rajiv roy
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Sunday Monitor
The heart never runs out of storage
Every smartphone carries a strange kind of sadness. It is not the anxiety of a dying battery or a warning…
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Sunday Monitor
The man who won India’s freedom was Netaji not Gandhi
The conventional history of India’s independence has long been dominated by a carefully curated hagiography celebrating Mahatma Gandhi’s doctrine of…
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Sunday Monitor
Deep faith: The invisible power that transforms human life
Faith is among the most misunderstood yet indispensable forces in human existence. We often associate faith exclusively with religion, temples,…
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Sunday Monitor
Borghat’s forgotten Shiva Temple: A quiet legacy of faith, history and harmony
Tucked away near the Indo-Bangladesh border, in the serene village of Borghat, stands an ancient Shiva temple — weathered by…
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Sunday Monitor
Finding forever love
The thick pine groves of Shillong—the timeless “Pine City”—have silently witnessed countless love stories. Some are familiar, almost predictable: love…
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Sunday Monitor
Railway: Mizoram shows the way, Meghalaya must rethink
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inauguration of the fourth Rajdhani train connecting Aizawl to New Delhi marks a watershed moment for…
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Sunday Monitor
Rethinking burial norms in Meghalaya
The ongoing deliberations in the Meghalaya High Court over shared crematoria and cemeteries highlight a pressing reality: land is a…
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Sunday Monitor
Journey into the sacred roots of Ramakrishna & Sarada
The birth of Sri Ramakrishna and Holy Mother Sarada Devi was surrounded by divine signs and celestial gestures, as though…
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State
Meghalaya’s education crisis is a system on the brink
Meghalaya’s dismal performance in the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 for 2023–24, where it scored just 417.9 out of 1000…
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Letters
What Bengal endures today, India must guard against tomorrow
Editor, It is difficult to reconcile today’s West Bengal with the illustrious legacy it once carried — the land of…
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