Public & Secret Histories of Our Times
CHAIBASA – the headquarter of the adivasi district of Singhbhum – has about 30,000, people of whom eight thousand are Muslims. A considerable number of East Pakistan refugees too live in this clumsy town. Continue reading “Chaibasa: Anatomy of a Riot”
चाईबासा के ‘बुद्धिमान’ अफसरों का कहना है कि उनके शहर में फसाद की आग अचानक भड़की। 15 अप्रैल के पहले शहर में अमन-चैन था, सुख की बाँसुरी बज रही थी। एकाएक बमों के साथ मुसलमानों ने रामनवमी के जुलूस पर हमला किया और सांप्रदायिक दंगा फ़ाइल गया, जिसमें कुछ मरे, कुछ घायल हुए। Continue reading “चाईबासा के दंगे: क्यों और कैसे”
CHAIBASA – district headquarter of the adivasi district of Singhbhum – is being inhabited by about 30 thousand people, of which 8 thousand are Muslims. Besides, a considerable number of East Pakistan refugees too live in this clumsy town. Continue reading “Chaibasa Riots: An On The Spot Study”
In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Frontier, the Left magazine edited by Samar Sen, used to carry regularly advertisements of Epic Theatre, a magazine devoted to theatre.
Like Frontier, Epic Theatre too was published from Calcutta, now Kolkata. The Editor of Epic Theatre was the leading light of Bengal’s vibrant theatre movement, Utpal Dutt. The magazine’s name was, apparently, based on Bertolt Brecht’s Epic Theatre movement. Continue reading “Nostalgia: Frontier & Utpal Dutt”