Past & Politics

On 6th May 2021,  the UK went to several important polls, the results of which were declared over the past two days. This included the English county council elections, the Police and Crime Commissioner elections, several parliamentary by-elections, the mayoral elections of London, Bristol, Liverpool and other important cities and the London Assembly. However what everyone had their eyes on was the Welsh Senedd and the Scottish Parliamentary Elections. Political analysts across the UK considered these elections as a litmus test of affirmance or denial with the policies of the Boris Johnson led Conservative government at Westminster. The elections results were a disaster for the Labour Party and particularly for Keir Stramer who failed to initiate the much needed revival of the party electorally as was expected after he took office as the Leader of the Party  after the party's electoral collapse in the 2019 General elections under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.   ...

'The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.'  Well known for his humanistic approach to Cinema, Satyajit Ray was born on 2nd May 1921 in  Calcutta. Belonging to a family of artists, writers and visionaries Ray was the son of the Indian Edward Lear, Sukumar Ray and Suprobha Devi and grandson of renowned Children's author, illustrator, philosopher and a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, Upendrakishore Roychowdhury. Ray completed his school at Ballygunge Government High School and pursued his degree in Economics from Presidency University. Later on his mother's insistence he tried at Vishwa Bharati University at Shantiniketan in spite of his reluctance and incomparable love for Calcutta. He learned Oriental Art under the tutelage of Nandalal Bose and Benode Behari Mukherjee and the excursions to Ellora, Ajanta and Elephanta stimulated this interest. In 1943, Ray started work at D.J. Keymer, a British-run advertising agency, as a "junior visualiser,...