-
Calcutta-Nagar: Anglo-Indian composter John Mayer captures the city in 18 piano sketches
The Mocambo piece has polish, swing, and a trace of old Calcutta nightlife. … Calcutta GharanaCalcutta School of MusicMayer’s Indian classical ear comes forward here.
2026-07-03 -
Calcutta-Nagar: Anglo-Indian composter John Mayer captures the city in 18 piano sketches
Mayer does not try to explain the city or make it neat for the listener. He lets the city stay exactly as it is: noisy, sacred, hungry, poor, playful.
2026-07-03 -
‘Go to Calcutta HC’: SC on plea against Bengal’s decision to deny ration to persons excluded in SIR
The petitioners argued that 35 lakh to 60 lakh beneficiaries would become ineligible if the state government applies the new criterion.
2026-07-03 -
Book excerpt: Ritwik Ghatak’s journey in Hindi cinema and the path he chose not to walk
He described Mumbai, where he wrote ‘Madhumati’ and ‘Musafir’, as ‘rotten’ and ‘crude’ and ‘materialistic’ and ‘completely unsuited to any creative work’.
2026-07-03 -
Rush Hour: HC declines to stay rebel TMC leader as LoP, six Uddhav Sena MPs skip party meet & more
Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening.
2026-07-03 -
Why Indians have always been suspicious that their ghee is adulterated
Since ancient times, production of fats has been outsourced from homes, breeding an undying suspicion that something is amiss.
2026-07-03 -
Rush Hour: Row over Madhya Pradesh CM’s land purchases, TMC tells EC Mamata is party chief and more
Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening.
2026-07-03 -
All these years later, nobody has chronicled the Partition like Ritwik Ghatak
The Bengali director’s films are one of the most powerful artistic articulations of the trauma of displacement.
2026-07-03 -
Rush Hour: Row over Madhya Pradesh CM’s land purchases, TMC tells EC Mamata is party chief and more
Scroll Staff Jun 23, 2026 · 06:28 pm Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav | Mohan Yadav/Facebook Refusing an urgent hearing, the Supreme Court told petitioners to approach the Calcutta
2026-07-03 -
Mamata Banerjee is TMC chief, party tells EC after rebel MLAs ‘remove’ her from post
A group of legislators led by Ritabrata Banerjee named party leader Arup Roy as the chief of ‘real TMC’ on Monday.
2026-07-03