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Paramita Ghosh

Paramita Ghosh

Paramita Ghosh has been working as a journalist for over 20 years and writes socio-political and culture features. She works in the Weekend section as a senior assistant editor and has reported from Vienna, Jaffna and Singapore.

Articles by Paramita Ghosh

Review: A Mirror Made of Rain by Naheed Phiroze Patel

Catching a reflection of life. (Ravi Choudhary/HT Archive)

Updated on May 21, 2021 17:27 IST

Review: Along with the Sun edited by Ki. Rajanarayanan

A farmer ploughs his fields under the relentless sun. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Feb 26, 2021 16:43 IST

Review: Betrayed by Hope, a play on the life of Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s Calcutta: An engraved illustration of Government House and Ochterlony Monument, Calcutta, 1890s. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Feb 12, 2021 09:33 IST

Taming of the ’shrooms: Meet the fungi trackers in the north-east

The Roridomyces phyllostachydis, a luminous mushroom from Mawlynnong, Meghalaya. (Stephen Axford and Catherine Marciniak)

Updated on Jan 29, 2021 11:56 IST

These artists craft natural wonders to boost conservation

Niharika Rajput at work on a paper sculpture of the Indian Roller.

Updated on Jan 23, 2021 12:50 IST

Sleep cycles: Are you a lion, dolphin, wolf or bear?

(Shutterstock)

Updated on Jan 16, 2021 04:45 IST

A retelling of Jungle Book without the colonial baggage

“Mowgli’s story is so intriguing because it allows us to see a human child from the perspective of other species,’ says Alter, author of Feral Dreams: Mowgli & His Mothers.

Updated on Jan 8, 2021 15:14 IST

Twist in the tale: Pandemic-era fan fiction is a rather wild ride

In Top Priority, inspired by the Harry Potter tales, fan fiction writer @JayGwen23 has Potter trying hard not to fight with Draco Malfoy over his new obsession with hoarding toilet rolls.

Updated on Jan 10, 2021 10:50 IST

The Enfield journey: A new book explores a bumpy ride into history

Siddhartha Lal at the roll-out of the first bike from the Oragadam plant in Tamil Nadu.

Updated on Jan 8, 2021 13:49 IST

Art on a chopping board: An Insta series celebrates unsung heroes of the kitchen

Pointed gourds take the place of leather jars in a sketch based on the tale of Alibaba and the 40 Thieves.

Updated on Jan 2, 2021 14:58 IST

For the record: Gen Z is taking to oral history

Vincent Stone narrates the story of his father, a teacher turned intelligence officer, to oral historian Alessandro Portelli.

Updated on Jan 2, 2021 06:31 IST

Balcony makeovers: Creating room with a view

Sonali Khullar on the balcony of her 17th- floor flat in Gurugram. The family recently redecorated it to create different seating areas and a zone for drinks and snacks.

Updated on Jan 1, 2021 13:03 IST

How an essential worker experienced a pandemic

Dr Naman Jain posted in the critical care unit at Fortis Hospital in New Delhi.

Updated on Dec 29, 2020 13:17 IST

Sidekick story: Robin spreads his wings

Dick Grayson, the first Robin, later became the superhero Nightwing.

Updated on Dec 11, 2020 14:45 IST

Spies, crime, profit: Poet Arjun Rajendran’s new work is inspired by diaries from the 18th century

Ships belonging to the East India Company at Fort St George on the Coromandel coast.

Updated on Dec 4, 2020 11:04 IST

Recovered but feeling negative? It could be post-Covid stress disorder

Updated on Nov 27, 2020 14:25 IST

Suspense, drama, auction! Another side to the artistry of Bhanu Athaiya

Lady in Repose by Bhanu Athaiya, circa 1950. “This painting is not the work of an acolyte of male masters. It does not offer itself up for the delectation of the male gaze. It is the work of an artist whose sensibility would be described as feminist today,” art critic Ranjit Hoskote writes in the catalogue for the auction.

Updated on Nov 29, 2020 09:32 IST

A pretty long shelf life for fact and fiction: Biblio turns 25

Brinda Datta, managing editor, Biblio.

Updated on Nov 29, 2020 15:16 IST

The great pandemic-era return to the nest is proving hard on young adults and parents

Updated on Nov 21, 2020 17:44 IST

‘The labour market looks bleak for India’s young women’

“Scarring does occur when a young person has to start out their working life in times of economic crisis like the current,” says Elder.

Updated on Nov 20, 2020 14:07 IST

The parent perspective: Adjusting to a sea change all over again

Theatre artists Gunjan Gupta and husband Dhruv, with her parents Gouri Shankar and Sunita Gupta. “Initially, I had to come to terms with what I could and could not now do in my own home,” Shankar says.

Updated on Nov 20, 2020 13:41 IST

Preserving relics in Manipur from WW2 battles that India forgot

Arambam Angamba Singh and his team of volunteers in Imphal have collected over 200 objects — from gas masks to spent grenades, old photographs and bits of battle fatigues — from sites spread across the countryside. “I want to spread the message that in war, there are no wins, only losses,” he says.

Updated on Nov 8, 2020 16:52 IST

Does Stoicism hold the answer to life in these chaotic times?

‘We have this caricature of philosophers being totally out of touch with real world,’ says Ryan Holiday. ‘The truth is that the ancients live moments just like this one.’

Updated on Nov 6, 2020 15:13 IST

A lost language: How the deaf are navigating a masked world

Updated on Oct 31, 2020 05:26 IST

Betting on Bombay: What it took to turn the clock back for web series Scam 1992

Pratik Gandhi (at centre) as the stockbroker Harshad Mehta in the web series Scam 1992, directed by Hansal Mehta. The series is based on Sucheta and Debashis Basu’s book,The Scam: Who Won, Who lost, Who Got Away.

Updated on Nov 1, 2020 03:59 IST

The science of burnout (and how to beat it)

Updated on Oct 30, 2020 16:52 IST

Bored, restless urban India is turning to exotic, exorbitant plants

Anindita Chakrabarty, 35, a data scientist in Mumbai, says she’s spending part of her travel budget on plants. “My holidays were mainly among nature and among wildlife. Now, when I walk through a room filled with plants, I feel like I have managed to find a substitute in the pandemic,” she says.

Updated on Oct 25, 2020 01:37 IST

Close your eyes: A first-of-its-kind film for the blind tells a story in sound

Unable to shoot in the lockdown, Sanamjit went back to the drawing board, rethought his cast and crew choices, and rewrote the 130-minute screenplay of Gulfam to feature sound alone.

Updated on Oct 23, 2020 14:39 IST

#Farmstagram is offering trapped urban Indians some peas and quiet

Sanjay Austa says he wants his farm account to be educational, so he’s honest about the harvests, discoveries and mistakes he makes at his orchard in Meena Bagh Ratnari, Himachal Pradesh.

Updated on Oct 24, 2020 11:34 IST

I write for the curious, says Namwali Serpell, winner of the Arthur C Clarke award

Serpell’s stupendous debut has been called stealth sci fi; it uses real science to imagine a near future world of mass surveillance and drone warfare.

Updated on Oct 18, 2020 07:06 IST

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