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The writer is a veteran school educator based in Kolkata

A school library is where children get access to information, they learn, they read for sheer pleasure and, hopefully, they develop the traits of a lifelong learner.

Libraries will never be obsolete

The way the world is headed and in view of the clash of religions, we need to protect our civilisation.

19 May 2017 12:30 AM IST

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (Photo: PTI)

Some leaders, at least, make right noises

Yogi Adityanath has said many other curious things, but in this case he deserves to be supported.

28 April 2017 5:43 AM IST

The latest reforms of the CBSE Board with regard to examinations indicate yet another rollback , and not an attempt to modernise the assessment system. (Representational image)

One step forward, two steps back

It is our children who usually pay the price for the vagaries of politics.

7 April 2017 2:26 AM IST

It was found that 11 students in Panchgani, Satara district, developed skin ailments and another school in Palghar did not provide bath water to its students for 15 days. (Representational Image)

It's time we let our kids tinker'

Tinkering, which is defined as an attempt to repair or improve something, is the most natural way of learning.

23 Jan 2017 4:23 AM IST

Children (left) seek blessings of Mother Teresa after special prayers at Mother Teresa Church at Dumdum, Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Mother House in Kolkata a ‘mini-Vatican’

The Mother House in Kolkata turned into a mini Vatican City on Sunday after Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa as Saint...

5 Sept 2016 7:02 AM IST

CPM rules out apology for land acquisition in Singur

CPM rules out apology for land acquisition in Singur

Refusing to accept the Supreme Court verdict that the land acquisition in Singur was “illegal”, CPI(M) state...

1 Sept 2016 2:06 AM IST

People stand outdoors after they rushed out of their offices following tremors in Kolkata. (Photo: AP)

6.8-quake strikes Myanmar; tremors felt in northeast, West Bengal,...

Tremors were felt across West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and parts of Northeast India on Wednesday as an...

25 Aug 2016 1:50 AM IST

The Devi skin in the game Overwatch

‘Voice of justice’ Mahasweta Devi dies

Eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi, who served as the voice of the marginalised and oppressed, passed...

29 July 2016 6:19 AM IST

CPM sees worst defeat in 40 years

CPM sees worst defeat in 40 years

The CPI(M) headquarters at Alimuddin Street wore a deserted look on Thursday afternoon after the party suffered its...

20 May 2016 5:26 AM IST

Left, Congress point fingers at each other

Left, Congress point fingers at each other

In what was viewed as a political master stroke before the Assembly polls turned into a major disappointment for both...

20 May 2016 2:44 AM IST

Voters stand in queues at a polling station during the final phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections. (Photo: PTI)

West Bengal: 6-phase poll ends with 84 per cent voting

A month-long six-phase West Bengal Assembly election, which had started on April 4, was brought to an end on Thursday...

6 May 2016 5:48 AM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee shows victory sign after casting her vote. (Photo: PTI)

78.25 per cent vote in 5th phase of West Bengal poll

The fifth phase of the six-phase Assembly elections, in 53 constituencies across the districts of South 24 Parganas,...

1 May 2016 2:33 AM IST