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In Britain, the first memorial to a famine Bengal never forgot — and India never marked
November 21, 2025 1:51 pm
In 1943, Bengal was gripped by a famine that claimed nearly three million lives. Yet, unlike the wars and partitions that followed, this catastrophe has left behind no museum, no memorial, not even a plaque. At a recent memorial in Manchester, people gathered to remember what history has long chosen to forget — and to raise a stark question: why has South Asia never formally commemorated one of its deadliest tragedies?
When the stomach burns: 80 years on, memories from the famine kitchens of Bengal
October 16, 2024 10:58 pm
The Bengal famine of 1943 led to over three million deaths and large-scale displacement, forever altering the way an entire population engaged with food and hunger. Eight decades on, The Indian Express travels to the Sunderbans to meet some of the survivors.
Remembering the ‘Great Calcutta Killings’: When Jinnah’s ‘direct action’ caused a bloodbath
August 16, 2024 8:20 pm
Between August 16 to August 19, 1946, Calcutta witnessed one of the worst episodes of Hindu-Muslim communal violence, which left between 5,000 to 10,000 dead, and some 15,000 wounded.
From hunter-gatherers to Bengal famine of 1943, archaeologist Dr Kurush Dalal explores political history of food
April 20, 2023 12:41 pm
According to Dalal, cultural and culinary differences evident within modern Karnataka could have roots dating back to thousands of years which are reflected in the divergence of food vessels used in North Kanara and South Kanara regions.
'Abiding by the truth and weaving a story around it can be challenging': British-Indian author Shaheen Chishti
July 02, 2021 12:19 pm
Looking at the last 100 years generally, I have tried to highlight the many issues and sufferings of women corresponding to the actual world events that took place, said Chishti
Explained: How researchers used science to show Bengal famine was man-made
March 27, 2019 10:39 am
Between 2 and 3 million are estimated to have died in the Bengal famine of 1943. Previous historical research and literature, as well as Satyajit Ray’s Ashani Sanket (1973), have described how the Bengal famine was a result of British policy.
Sketching their surroundings: Three artists unite for an art exhibition
June 10, 2014 1:13 pm
The exhibition at Art Indus, 37, Santushti Shopping Complex, Chanakyapuri, is on till June 28.
Strokes of Resistance
December 05, 2013 5:16 am
Somnath Hore drew his heroes from the margins of society
Kingdom,Not Just of Rasagolla
July 09, 2011 12:15 am
The year was 1943. World War II was at its peak and the colonial governments policies to prevent a Japanese evasion of India had backfired.
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