Timir Basu, editor of Frontier Weekly, reflects on the present, past and future of the Weekly.

The Populist Perversion

Bishakha Nandy examines the inequal governance festering under the rule of populism in Bengal.

The 'Dim Lights'
of Populist Politics

Kalyan Kumar Das contemplates the potential of populist governance in West Bengal.

The Pitfalls of Populism

Bishakha Nandy examines the inequal governance festering under the rule of populism in Bengal.

The Animated Debate on Populism in Bengal: A Comment

Maidul Islam furthers the debate on the merits and demerits of populist governance in West Bengal.

frontier focus - VII

In view of differences we need to find ways how to chalk out a proper harmonious living procedure that may reasonably accommodate mutually respectful recognition of the differences.

Justice as Strategy

SOURIN BHATTACHARYA
on negotiating with problems in a relativized world

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Notes from the Field

Expelled, Beaten and Humiliated: Stories of Bengali Migrant Workers

A Series by Subho Protim Roy Chowdhury

In contemporary India, rural-to-urban migration is reshaping the economic and social landscape. This series brings together testimonies and surveying of present disturbances faces by the migrant workers; based on their experience on custodial torture, push backs.

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1: When ‘Janaganamana’ could not defend me

2: I was an Indian, I am an Indian, and I will continue to be an Indian

3: Force me not outside, Oh Mother!

3 Questions

Three fundamental questions. That is all we will ask.

Dipankar Bhattacharya

“Fighting well on the ground”: What exactly do you mean?

Three Questions with

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News and Views

Nepal’s Discord Vote Might Be the Future of Protest

Pro-Palestinian protests, strikes and port blockades held across Italy

Seminar Journal Final Issue (2023)

DD Kosambi Research Foundation

Mainstream Weekly: Homepage

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Readings

While the report brings valuable insights to the table, it falters in certain areas. The volume takes a critical feminist perspective, exploring how caste, class, and regional disparities,

India Higher Education Report 2022: Women in Higher Education

Review by Shweta Tripathi

edited by N.V. Varghese and Nidhi S. Sabharwal

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Event Reports

Quoting Tagore, Neha Teaches BJP-RSS a Lesson in Democracy

Neha Bora, national president of AISA, and Left youth leaders, speak at Kolkata convention on 11/8. Report by Nazrul Ahmed Zamader.

Mother of 1084: Performing the Documentary

A Film by Pushan Kripalani; Design and Readings by Anubha Fatehpuria and Navin Kishore Report by Subrata Sinha Seagull presented a unique event to mark the beginning of the birth centenary celebrations for Mahasweta Devi (14.1.1926–28.7.2016) at the Padatik Theatre, AJC Bose Road on January 4 th . The event showcased a 2005 documentary, Talking Writing , by Pushan Kripalani, which emerged out of four conversations between Mahasweta Devi and Navin Kishore in 2003, which was in