In conversation with Rana Das Gupta and Javed Jahangir: Review in The Daily Star
The (False) Seduction of Cities
Photo by Ridwan Adid Rupon
The irony of going to attend a Hay Festival session on globalisation, capital, and the brutality of an urban landscape shaped by neo-liberal ideas of capitalism was not lost on me. With the recent case of three outsiders brutally assaulted on dubious grounds not far from the Hay Festival location of Bangla Academy, the issues touched upon at the session struck a chord with the Bengali audience…
Somnath Batabyal 