Subir Roy

Life at the bottom of the pile

There is almost nothing special about this story of the life of a poor woman

The ghosts have had enough

Bhooter Bhabishyat, a great hit in 2012 made name for its greenhorn director; part two is being made

Making philanthropy fashionable

NGOs in West Bengal met during the Kolkata Gives annual event

You will be linguistically annihilated

Bengali speaking people have been most irreverential about matters which the Ram-bhakts hold sacred

New spanking clean railways

Even the other big railway station in Kolkata, Sealdah, has a more modest cleaning regime

Hospitals face regulator ire over stents

Are price caps a long-term cure to the malady, asks Subir Roy

Subir Roy: Stepchild of Union Budget

If there is one sector which the Budget has passed over, it is NPA-ridden public sector banks

Subir Roy: Birth pangs of a passport

Why could several closed counters I saw in the hall not be opened and manned?

Subir Roy: Cost of not heeding Anupam Mishra

Anupam Mishra never sought to project himself and chose to communicate in Hindi

Subir Roy: Animal lovers are equal, not animals

Humans may have a hierarchy but the love of animals is a great leveller

Subir Roy: Beware the frozen, concrete mindset

Cement and concrete did not set out as environmental angles in the first place

Subir Roy: A lament to the death of good taste

Not so long ago one evening, my host and friend looked acutely embarrassed when in response to his query as to what I would like to drink

Subir Roy: Now, hit black money in politics

On November 8, hours before Modi announced his demonetisation move, BJP in Kolkata deposited Rs 1 crore in Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes into its bank account

Subir Roy: Demonetisation nama

The maid who cooks for us seemed bemused, as if she could not make up her mind whether to be sad or happy

Subir Roy: Black money chase: Crusade or political strategy?

Black money has been as perennial a subject of public discourse in independent India as has been its ability to survive

Subir Roy: Indian, with Swiss characteristics

The state of Sikkim is in some ways India's Switzerland. It is small, mountainous, beautiful, peaceful, orderly and not at all congested

Boardroom drama: Dilemma, uncertainty will dog Tata Group

Tata may turn out to be dead right on various issues over which Mistry has clashed with him. But this is no way to handle succession

Subir Roy: Road to perdition, via Hebbal

The great pity is that among Indian cities, Bengaluru has a most well-informed and robust civil society

Subir Roy: Why merge public sector banks?

Merger is about the only solution that the government seems to be capable of thinking up in seeking to get the PSBs into some degree of health

Subir Roy: The changing working class

I got ready to congratulate him for clearing his exams and landing a job, but his plea was different