What should be the priority? Sighting a Royal Bengal Tiger or appreciating the Sunderban’s natural wonder

Travel-hungry Bengali tourists coming from visiting Sunderban face just one question: “Baagh dekhechhen? (Have you seen a tiger?). It’s really a fatuous question. Few tourists embark on a trip to the Sunderban with a different mindset. The beauty and grandeur of this mangrove forest lie in its unique, vast eco-system. Unfortunately, tourists head toward the

Trump’s tariffs trigger a shift toward multipolar world

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US President Donald Trump’s unilateral imposition of a series of sweeping new tariffs on August 7 have triggered a trade war and changed the world order with India, Russia pivoting toward China. The recent SCO summit in Tianjin marked a watershed in the history of geopolitics since the WWII. The unipolar world looks unsustainable now,

Stop killing journalists, Mr Netanyahu

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Israel’s constant targeting of journalists and Gaza offensive to silence truth continued as it bombed the main hospital in southern Gaza on August 25 again killing at least 20 people, including five journalists. Earlier this month, the Israeli airstrike on a tent used by media near Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City had killed five Al-Jazeera

JFK’s ‘Profiles in Courage’: Time for all Americans to re-read the book

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Time has come to take a look into JFK’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Profiles in Courage (1956) anew, which served as a clarion call to every American. JFK had chronicled eight legendary senators in the book—John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, Sam Houston, Edmund G. Ross, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, George Norris and Robert

The Good Samaritan

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Navigating traffic in torrid summer and torrential rain in south Kolkata, he ekes out his living. He ferries passengers to their destination always with a smile. He endures his hardship and battles poverty without a whimper. He is expansive and humane. His conscience, compassion and magnanimity are hard to find in this age of greed

Trump’s second innings: Beginning of a devastating impact on planet and people

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Donald Trump’s return to White House marks a watershed in the history of humankind. The triumph of the loony and convicted felon in the November 2024 US presidential election has sent dire warnings for humanity. With fossil fuel emissions continuing to heat the atmosphere, Trump, a staunch advocate of fossil fuel, has vowed to withdraw