The Architect of Melody: A 107th Anniversary Tribute to Manna Dey
On May 1, as the world celebrates Labour Day, the Indian musical fraternity pauses to honour a different kind of titan—one whose tireless “labour of love” constructed the very skeletal framework of India’s golden age of playback singing. Today marks the *107th birth anniversary* of *Prabodh Chandra Dey*, known to the world as *Manna Dey*, […]
Ankita Bhandari Case: Justice Deferred, Truth Managed
There are crimes that shock a society—and then there are cases that expose how power responds to that shock. The murder of Ankita Bhandari belongs to the latter category. Nearly four years on, what stands out is not merely the brutality of the crime, but the pattern of state action that followed—hurried, selective, and opaque. […]
