If not for a chance encounter during his years as a rickshaw-puller, the world may never have discovered one of Bengal’s most celebrated Dalit writers. At this year’s The Hindu Lit for Life, former ...

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) removed graffiti featuring the word "Adivasi" (indigenous) from the back cover of the Grade 9 and 10 Bengali Grammar and Composition textbook last ...

A teenage suspect is in custody in connection with the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy in Queens, law enforcement sources said Friday. The 16-year-old suspect turned himself in to police with a ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...