Monthly Archives: March 2023

1931: Abdul Halim, left internationalist solidarity and the Calcutta Committee of the CPI by Suchetana Chattopadhyay

Following the Meerut Bolshevik Conspiracy Case related arrests and trial, Abdul Halim (1901/03-1966) played a major role in re-starting the communist organisation in Calcutta. Helped by two communist medical students, Atul Chandra and Nur Mohammad, the Calcutta communists managed to set up their office in a lodging house, later named Dhaka House, at 41 Zakaria Street in 1931. They were helped in their efforts by John Jameson, a communist exile from Chiang Kai-Shek's China. Jameson had fled Sha[...]

"अलीगढ़ उस मिज़ाज का शहर नहीं रहा जो हमारे दौर में था": 'ज़ीरो माइल अलीगढ़' के लेखक जयसिंह से बातचीत

अलीगढ़ की कौन सी चीज है जिसे आप सबसे ज्यादा मिस करते हैं?मैं पूरे अलीगढ़ को ही मिस करता हूं। मगर सबसे ज्यादा मिस करता हूं उस माहौल को, जो पहले जैसा बिल्कुल नहीं। अलीगढ़ की नुमाइश, जिसका हर अलीगढ�[...]