LOOKEAST REPORT | AN abandoned bridge over a river in a nondescript mountainous region gets a quiet makeover into a cafeteria; and that too by some extremely ‘unprofessional’ hands. ‘Unprofessional’ in the sense they are supposed to look after other ‘crucial sectors’ that hardly have little or no remote connection with building a cafeteria by…
Prasanta Paul | A phoenix–like ghost has suddenly surfaced from a long–buried coffin to tease and trouble chief minister Mamata Banerjee in her bid to ascend the throne of West Bengal for the fourth time in succession. A confident ‘Didi’ has been endeavoring hard to conceal her diffident mood despite the pompous show of her…
Dr Manas Das | THERE seems to be a temporary lull among environmental activists and civil society as the Supreme Court on 29th December, 2025 stayed its own November 20 order that had relaxed mining norms for the Aravalli Range that stretches across 670–800 kilometres from Gujarat through Rajasthan to Haryana and Delhi National Capital…
Prasanta Paul | बलिदानं परमं धर्मः (Balidānaṃ paramaṃ dharmaḥ) THIS is what is the price tag of a spy or a R&AW agent; no family, no love life, no kin, no dear & near ones. The agent must be aware of a brutal reality; the one and only family is: the country. In the course of his/her nameless…
Prasanta Paul | AFTER Manipur where embers of fierce ethnic gunfights are still lingering, is the Dragon country hell–bent on triggering widening fissures in the Northeast ? Is there an elaborate plan being chalked out to turn the porous Northeastern states into a hybrid conflict zone to destabilise India’s financial prowess and undermine security parameters…
