Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Lahiri continues to probe culture and generational clashes among Bengali brethren living in the U.S. (and occasionally abroad) in her penetrating second collection . . . No character exists in isolation in Lahiri’s new work, which is deeply aware of the power of...

Deshi-Digest: Acquitting the Academia

"Four Bangladeshi university teachers accused of inciting-students during campus protests that caused the government to impose curfews in major cities last year were acquitted on Monday, court officials and lawyers said. ""The teachers at Dhaka-University, the country's...

Durga Puja

" The navratris have different significance in different part of the country. In Bengal they celebrate their biggest festival called Durga Puja. Just like Ganpati in Maharashtra, Idols of Durga are worshiped during navratris and then immersed in water on “dashmi” the...

SRINAGAR GRENADE BLASTS

"Five back-to-back grenade blasts that rocked Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday have left two Bengali families devastated."