Sumana Roy

Sumana Roy writes from Siliguri, a small town in sub-Himalayan Bengal. She is online at www.sumanaroy.com.

A new album captures the style and substance of Sylheti folk song
Arts / Essay
A new album captures the style and substance of Sylheti folk song
Sumana Roy
Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal is a cultural wasteland marked by pastiche, nostalgia, blind faith and two broken languages
Politics / Books
Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal is a cultural wasteland marked by pastiche, nostalgia, blind faith and two broken languages
Sumana Roy
Politics / Books Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal is a cultural wasteland marked by pastiche, nostalgia, blind faith and two broken languages Sumana Roy
Film / Essay As of late, Rabindra Sangeet has emerged in unexpected places, whether covered as club song or voiced by Amitabh Bachchan. Does Tagore’s music, as he had hoped, stand the test of time? Sumana Roy
Literature / Books New translations introduce English language readers to the prolific Buddhadeva Bose, whose fiction drew deeply on literary Bengal Sumana Roy
Arts / Essay The songs in Found Music are conversations between Amit Chaudhuri, at different moments, and Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, The Doors, The Byrds and The Beach Boys Sumana Roy
Literature / Books Two novellas about the poetry of the ball and the attendant “hunger, heat, humiliation and hopelessness” of the footballer’s life Sumana Roy