Keya Sarkar outlines some of the challenges faced by a low-income father determined to educate his daughter. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The good thing about being in a small town is that you ...

After at least 50 women got in touch with me, I realised that housewives had suddenly discovered that WhatsApp could give them a whole new profession, says Keya Sarkar. Illustration: Uttam ...

For Keya Sarkar it HAD TO BE a Maruti because that was the only company with a service centre in Santiniketan. Until even that ceased to exist. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A couple of ...

'My curiosity remained regarding what predominantly middle class Bengalis who frequent my shop do with so many wooden trays,' says Keya Sarkar. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Among the many ...

The cycle rickshaws in Santiniketan have been replaced by battery-run 'totos'. These 'totos' strangely are not registered with the regional transport authority but by the strange rules of West Bengal ...

Prodded by Mamata Banerjee, Keya Sarkar updates her voter card only to discover... Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com With not much to watch on television and there being only one movie hall in the ...

'I wonder how much of the guilt do I bear for having started off the cycle in the first place by giving her a job,' says Keya Sarkar. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com In my 15 years in the crafts ...

'Covid or no Covid, I knew I had made the right decision (calls from my bank to extend the much touted loans offered by Ms Sitharaman, notwithstanding),' says Keya Sarkar. Illustration: Uttam ...

'I know margins are under pressure, but have banks begin to stoop so low to enhance their floats or slip in strange charges?' asks Keya Sarkar. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com I don't know what ...

'I know margins are under pressure, but have banks begin to stoop so low to enhance their floats or slip in strange charges?' asks Keya Sarkar. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com I don't know what ...