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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · 3 h

Durgapur Bhimroti's production, Rongchongey Muhurtora, presented moments of colourful happiness, writes Rishav Paul. #theatre #review @leo_mukherjee @paul94rishav telegraphindia.com/life/moments-o…

opinion_tt's tweet card. The story, scripted by the director, Dipankar Sen, seems to be a slightly tired mishmash of Life in a… Metro and The Hustle

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Views Reborn in Frames, held at Gallery Chitralekha, offered a rare glimpse into the inner world of the artist, Gopal Ghose, writes Siddharth Sivakumar. #VisualArt #review #artist @leo_mukherjee @sidsiv14 telegraphindia.com/life/inner-wor…

opinion_tt's tweet card. Three paintings reminded viewers of the Ghose we know: luminous landscapes, sometimes punctuated by a distant figure, coloured fields vibrating with a quiet intensity

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · 5 h

Payel Sengupta reviews two shows and two different traditions of music where tunes meld with beats. #music #review #classicalmusic @leo_mukherjee @payelsengupta @iccr_hq telegraphindia.com/life/melded-to…

opinion_tt's tweet card. The festival was inaugurated with a vocal recital by Bharat Sundar with Sayee Rakshith on the violin, Delhi Sairam on the mridangam, and K.V. Gopalakrishnan on the kanjira. Sundar rendered a ‘kriti’...

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Uddalak Mukherjee@leo_mukherjee · 5 h

The approach towards UNESCO by the US and China reveals their differences on geopolitical dominance. An editorial #UN #UNESCO #China #US #Trump telegraphindia.com/opinion/two-ap…

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · 6 h

Senior citizens in Calcutta are being subjected to cruel disregard, argue Anwesha Saha and Asha Banu Soletti. #SeniorHealth #oldage #family @leo_mukherjee telegraphindia.com/opinion/age-of…

opinion_tt's tweet card. The erosion of familial care is not merely a moral failing but a consequence of broader systemic inadequacies that leave both elders and their families without viable alternatives

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · 6 h

Ramachandra Guha makes a case for justice for Kashmiris. #jammukashmir #statehood #Article370 #omarabdullah @leo_mukherjee @Ram_Guha telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-tatt…

opinion_tt's tweet card. It is past time that we begin redeeming promises made by successive governments to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Restoring statehood, and doing so immediately, is a necessary first step

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · Jul 25

Archana Khare-Ghose's book on Bimal Das Gupta chronicles the artist's contributions to Indian abstractionism, writes Srimoyee Bagchi. #book #review #visualarts @leo_mukherjee @srimoyeebagchi @DhoomimalDMG @Gsilverscapes epaper.telegraphindia.com/calcutta-editi…

opinion_tt's tweet card. Stay updated with today's latest news from The Telegraph India ePaper Calcutta Edition along with exclusive opinions and editorials. Top news headlines of Calcutta Edition | Page 11 Article

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · Jul 25

38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands is a clinical examination of two trials, those of Augusto Pinochet and Walther Rauff, respectively, writes T.C.A. Raghavan. #book #review #WorldWar #Nazis @leo_mukherjee @tca_raghavan @HachetteIndia telegraphindia.com/books/a-moral-…

opinion_tt's tweet card. The Pinochet extradition case is better known. The general had come to power in a coup in 1973, which had overthrown and killed an elected president, the socialist Salvador Allende

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · Jul 25

Rising private schools, a report says, has corresponded to falling girls' enrolment. #school #education #student #gender #Kanyashree @leo_mukherjee @srimoyeebagchi telegraphindia.com/opinion/tipped…

opinion_tt's tweet card. The rise in private schooling and the fall in girls’ education are, ultimately, the result of State failure. Perhaps there are lessons to be learnt from a state that bucks both trends: West Bengal

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · Jul 25

Srinath Raghavan's book sheds light on the decades when India was under Indira Gandhi, writes Vivek Katju. #book #review #history #IndiraGandhi @leo_mukherjee @VivekKatju @PenguinIndia telegraphindia.com/books/when-ind…

opinion_tt's tweet card. Raghavan shows that Indira Gandhi actively sought the prime minister’s job at the untimely death of Lal Bahadur Shastri in January 1966

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · Jul 25

In her book, Proto, Laura Spinney traces the origins of the Indo-European languages, writes Vidyanand Jha. #book #review #language @leo_mukherjee @lfspinney @HarperCollinsIN telegraphindia.com/books/the-birt…

opinion_tt's tweet card. Linguists may not find it surprising as they think that these languages belong to the same family. Indeed, there is a family of languages called Indo-European; many of the thousands of extant...

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · Jul 25

The India-UK trade pact must serve as a launch pad for the two countries to address mutual concerns. An editorial. #IndiaUKFTA #business #tariff #NarendraModi #KeirStarmer @leo_mukherjee telegraphindia.com/opinion/deal-d…

opinion_tt's tweet card. Even as the British PM hosted Modi, the public show of confidence in the relationship was also accompanied by subtle reminders of both bilateral and global tensions that will shape the ties as much...

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · Jul 25

The Har Ghar Museum initiative is an opportunity to acknowledge that history can also reside in the mundane, writes Srimoyee Bagchi. #history #museum #memento #antique @leo_mukherjee @srimoyeebagchi @ncsmgoi telegraphindia.com/opinion/histor…

opinion_tt's tweet card. 'Har Ghar Museum' is an opportunity to acknowledge that history does not have to be monumental or unique to be recorded. The past resides on museum shelves and in ordinary mementoes in our showcases

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · Jul 25

Narendra Modi has been outmanoeuvred by Beijing, writes Sushant Singh. #indiachinarelations #NarendraModi #XiJinping #AjitDoval @leo_mukherjee @SushantSin telegraphindia.com/opinion/strate…

opinion_tt's tweet card. While the government clings to a domestic narrative of strength against China at the border, the ground realities are inconveniently stark. The Sino-India border is neither normal nor dispute-free

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Uddalak Mukherjee@leo_mukherjee · Jul 24

A World Bank report unveils the challenges to the survival of India's cities as climate change intensifies. An editorial. #India #urban #cities #climate telegraphindia.com/opinion/future…

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · Jul 24

The Bombay High Court ruling acquitting those accused of the 2006 Mumbai blast has exposed the abysmal standards of police investigation in India. An editorial. #2006MumbaiTrainBombings #BombayHighCourt #MaharashtraPolice #SupremeCourt @leo_mukherjee telegraphindia.com/opinion/poor-p…

opinion_tt's tweet card. The Bombay High Court’s decision means that the real perpetrators are still walking free. The inefficiency of the police is frightening for the people because their safety depend on them

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · Jul 24

That the United States is willing to use ideological reasons to impose tariffs on a country with which it has a trade surplus underscores parallels with the Cold War, writes Charu Sudan Kasturi. #GlobalDiplomacy #USTariffs @leo_mukherjee @CharuKasturi telegraphindia.com/opinion/anothe…

opinion_tt's tweet card. That Donald Trump is willing to use ideological reasons to impose tariffs on a country only underscores parallels with the Cold War. If the US goes down this path, it will be the loser

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · Jul 24

Ananya Srivastava and Harshita Gupta argue that there are legal instruments that undermine privacy in India. #CriminalProcedureIdentificationAct #DigitalPersonalDataProtectionAct #RighttoPrivacy #Criminals #Citizens @leo_mukherjee telegraphindia.com/opinion/laws-w…

opinion_tt's tweet card. Suitable amendments must be made by the government to both the CPI Act and the DPDPA to enforce the right to privacy of citizens irrespective of their criminal history

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · Jul 23

The rise of the far-Right in Japan is suggestive of a deeper churn in that country. An editorial. #Japan #LiberalDemocratcParty #FarRight #EconomicCrisis #Centrism #UnitedStates #DonaldTrump @leo_mukherjee @CharuKasturi telegraphindia.com/opinion/new-fo…

opinion_tt's tweet card. The rise of a far-Right party, Sanseito, in particular, has raised questions about whether some of the issues that have galvanised similar movements in the West might also resonate in Japan

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TTOpinion@opinion_tt · Jul 23

While maternal mortality rates in India have shown a decline, estimates remain varied, writes Udaya S. Mishra. #MaternalMortalityRatio #Women #Pregnancy @leo_mukherjee telegraphindia.com/opinion/varied…

opinion_tt's tweet card. There is apprehension about the reliability of the maternal mortality ratio given its periodic assessment owing to the rarity of this event and its responsiveness to the rapid fertility decline