Long Blog 4: Where Dirt and Squalor ThriveImagine a city with dust painted walls that never seemed to have been repainted, a city where thousands live on the streets, a city filled…Apr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
Short Blog 8: Comment on Alicia Wang’s Long Blog 3Hi Alicia, I really enjoyed reading your post. Thank you so much for highlighting this issue. As an international student living halfway…Apr 22, 2021Apr 22, 2021
Long blog 3: Battling a Mental Health Crisis Amidst the Pandemic“Battling Mental Health Crisis Amid Coronavirus Lockdown: Tracing the Efforts of a Kolkata Team” screams the headline of a national daily…Apr 22, 2021Apr 22, 2021
Short Blog 7- Comment on Erin Jeong’s Long Blog 2Hi Erin! I really enjoyed reading your blog. This issue in particular is something that is so relevant and relatable to all those who…Mar 26, 2021Mar 26, 2021
Short Blog 6: The Right IncentiveThis is a poster on the Covid-19 page of the official Government of West Bengal(state in which Calcutta is located) website. I think the…Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021
Long Blog 2: The Curious Case of Calcutta“Kolkata’s poor poorer than the rest’’ screams the headline of a national daily. Reading this, a question pops into my mind, the same one…Mar 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021
Short Blog 5: Subways and TramsThis picture displays the inside of a subway car at Hillcrest Yards. I’ve never actually been to Canada so I don’t know what its…Mar 3, 2021Mar 3, 2021
Short Blog 4: Comment on Selina Jang’s BlogI really enjoyed reading your blog because it’s an issue that I have not commonly read about before. Normally when we think about urban…Feb 23, 2021Feb 23, 2021
Short Blog 3: Every Bridge Has a Story to TellThe Howrah Bridge in Calcutta is one of the oldest hanging bridges in the world with no pillars supporting its suspension over the Hooghly…Feb 12, 2021Feb 12, 2021
Long Blog 1: No Place to Call HomeA slum in north Kolkata’s Bagbazar area was turned into ashes as a major fire broke out, leaving hundreds of people homeless, reads a news…Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2021