বস্তার সলিডারিটি নেটওয়ার্ক কলকাতা-র উদ্যোগে তৃতীয় জনতার সাহিত্য উৎসব শুরু হবে ২৮ ফেব্রুয়ারি, ২০২০। চলবে দু’দিন। ২৮ও ২৯ ফেব্রুয়ারি। বড়ো পুঁজি লালিত সাহিত্য ও শিল্প চর্চা, সেই বৃত্তের বাইরে যাঁরা বসবাস করেন অথবা কাজ করেন, তাঁরাই এই উৎসবে আমন্ত্রণ পেয়ে থাকেন। অর্থাৎ, জনতার সাহিত্য উৎসব মূলত বাহিরিয়ানার উদযাপন। যে বাহির গঠিত হয় কর্পোরেট পুঁজির নির্ধারণ […]
Prison conditions remain underreported while thousands die in prisons every year. A Groundxero report. Lack of information about prison conditions Prison conditions are a rarely reported subject in the mainstream media in India, even though thousands of inmates die in prison every year and the prison population is increasing every year as per […]
Three cultural events, the figure of the “people,” and the Kolkata winter. In this second of a two-part article, Abhishek Bhattacharyya writes about a film collective, their annual festival, and other activities in town. The first part of the article, on a little magazine fair and a literary festival, can be read here. In the […]
Three cultural events, the figure of the “people,” and the Kolkata winter. In this first of a two-part article, Abhishek Bhattacharyya writes about a little magazine fair and a literature festival, to be followed by another piece on a film festival. We were standing in a group and chatting in College Square. It was […]
P. Varalakshmi has served as Secretary of the Telugu Revolutionary Writers Association, VIRASAM, which was founded in 1970, from 2012 to 2018. On a visit to Kolkata for the People’s Literary Festival organised by the Bastar Solidarity Network (15-16 February), she sat down for a conversation with Abhishek Bhattacharyya before the second day’s sessions began. […]