coffee at home
Lalit Great Eastern Kolkata rolls out Six and Sip Nights for IPL fans
Shudhu Tomakei Bhalobese Collective set to perform at Uttam Manch on May 10
Paintings of Raja Ravi Varma comes alive on Khadi saris
An IPL-themed menu lands at Traffic Gastropub
Not to be left out of the dressing game, Narendra Modi’s Bengali invocation of poriborton ensured that nobody missed the message of which his bundled dhoti was the medium
SUNANDA K. DATTA-RAY
The world is indeed looking for a Plus One. If India wants to be that choice, it needs to address its structural constraints with clarity and confidence. The opportunity is immense.
P.S. SRINIVAS, ANISHA SIRCAR
Did the SIR with its deletions and active disenfranchisement of over 27 lakh voters propel the BJP to power in West Bengal? This is the question that is dominating the political debate
YAMINI AIYAR
BJP has chosen Rabindranath Tagore’s birth date to usher in its dispensation. It may be an indication, the cynic would say, of the party’s attempt to assimilate itself within Bengal’s cultural ethos
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Second-hand smoke exposure is recognised as a major hazard in China, and the country has been making serious efforts to ban smoking in public. But the Chinese are the world’s greatest smokers
NEHA SAHAY
Despite spending more than two decades in the Bengali film industry, the actor has rarely been seen at political events
