Upala Sen

They kept planning but never had occasion to go to Benares, not in all these years. And then, he was gone, and just like that Benares became the only place they could arrive at. telegraphindia.com/life/a-pied-pi…

@funnyaladdin Should you be interested, here is something telegraphindia.com/amp/culture/ma…

We have a screening of our film in Search of Bengali Harlem April 17th @ the Asia Society. In NYC.

Bhowanipore would be knitting its brows in disapproval right now, that is if it were a person instead of a para #Throwback @ttindia #Bhabanipur #Bhownaipore #Bengal #Elections telegraphindia.com/amp/west-benga…

Palash. Lying inside the emergency vehicle, at a time when more exigent thoughts swirled in the other heads, he had spotted the trees electric with flower. My piece from another time telegraphindia.com/7-days/often-f…

Once the Assembly election clock started to tick, even before the dates were announced, we thought of reporting #Nandigram. Not so much to capture any political trend, but to visit a touchstone of a place. And then someone said — what about #Singur? telegraphindia.com/life/a-world-o…

Not many young people are in sight, only women busy with chores. No hotels or restaurants till we reach Sonachura Bazar. The seasonal paddy has been harvested and there is no sign of green anywhere #Nandigram telegraphindia.com/life/nandigram…

Na hoyechhe krishi, na holo shilpo... Agriculture could not happen, neither could there be any industry. An elder summed up the fate of the place thus. Indeed, the Singur story is poised between these two nots. telegraphindia.com/life/singur-to…

Singur and Nandigram are just names of places. #Nandigram and #Singur they are code for change. Do read this -#Sunday package @ttindia. Reporting by @Moumita78 @prasunch

Tuitionpur and The Coach @Moumita78 and @UpalaSen @ttindia

Read the story of TUITIONPUR @ttindia

Durgapur is not Kota but it may well become. @ttindia @Moumita78

“We don’t have this historical memory, which is why for the Indian urban middle class, war is something that happens far, far, far away.”…Priyo, phul khelbar din noy odyo,/Dhwangser mukhomukhi amra… This is not the time to play with flowers or phones.

Such book-love!

Who cares about the War? @ttindia telegraphindia.com/life/the-war-i…

Calcutta’s Iran Society @ttindia @prasunch telegraphindia.com/life/this-one-…

Kajalda commandeered an army of books from his sliver of a bookshop on College Street. The full story @ttindia @debabratee telegraphindia.com/life/ekushe-co…

War And Us; Calcutta’s Iran Society and a tribute to Kajalda of Ekushe. #SundayReading at Graphic @ttindia #Kolkata #war #books #Iran #Farsi

"নাম বোলছেন কেনো? বদনাম বোলুন, সচ্চি কথা করুন..." My piece in The Telegraph’s VILLAINY package (March 8, 2026) revisits Maganlal Meghraj in Jawto Kando Kathmandute, with Kharaj Mukherjee on crafting pure, no-nonsense villainy. Story link: telegraphindia.com/.../o-villainy…

Villainy, not villains. Stories of villainy @ttindia and one post from Kashmir. Happy Sunday reading. #Unputdownable