Kolkata Literary Meet

Social media, trolls, dissent: Author Arnab Ray tackles convenient notions at Kolkata Lit Meet

Writer Arnab Ray put forward an interesting idea at the recent Kolkata Literary Meet: That trolling, for the most part, is good.

Being a criminal in my own country: Vikram Seth on Sec 377

On Tuesday two judges of the Supreme Court will consider the review petition filed about their ruling on Section 377. With time running out, Vikram Seth takes to the stage once again to speak up against a judgment he finds ethically hollow and intellectually shallow.

Yechury demands West Bengal to come clean on Rushdie row

"First, the government should say why he was not allowed. Then only we can say if it was right or wrong," Sitaram Yechury said.

Second edition of Kolkata Literary Meet begins

Terming Kolkata 'the city of books', Amitav Ghosh said, "Kolkata, despite all the difficulties that we have faced through the years, has miraculously preserved its literary culture".