India cannot afford to say it is developed

Editor, If the saffron zealots cry 'Jai Shri Ram' as a victory slogan of their numero uno political leader while the East-West Kolkata metro was...

Not religions but dogmas are the problem

Editor, A friend of mine jokingly told a Swiss tourist, "Look at the sun of Kolkata. This is not the sun of Zurich!" The tourist...

Inequality and poverty in India

Editor, Amir Jahan, a mother of three daughters, had been starving for four days in a rented room in Moradabad town in Uttar Pradesh. She...

Urgent need to combat bullying in schools

Editor, I pen this letter with a profound sense of alarm and urgency regarding the rampant wave of bullying sweeping through schools in Arunachal Pradesh,...

Imported candidates

Editor, Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar has very rightly stated that the TMC list for the upcoming general polls has 'outsiders'. As if renomination of a...

Concurrent polls can damage federal fabric

Editor, This refers to the report, 'Kovind panel suggests 18 amendments to Constitution, other statutes for simultaneous polls' (AT, 15 March, 2024). No elected House...

Choose your leaders wisely

Editor, In the wake of the official declaration of BJP party tickets for the upcoming assembly election, it's essential to delve into the evolving political...

Maintain sanctity of voting

Editor, In a democratic country, people make the government by way of voting. The right to vote is a fundamental right in any democratic country....

No salary payment since February

Editor, This is to highlight that, while the simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections are approaching closer, the salaries of the regular government employees of...

Half truth

Editor, Truth be told, even the harshest of Modi critics privately admit that the pace of infrastructural development in India post 2014 after Modi became...

Unfounded allegation: detriment to healthy politics

Editor, Amid political fervor gearing up for the 2024 general assembly elections, the 28th Likabali assembly constituency finds itself embroiled in a storm of baseless...

The vicious cycle of corruption

Editor, According to Google, corruption can be a form of criminal activity or dishonesty. It can include activities like bribery or embezzlement. Corruption erodes trust,...

Address teachers’ shortage issue

Editor,     Through your esteemed daily, I would like to praise and strongly support the order issued on 11 March, 2024 by Education Commissioner Amzad Tak. Several...

Playing to the gallery

Editor, We have come to know from a certain political heavyweight of the national arena that the Trinamul has brought 'Bengal into disrepute' with the...

Govt’s two-faced attitude towards migration

Editor, By exercising their democratic and Constitutional rights, Bengalis, as full-fledged Indians, venture outside West Bengal to seek livelihoods in other states of India. By exercising...

Misuse of UAPA

Editor, Former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba was acquitted by the Bombay High Court on 5 March after he endured eight-and-a-half years of imprisonment. The...

Trucks disturbing peace at night

Editor, There is a problem pertaining to the incessant passage of heavily loaded trucks carrying soil, sand and stones through the upper side of Garden...

A dishonourable ex-judge

Editor, Even before the Supreme Court accepted the resignation of somebody from the post of a judge, he hurriedly announced his decision of joining a...

Sweeping failures under the nationalist carpet

Editor, The prevalence of 6.7 million zero-food children (kids aged between 6 and 24 months who have not eaten anything whatsoever over a 24-hour period)...

Lip service on nari shakti means nothing

Editor, "The anger of nari shakti will not be confined to Sandeshkhali" - very rightly has this point been uttered by a highly powerful chair. Since...