The life and time of Suhrawardy “No roads will be named after Mughals or Pathans,” Suvendu Adhikari said in the Bengal assembly, while defending the renaming of Kolkata’s Suhrawardy Avenue.The question, though, remains, which Suhrawardy was the road really named after? Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Bengal’s last premier before Partition and one of the most despised … Read more
CHENNAI: DMK workers staged a road blockade at Doveton in Vepery on Monday, demanding legal action against TVK minister Sarathkumar over a viral video that showed him handling a white powder during an IPL match in 2025. Police, who had denied permission for the protest, detained at least 50 demonstrators and dispersed the gathering.The protest … Read more
When things feel bleak, the instinct is often to wait. To wait for the mood to lift, for circumstances to turn, for some piece of good news to arrive and make us feel better. Barack Obama suggests we have it backwards. The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something, … Read more